{"id":18926,"date":"2016-12-22T11:09:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.hispanicizewire.com\/es\/?p=13376"},"modified":"2017-03-03T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T22:06:21","slug":"hacu-higher-educacion-and-latino-organizations-call-on-president-elect-trump-to-support-daca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/hacu-higher-educacion-and-latino-organizations-call-on-president-elect-trump-to-support-daca\/","title":{"rendered":"HACU, Higher Education and Latino Organizations Call On President-Elect Trump to Support DACA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO, TX &#8211; December 22, 2016 &#8211; (HISPANICIZE WIRE) &#8211; The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and more than 25 organizations representing higher education and Latino communities signed and sent a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hacu.net\/images\/hacu\/Newsrel\/2016\/Trump-Dec%2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> on December 19, 2016, to President-elect Trump urging continued support of DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) and calling for passage of the DREAM Act (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) legislation in the 115th Congress.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe letter outlined the following:<\/p>\n<p>Among the estimated 11 million undocumented residents, there are many Hispanic young people known as DREAMers brought to the U.S. as children and guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and courts the right to primary and secondary education, who find themselves handicapped by their immigration status in pursuing a higher education.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe DREAM Act was first introduced by Senators Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, in 2001, but has failed to be enacted. President Obama\u2019s DACA order made it possible for some 750,000 young people to come out of the shadows, go to college and contribute to American society.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe letter states that because DACA is only a stopgap measure, the passage of the DREAM Act and ultimately fair, just, and comprehensive immigration reform are needed in the 115th Congress.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u201cThe DREAMers are a key segment of America\u2019s talent pool: they have succeeded in American PK-12 schools, they have overcome obstacles to pursue further education and they continue to make contributions towards our nation\u2019s success,\u201d said HACU President and CEO Antonio R. Flores.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe organizations that have signed this letter represent thousands of institutions of higher education and communities across the nation:<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAACRAO \u2013 American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers<\/p>\n<p>AACU \u2013 Association of American Colleges and Universities<\/p>\n<p>AASCU \u2013 American Association of State Colleges and Universities<\/p>\n<p>AAMC \u2013 Association of American Medical Colleges *<\/p>\n<p>ACPA \u2013 American College Personnel Association<\/p>\n<p>AIHEC \u2013 American Indian Higher Education Consortium<\/p>\n<p>APIACU \u2013 Asian American and Pacific Islander Association of Colleges and Universities<\/p>\n<p>ARL \u2013 The Association of Research Libraries<\/p>\n<p>ASPIRA Association<\/p>\n<p>Casa de Esperanza<\/p>\n<p>CCCU \u2013 Council for Christian Colleges and Universities<\/p>\n<p>CGS \u2013 Council of Graduate Schools<\/p>\n<p>CHCI \u2013 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute *<\/p>\n<p>COE \u2013 Counsel for Opportunity in Education<\/p>\n<p>CNC \u2013 Cuban American National Council<\/p>\n<p>HNBA \u2013 Hispanic National Bar Association<\/p>\n<p>LCLAA \u2013 Labor Council for Latin American Advancement<\/p>\n<p>LatinoJustice Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF)<\/p>\n<p>LULAC \u2013 League of United Latin American Citizens<\/p>\n<p>LULAC \u2013 League of United Latin American Citizens, Councils of Indiana<\/p>\n<p>MANA \u2013 A National Latina Organization<\/p>\n<p>NACAC \u2013 National Association for College Admission Counseling<\/p>\n<p>NACUBO \u2013 National Association of College and University Business Officers<\/p>\n<p>NAFEO \u2013 National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education *<\/p>\n<p>NAHFE \u2013 National Association for Hispanic Federal Executives<\/p>\n<p>NASFAA \u2013 National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators<\/p>\n<p>NACOPRW \u2013 National Conference of Puerto Rican Women, Inc.<\/p>\n<p>NHMA \u2013 National Hispanic Medical Association *<\/p>\n<p>NCLR \u2013 National Council of La Raza<\/p>\n<p>SER (Service, Employment, and Redevelopment) National Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Arizona<\/p>\n<p>U.S.-Mexico Foundation *<\/p>\n<p>WICHE \u2013 Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n*Added after the letter was mailed out<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>About HACU<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) represents more than 470 colleges and universities committed to Hispanic higher education success in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America and Spain. HACU is the only national association representing existing and emerging Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs). Additional information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hacu.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.hacu.net<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><EM>&#8212; More than 25 organizations (and counting) urge the incoming President to support DACA and DREAM Act legislation in the 115th Congress &#8212;<\/EM><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2349,2357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-educacion","category-inmigracion","entry"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/featured-Hacu.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/featured-Hacu.png","author_info":{"display_name":"mruiz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/author\/mruiz\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}