ISSUES
RAPID RESPONSE BRIEFING: Responding to the Administration’s New Efforts to Dismantle DACA
Posted: August 10, 2020
Modified: October 26, 2020
ISSUES
Posted: August 10, 2020
Modified: October 26, 2020
The briefing addressed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memo, recent court developments, what higher education leaders and campuses need to know, how we can best support undocumented students and DACA recipients, and actions we can take now. The briefing featured leading immigration, legal, and advocacy experts and crucial campus voices, including the perspective of campus leaders and DACA recipients, and the practical, institutional actions and advocacy steps campuses can take to support these students.
Speakers
Dan Berger, Partner, Curran, Berger & Kludt
Jack DeGioia, President, Georgetown University
Miriam Feldblum, Executive Director, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
Jose Magaña-Salgado, Director of Policy and Communications, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
Hiroshi Motomura, Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
Elsa Núñez, President, Eastern Connecticut State University
Ewaoluwa Ogundana, TheDream.US Scholar and Student, Trinity Washington University