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11 posts tagged "executive order"

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Students, faculty discuss debt forgiveness

Sam Anderson | Wednesday, August 31, 2022

On August 24, the White House announced a student loan forgiveness plan via executive order that hopes to “provide breathing room to America’s working families as they continue to recover from the strains associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.” This plan will be implemented in three distinct phases. First, the Department of Education will provide up

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Professor discusses first year of Trump administration

Alexandra Muck | Thursday, February 8, 2018

Reflecting on the first year of the Trump administration and what it indicates about the future, professor of political science Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr. said the president‘s largest accomplishments include the tax reform bill and his judicial appointments, during a lecture Wednesday night in Geddes Hall as part of the Pizza, Pop and Politics series presented

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Professors highlight details of travel ban

Jordan Cockrum | Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Professors of political science Pat Pierce and Marc Belanger hosted an open forum Tuesday to discuss President Trump’s executive order on immigration that banned the entry into the U.S. of nationals from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya for 90 days. The forum’s goal was not to discuss the executive order in a manner

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SMC alumna helps refugees settle in South Bend

Martha Reilly | Wednesday, February 22, 2017

When Hazim Al-Adilee arrived in the U.S. in 2014, his wife Entidhar Abbood was nearly 7,000 miles away in Jordan, having been denied relocation privileges. Now, more than two years later, Abbood’s application to enter the U.S. has still not been approved, as Al-Adilee discussed at a lecture about migration on Tuesday at Saint Mary’s. Al-Adilee

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Lecture explores current refugee and asylum law in the U.S.

Selena Ponio | Friday, February 17, 2017

When Majd Alshoufi spoke in the Eck Hall of Law on Monday afternoon, he made it clear that he was coming from a personal, rather than a legal, perspective. Alshoufi, a Syrian Master’s candidate in international peacebuilding and an asylum seeker, was one of the speakers at a lecture titled “Asylum in the U.S.: Law and the

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Democrats applaud judicial overreach, again

Liam Stewart | Monday, February 13, 2017

The Ninth Circuit, the appeals court for the western United States, refused to lift the temporary restraining order placed on the executive branch earlier this month, effectively preventing the government from implementing President Trump’s recent immigration order. The decision came down late Thursday from the Ninth Circuit’s three-judge panel, generally recognized as the most liberal

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University, South Bend communities convene to protest executive order

Marie Fazio | Friday, February 10, 2017

Students, faculty and South Bend community members braved the 20-degree weather and gathered at Fieldhouse Mall in a peaceful protest against President Trump’s executive order that is attempting to temporarily ban the entry into the U.S. of nationals of Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya for 90 days. Carrying signs that read “no human

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Mass addresses national attitudes towards immigration

Emily McConville | Tuesday, February 7, 2017

At a Mass for immigrants and refugees at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Monday night, associate professor of theology Fr. Daniel Groody said the United States’ and Catholics’ attitude towards immigrants and refugees is of utmost importance. “What is at stake now is not just our politics, but our very salvation,” he said.

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Students respond to uncertainty following Trump’s executive order

Emily McConville | Wednesday, February 1, 2017

In the five days since President Donald Trump signed an executive order on immigration, the approximately 30 Notre Dame students from the affected countries, and the staff who assist them, have been uncertain about their futures. “This is a big change, a big sudden change,” Arman Mirhashemi, a Ph.D. candidate in aerospace and mechanical engineering from

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ND community members demonstrate in South Bend against Trump executive order

Emily McConville | Monday, January 30, 2017

Hundreds of South Bend community members — including Notre Dame students, faculty and staff — attended a demonstration Sunday outside the Morris Performing Arts Center, in solidarity with immigrants and refugees affected by President Donald Trump’s recent executive order temporarily banning the entry of nationals of several Muslim-majority countries. The demonstration was organized by a group

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