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Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
Serving the Southern Illinois University community since 1916.

The Daily Egyptian
A file image from the government shutdown in 2013. If the government shuts down in the coming days, the Trump administration plans to keep many national parks and monuments open. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Trump invites Democratic leader Schumer to White House for last-minute shutdown talks

By Lisa Mascaro | Tribune Washington Bureau
January 19, 2018
A poster hangs outside the pavilion at Gaia House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, during a vigil held for DACA students. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

‘Dreamers’ scramble to submit DACA renewals while they can

By Nereida Moreno | Chicago Tribune
January 16, 2018
Sen. Richard “Dick” Durbin, responds to a question about the Cairo housing crisis, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, during the Paul Simon Institute’s 20th anniversary at the Hiram H. Lesar Law Building auditorium. “I went to the Cairo school today and met with the sixth graders…they actually asked the question of the principal, ’is this school going to be here next year?’…if 180 families pick up and leave…what happens to the school district? What happens to the students that remain?” said Durbin. (Mary Newman | @MaryNewmanDE)

Sen. Dick Durbin: President Trump used ‘hate-filled, vile and racist’ language in immigration meeting

By John Byrne and Katherine Skiba | Chicago Tribune
January 12, 2018
U.S. President Donald J. Trump arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017 to speak to the House Republican Conference. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS)

Trump says there won’t be a DACA deal if a border wall isn’t funded

By Bill Allison and Margaret Talev | Bloomberg News
January 6, 2018
Los Angeles Harbor College student Brenda Soriano, second from right, and her mother Edilbertha Martinez, left, participate in a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program in Los Angeles on September 5, 2017. Brenda and her sister Diana Martinez are in the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program. The Soriano family are originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Diana is studying to be an aerospace engineer and Brenda is studying to be a journalist. The girls came illegally to the U.S. at ages 3 and 7 in the back of a van through Tijuana. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Young immigrants could find pathway to citizenship in DACA resolution, Blunt says

By Chuck Raasch | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 8, 2017
From Ball State controversy to Carbondale: new dean of students settles into role

From Ball State controversy to Carbondale: new dean of students settles into role

By Tierra Carpenter
October 18, 2017
A poster hangs outside the pavilion at Gaia House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, during a vigil held for DACA students. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

DACA and immigration 101 panel to be held on campus Thursday

By Francois Gatimu
September 27, 2017
Los Angeles Harbor College student Brenda Soriano, second from right, and her mother Edilbertha Martinez, left, participate in a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program in Los Angeles on September 5, 2017. Brenda and her sister Diana Martinez are in the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals, or DACA program. The Soriano family are originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Diana is studying to be an aerospace engineer and Brenda is studying to be a journalist. The girls came illegally to the U.S. at ages 3 and 7 in the back of a van through Tijuana. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

‘My daughters are going to be OK.’ Then Trump phased out DACA

By Esmeralda Bermudez | Los Angeles Times
September 20, 2017
Then President-elect Donald Trump looks on in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in their first public step toward a transition of power in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Donald Trump: ‘Working on’ DACA, wall ‘will come later’

By Emily Ngo | Newsday
September 14, 2017
Donald Trump speaks on October 26, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Bipartisan group meet with Trump, discuss DACA

By Joshua Stewart | The San Diego Union-Tribune
September 13, 2017
A poster hangs outside the pavilion at Gaia House on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, during a vigil held for DACA students. (Athena Chrysanthou | @Chrysant1Athena)

University administration is not being supportive, DACA students say

By Marnie Leonard
September 7, 2017
Members of GPSC meet for the first time this fall on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, at the Student Center. (Daily Egyptian file photo)

GPSC decides not to make statement regarding end of DACA, will await administrative action

By Francois Gatimu
September 5, 2017
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