All posts tagged "DACA"
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Immigration activist Alex Martinez visits campus
The Director of the Kansas/Missouri Dream Alliance Alex Martinez visited UMKC last week to discuss the conditions of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients...
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Association of Latin American Students raise scholarship money for Dreamers
Hispanic Heritage Month may have ended in October, but UMKC’s Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) is still celebrating this month after earning a nearly...
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A war on children
The nation is up in arms about concurrent debates surrounding DACA and gun control. A CBS poll said nine out of ten Americans support providing...
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Power of student government challenged at recent SGA meeting
Questions about pressing campus issues, including DACA, a potential Swinney Recreation Center expansion and the university’s search for a new chancellor spiraled around Tuesday’s Student...
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Keeping dreams alive | Law school helps DREAMers
The UMKC School of Law lobby filled with law students clad in blazers and armed with thick notepads. Though they chatted about papers and research...
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Dreamers: The Americans who deserve protection
The past few weeks proved to be a period of great tumult for around 800,000 of this country’s young, documented immigrants. Legally protected since 2012...
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UMKC medical students fight for DACA
Students on the UMKC Hospital Hill campus came together Tuesday evening to protect Dreamers in the medical field. The American Medical Association Advocacy Chair and...
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Dreamers at UMKC face uncertain future
The Trump administration announced an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program last week. The program’s phase out begins March 5, 2018...
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DACA and the American Dream | Alfredo Antolin & Chris Juarez
This is a featured work by a student from Alta Vista High School. “Every aspect of the American economy has profited from the contributions of...
