Congress must act to provide legal status for Dreamers and TPS holders
If there’s any issue on which most Democrats and Republicans can find common ground, it’s the notion that so-called Dreamers hold a unique position in our immigration battles, and that the government must create a path to legal status for them. What form that reprieve would take and how to get there, of course, are ripe for discussion, debate and compromise. But given the overwhelming support for the ends, there should be a way to find the means.
The Dreamers are noncitizens who have lived in the U.S. without permission after arriving as children, and who bear little if any responsibility for their illegal status. Because many have been raised and educated as Americans, it would be cruel, and self-defeating, to not let them pursue legal status and citizenship. President Obama sought to extend some protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but that is only a temporary reprieve and one that still faces legal challenges… Read Full Article
The CMSC selects 140 Dreamers for Summer 2021 Mexico Study Abroad Program
After a grueling two months of interviews and selection from over 300 applicants, the CMSC’s Summer 2021 California-Mexico Dreamers Study Abroad Program has accepted 140 participants from 90 U.S. colleges and universities and representing 27 states that reflect a vast diversity of places of origin. The summer participants will travel in alternating intervals during July and August in 3 groups of 50 Dreamers per group, including CMSC program staff.
The composition of this cohort is mostly from Mexican origin, but it also includes participants from the Dominican Republic, South Korea, Guatemala, Ecuador and El Salvador.
