Webinar – Rapid Response Briefing on the Fifth Circuit Ruling on the Legality of DACA

On Monday, October 10, 2022, the Presidents’ Alliance and co-sponsors, TheDream.US, FWD.us, Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Penn State Law, and the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA, hosted a “Rapid Response Briefing on the Fifth Circuit Ruling on the Legality of DACA“.

Speakers addressed the current legal context and implications of the recent ruling from the Fifth Circuit, what it means for current and prospective DACA recipients, and how higher ed can support their undocumented campus members. 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.

This briefing shared current DACA legal updates and resources for supporting undocumented students.

• Find the Google Drive folder that contains the slide deck, speaker bios, and our Partner resources here.
• Check out our Directory of Resources to Support DACA recipients, undocumented students, Dream legislation and institutions of higher education here.
• Find the 5 things colleges and universities can do in the wake of the Fifth Circuit decision here.

Speakers Included: 

1. Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, City University of New York (CUNY) and member of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
2. 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
3. Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar, Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Penn State University
4. Felecia Russell, Associate Director, Undergraduate Admission, Cal Lutheran University
5. Gaby Pacheco, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Development at TheDream.US 
6. Diego Sánchez, Director of Policy and Strategy, Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

Thank you to all of our co-sponsors.