More than 160 college and university presidents have signed a statement urging the nation’s leaders to preserve and expand a four-year-old program that protects undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children.
Their message, made public Monday, appeared addressed to President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration. Trump has said he is weighing a crackdown on illegal immigration that includes plans for rapid deportation of 2 million to 3 million undocumented immigrants with criminal records.
During the campaign, Trump took a hard line on illegal immigration and sharply criticized Obama administration policies that offered protection to certain groups of immigrants.
Read more at The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/11/21/college-leaders-save-program-shielding-students-from-deportation/
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