CLAS Hosts Panel Discussion on DACA
On October 27, 2020, the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), an affiliated regional center at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a panel discussion on the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
The event, titled “What is DACA?,” explored the program and its impact on higher education, particularly for Latin American students. Panelists included Cristian De La Rosa, Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual Theology and Practice & Director of Contextual Education and Community Partnerships, Boston University School of Theology; Alberto Fierro Garza, Consul General of Mexico in Boston; Brian Plotts, Attorney at Law; and Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, MTS Candidate, Boston University School of Theology. The event was moderated by Professor Adela Pineda, Professor of Spanish & Director of the Center for Latin American Studies.
Panelists discusses the origins of DACA, the structure of the law and how it works, how it has effected Mexican immigrants and others who fall under the program, as well as the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act and how the prospect of its passage.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
CLAS provides students with a versatile and powerful vehicle to develop an in-depth and interdisciplinary understanding of the Latin American region. The program offers students a wide variety of regionally-focused courses in Latin America, which are taught by a range of academic departments. The interdisciplinary nature of the program provides the necessary breadth and depth for students to understand the complexities and remarkable diversity of Latin America, defined as the 20 independent countries in the Western Hemisphere south of the United States with Spanish, French, or Portuguese as their official languages. Learn more about this center on the CLAS website.