DREAMers

On April 19, a forum was held at UHCL about immigrants coming to America, specifically who should be welcomed and what should be done about undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S.

President Donald Trump announced his decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an executive order created by former President Obama, that protects undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.…

Since 2012, hundreds of thousands of DACA recipients have had deportation relief under the DACA program. In the infographic, the number of Dreamers in the United States is broken down by country origin and state and county residence.

Oscar Hernandez, Houston organizer with United We Dream, came to the university for a discussion about the DREAMers movement Nov. 9.

More than 150 people gathered in Austin April 7 to voice their protests at the Texas Senate subcommittee hearing of Senate Bill 1819, which would render undocumented students ineligible to continue receiving the benefit of paying in-state…