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By President's Alliance Committee | President's Alliance | Feb. 12, 2024
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Dear Mr. President, Madam Vice President, Mr. Speaker, and Leaders Schumer, McConnell, and Jeffries:
On behalf of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, we write to urgeyou to include relief for Dreamers, both with and without DACA, in any bipartisan compromise.Dreamers, who have grown up in the United States and are attending or have graduated from American colleges and universities, are integral to our country and to the communities, workplaces, schools, and families to which they belong and which rely on them. An immigration compromise that leaves out Dreamers is counter-productive to our national economic and security interests.
The Presidents’ Alliance comprises over 550 college and university presidents and chancellors leading every type of higher education institution, from private universities and colleges to large public universities to community colleges, and including Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and faith-based institutions. As part of our mission,we encourage bipartisan approaches to reform, including support for fair compromises.
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By Trinh Q. Troung & Silva Mathema | American Progress | Jan. 25, 2024 | Photo By Jewel Samad
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DACA recipients collectively earn nearly $27.9 billion and contribute nearly $2.1 billion to Social Security and Medicare each year, making the economy and their communities stronger.
Since its creation in 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has been a lifeline to more than 835,000 immigrants pursuing their dreams in America. Through its temporary but renewable protections, current recipients have been able to remain with their families and live free from the fear of deportation. Additionally, the work authorization eligibility provision of DACA has opened doors for recipients, enabling them to pursue education, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities.
DACA recipients are deeply embedded in the fabric of American society—as spouses and parents of U.S. citizens, as active community members, and as workers and entrepreneurs benefiting local and national economies. In fact, current DACA recipients have lived in the United States for an average of 24 years, sharing households with more than 1 million U.S. citizens. READ MORE
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By Suzanne Gamboa | NBC News | Feb. 10, 2024 | Photo By Saul Loeb
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DACA recipients once had political leverage and hopes for legalizing their status, but they were a glaring omission in the failed border deal.
Young undocumented immigrants known as "Dreamers" once had the political leverage to force a vote on a bill that would help them earn citizenship. But in the now-defunct Senate bipartisan immigration proposal, Dreamers were ignored altogether, a casualty of the rightward shift on immigration.
This is true despite poll after poll over a number of years showing support for these immigrants who've lived most of their lives in the U.S., having arrived as young children with parents and family who either remained here after their visas expired or entered the U.S. without authorization.
While some lawmakers say recent years' arrivals mean "we don't know who is coming in," they once again chose to leave in the shadows hundreds of thousands of Dreamers and other people who have lived and worked in the U.S. most of their lives without legal status. READ MORE
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For his Lifetime of Dedication, our very own,
Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos, will be recognized at this years Barrio Station Annual Dinner, on March 14, 2024, where he will be presented the Barrio Station Lifetime Achievement Award.
Thank you Profe for your continuous fight and for your guidance!
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APPLY TO THE CMSC'S SPRING AND SUMMER INDEPENDENT STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM
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Travel - Study in Mexico during our Spring & Summer Programs from 1 week or up to 3 months!
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Given the tenuous future of DACA, the CMSC has decided to create the Spring and Summer 2024 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) in order to offer a broader and a more flexible travel-study opportunity for Dreamers in Mexico and other countries of origin from April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024 for the Spring Program and July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024 for the Summer Program.
This unique model will allow for both, Mexican-origin Dreamers and DACA-mented Dreamers from other countries to discover their birthplace, cultural roots, reaffirm their identity, reconnect with their families, and explore higher education opportunities in Mexico.
This program will operate under the CMSC’s Mexico City-based collaboration with a network of partner institutions, which include: Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM), Facultad de Estudios Superiores de Acatlán Campus and Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, the five-campus prestigious Mexico City Metropolitan Autonomous University (UAM), the public Mexico City Autonomous University (UACM), El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT) and the CILAC Freire Institute in Cuernavaca, Morelos.
The CMSC’s Spring and Summer 2024 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) has been designed specifically to offer travel-study options for individual Dreamers or in small groups, for colleges and universities to develop long-term and short-term projects for their Dreamers and to continue to require an ethnographic research paper based on their experience returning to their homeland and discovering Mexico.
The Spring and Summer 2024 Independent Dreamers Study Abroad Program (IDSAP) is explicitly designed for colleges and universities, Labor Unions, Community-based Organizations, Churches and Religious Organizations, and Dreamers’ organizations, interested in contracting with the CMSC for travel-study abroad programs designed specifically for the sponsoring institution’s purpose and participants, including non-Latino and non-Spanish-speaking Dreamers...
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Do not wait until the last minute!!!
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Please take into consideration that the Advance Parole application approval process time can vary from 2 to 6 months; thus, we will give preference to those applicants who are quick to submit their completed online application and letter of recommendation.
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WATCH THE NEW CMSC DOCUMENTARY
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No Mas Sobras, No More Crumbs
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Don't miss out on the opportunity to experience stories that transcend boundaries and will leave an indelible mark on your soul!
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Our book "Anthology of Dreams from an Impossible Journey” is available now! This glossy, 380-page, bilingual tome is jam-packed with photos and stories from the essays of our Dreamers Study Abroad Program participants.
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DID YOU KNOW - DREAMERS CAN VOTE TOO!
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LA FUERZA DEL "MEXICAN VOTE"
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THE POWER OF THE MEXICAN VOTE
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LA FUERZA DEL VOTO MEXICANO
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WHO IS CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM PARDO?
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CLAUDIA : EL DOCUMENTAL
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Please consider sponsoring our program today!!!
To be a sponsor contact Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos at: armando@calmexcenter.org or 562-972-0986
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Disclaimer: The California-Mexico Studies Center is a community-based California non-profit educational and cultural organization, established in 2010 and registered with the IRS as a tax-exempt charitable institution (ID: #27-4994817) and never affiliated with the California State University System or California State University Long Beach.
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