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COVID-19 Crisis & Impact on Undocumented/DACA Students & Families
April 27, 2020 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
This one-hour briefing will feature immigration, legal, policy, and student support experts who will address the issues affecting undocumented/DACA students and their families, the applicability of COVID-19 legislation and other relief measures to undocumented immigrant populations and DACA recipients in particular, the impact of government immigration-related actions in the wake of the crisis, and emergent student needs. This briefing will also feature the perspective of a college president and the practical, institutional, and advocacy steps that campuses can take to support these students. Resource materials will be shared.
Speakers:
- Pat McGuire | president of Trinity Washington University
- Ur Jaddou | director of DHS Watch, America’s Voice
- Hiroshi Motomura | Susan Westerberg Prager Distinguished Professor of Law, UCLA Law School
- Tania Wilcox | program director of Partner College and Scholar Programs, TheDream.US
- Christiann Penichet-Paul | director of the Higher Education Immigration Hub Presidents’ Alliance
- Jose Magaña-Salgado | director of Policy and Communications, Presidents’ Alliance