STH Students Travel to US-Mexico Border to Learn Migrant Ministry
Travel seminar trip an education in the miseries facing immigrants Students in STH’s Arizona/Mexico Border Seminar spent more than a week in Arizona and Mexico in January immersing themselves in the existence of migrants and those who minister to them. A second group will do the same next week over spring break. STH students travel […]
BU Leaders Oppose Trump Shutdown of DACA
Congress given six months to devise alternative fate for program Protesters outside the White House Tuesday condemned a decision to kill a program allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children to stay in this country. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Abaca (Sipa via AP Images). Updated September 5, 3:40 p.m.: A prayer vigil for […]
BU Will Not Share Info on Undocumented Students
Will obey a court order, cannot bar immigration officials from campus More than 2,000 members of the BU community asked the University to declare itself a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented students. Photo (left) by Kalman Zabarsky. Boston University will not share information about any undocumented students with immigration authorities unless those authorities have a subpoena or […]
President Brown Signs Pro-DACA Open Letter
Counters Trump’s threat to kill program for undocumented youth President Robert A. Brown signed an open letter defending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects children of undocumented immigrants. Photo by Brian Snyder. University President Robert A. Brown last week signed an open letter, along with more than 250 higher education leaders, […]