Day of action

On Tuesday, University of San Diego students stood in solidarity with DACA recipients. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, commonly referred to as DACA, is an Obama-era program that is aimed at protecting undocumented students from deportation on two-year, renewable intervals.

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Dreamin’ Green

USD’s School of Law introduces a new scholarship for dreamers Amy Inkrott/News Editor/The USD Vista Joshua Strange/Asst. News Editor/The USD Vista Changemakers led the way at the University of San Diego as supporters of equality scored another victory. Undocumented immigrants saw some forward momentum as a recent scholarship was funded […]

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Standing with Dreamers

Several Toreros attend off-campus protest in support of the Clean Dream Act   Lilyana Espinoza | News Editor | The USD Vista   As time draws near for a decision to be made on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act, some University of San Diego students are making […]

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Deliberating DACA’s future

Melanie Yost | Contributor | USD Vista Students recently watched the country become polarized following President Donald Trump’s decision to stop accepting applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program.   On Sept. 22, students gathered for a “lunch and learn” discussion on DACA in their Political Communication […]

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Future of DACA in Danger

On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program will no longer be accepting applications. The DACA program was a way to extend work permits to undocumented immigrants who came to the US when they were minors. The program was established in 2012 […]

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