Editor’s note: This year, Delaware State University is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its designation as a university. The News Journal is publishing a series of columns this week by DSU leaders, alumni, students and supporters about the school’s past, present and future. This op-ed was written by Kevin Gutierrez-Hernandez a junior mass communications major at Delaware…

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WASHINGTON — La Administración Trump anunció hace exactamente un año el desmantelamiento de DACA, pero este miércoles líderes del Congreso y activistas pro-inmigrantes en todo EEUU prometieron seguir defendiendo el programa migratorio ante el Tribunal Supremo si es necesario, y en las urnas en noviembre próximo. Cumpliendo una promesa electoral de 2016, el presidente Donald Trump anunció el 5 de…

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Daniela Gaona didn’t know how she would pay to fulfill her dream of pursuing a master’s degree in mental health counseling until just a few days before classes started last week. That’s when Johns Hopkins University stepped in with emergency aid after a summer of lobbying by the 22-year-old Gaona. Gaona is one of 800,000…

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For Immediate Release: August 31, 2018 Contact: Nicky Vogt at [email protected]   TheDream.US Response to Judge Andrew Hanen’s DACA Ruling   Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Candy Marshall, President of TheDream.US, regarding United State District Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s ruling today regarding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. As…

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After nearly a year of chaos, Congress has failed to move past its dysfunction and provide a way for DREAMers to legalize their status permanently. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and the future of DREAMers remains tied up in courts in what seems like an endless legal ping-pong game. This tenuous fate underscores…

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When Jaziel Olmeda returns to community college this month, his tuition will be triple what it was last fall. He’s been through worse. The 19-year-old Phoenix College sophomore has survived leukemia three times. He made it through two bone marrow transplants, numerous rounds of chemotherapy. And he finished high school on time. Now, his future is uncertain again, albeit to…

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Kevin Ortiz has many dreams, but we’ll start with three: He wants to visit every Major League ballpark in the country, culminating with Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. He has loved baseball since he was a child. He aspires to earn a master’s degree from Harvard Business School. He wishes to continue living legally in the United States, with…

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For Immediate Release: June 26, 2018 Contact: Nicky Vogt at 610-389-1314 and [email protected] TheDream.US “DREAMers of the Week” Washington, DC – TheDream.US, the nation’s largest college access and success program for undocumented immigrant youth, is providing weekly snapshots of TheDream.US-affiliated Scholars. These snapshots offer a powerful example why Congress passing legislation resolving the crisis facing…

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For Immediate Release: June 21, 2018 Contact: Michael Earls at 202-494-8555 and [email protected] TheDream.US Expresses Opposition to House Immigration Proposals Set for Votes Today Washington, DC – TheDream.US, the nation’s largest college access and success program for undocumented immigrant youth, today issued the following statement expressing opposition to two House immigration bills pending for votes…

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NASHVILLE — On the day after Donald Trump was elected president, Jacob Maldonado sat in a Chipotle restaurant with his best friend, Maria Campos, and wondered aloud. “Is it worth it?” asked Maldonado, who had been working days and studying nights to get through Trevecca Nazarene University, where both were juniors.   They knew the…

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