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President Shoureshi responds to ending DACA

September 06, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

Portland State University- News
By University Communications
September 5, 2017

Ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will have serious consequences for our students at Portland State University. These DACA students known as "dreamers," came to Oregon as children of undocumented parents. The federal program, which is renewable every two years, has enabled them to attend college and work without fear of deportation. Ending the DACA program would upend their lives and the lives of their families.

Read the full statement from President Rahmat Shoureshi at the PSU News page here.