Tag: DACA
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Nation & World
‘I realized that I couldn’t say no — not because of personal ambition, but given the moment.’
Harvard’s 29th president shares memories and lessons from his early life and career.
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Forward thinker
As campus life resumes, President Larry Bacow says he hopes lessons learned from the pandemic can help us navigate challenges and seize opportunities.
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Defending those yearning to breathe free
Housed at the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program, the Harvard Representation Initiative was created to provide legal representation to undocumented members of the Harvard community, as well as others whose immigration status is at risk.
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Hundreds rally to defend DACA
A crowd of 250 students, faculty, and staff gathered on the steps of Harvard’s Memorial Church on Veterans Day for a Defend DACA rally that was part of a nationwide student walkout.
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Bacow sits down with lawmakers
Larry Bacow visited the nation’s capital this week to meet with members of Congress to discuss a range of University priorities, including the effects of federal immigration policy on faculty and students at Harvard and at universities across the nation. The visit comes on the heels of a letter Bacow sent to Secretary of State…
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Mentors make the difference
Over seven years, Professor of Education Roberto Gonzales interviewed thousands of undocumented young people who qualified for deferred action from deportation under DACA, and found that for high achievers among them, community and family mentors made the difference.
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Telling the untold stories
Two Harvard graduate students host an event exploring the experiences of people who have returned to their countries of birth after having lived in the U.S. for many years.
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A plea to support DACA
Jin Park ’18, a DACA recipient and Rhodes scholar, testified before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday about the “impossible position” he and others like him are now in if they leave the U.S. to study or work as a result of termination of protections.
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A celebration of immigration
The DACA seminar, a series of events highlighting diverse facets of immigration, held “A Day of Hope & Resistance,” with workshops led by artists, poets, and musicians.
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Concern over a DACA deadline
An interview with Graduate School of Education Professor Roberto Gonzales, one of the organizers of the DACA seminar, a series of events that highlight diverse facets of immigration involving students.
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Harvard’s Dreamers have their say
As part of the DACA seminar series highlighting diverse facets of immigration, five undocumented students at Harvard spoke about how they navigate elite academic spaces amid fears of deportation.
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Durbin outlines plight of the undocumented
As the fate of thousands of undocumented Dreamers hangs in the balance, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a champion of immigration and co-sponsor of the original DREAM Act, spoke at Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening about the difficulty Democrats will face next week getting new legislation passed through Republican-controlled Congress.
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On DACA, questions top answers
When it comes to DACA, panelists say, the road ahead still promises more questions than answers.
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Queries, and support, on travel concerns
Town hall session outlines Harvard’s programmatic safety net for community members during this period of tightened immigration.
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Support for the undocumented
With changes in U.S. immigration policy possible, Harvard outlines its support network for undocumented students who might be affected.