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CMC files brief in favor of DACA


Colorado Mountain College President and CEO Carrie Hauser issued the following statement today on the filing of an amicus brief in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the consolidated cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the court to stand in support of DACA recipients:

“On Oct. 4, 2019, Colorado Mountain College joined over 165 colleges and universities from across the country in signing an ​amicus brief​ supporting over 700,000 young immigrants who came to the United States as children and who are entitled to protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This ‘friend of the court’ brief was coordinated by the ​Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration​.”

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