TheDream.Us provides scholarship funding for DREAMers to help them pay for their education. Amanda Bennett, Don Graham, Carlos Gutierrez, and Henry R. Muñoz III came together and co-founded the program in an effort to help these students. The program has more than 75 partner colleges throughout the country that are willing to support scholars with their education.... Continue Reading →
Arizona Supreme Court made a 7-0 decision to deny DACA students in-state tuition. Stating, "that state laws don't allow colleges and universities to grant in-state tuition to students without permanent legal status." In other words, just because the program is "lawful," doesn't mean they're "legal." According to "the Associated Press, they estimated community college students who currently pay... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfSLjNU9dBo The video above follows the lives of 6 medical students and reveals their thoughts on the possibility of losing their work permits and having to go back to their native countries. At least 65 DACA recipients are in medical school, and half of them are enrolled in the Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago.... Continue Reading →
As previously stated, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the Development Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) are for minors who entered the country illegally, and allow them to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation. Thus, allowing students to stay and reach their educational potential. As learned in a Digital Media and... Continue Reading →
DACA and DREAMERS: The Road to Citizenship 