Rapid Response Briefing: Proposed Rule to Fortify DACA and Higher Ed Engagement

The Presidents’ Alliance hosted a one-hour rapid response briefing on the proposed rule to fortify DACA, co-sponsored by TheDream.US, Curran, Berger and Kludt Immigration Law, PennState Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, and UCLA Center for Immigration and Law Policy.  Speakers addressed the legal context and implications of the proposed rule, what it means for current and prospective DACA recipients, and how campuses can engage in submitting comments. The event also included discussion of the prospects for legislative action regarding undocumented students and other Dreamers and the urgency for advocacy by higher education leaders and communities.

You can watch a recording of the briefing below.

The resource folder can be found here. Please feel free to use our Higher Education Comment Guide for Proposed Rule to Fortify DACA.

Speakers included:

1. Miriam Feldblum, Executive Director, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration (Moderator)
2. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia,  Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar, Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Penn State University
3. Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law at UCLA and Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law
4. Dan Berger, Partner, Curran, Berger & Kludt, LLP
5. Cezanne Hayden-Dyer, Student, Miami-Dade College; Presidents’ Alliance Fellow
6. Jose Magaña-Salgado, Director of Policy and Communications, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration