The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/immigration/page/2/)
The Los Angeles Times reporter and Cornell alumna won the Pulitzer Prize Board’s first-ever audio reporting award for her work on the This American Life series “The Out Crowd.”
Cornell is incredibly cosmopolitan. Over 10 percent of the undergraduate population and 20 percent of the total student enrollment is international. With upwards of 100 countries represented in those statistics, Cornell can claim to be one of the most diverse universities in the countries. This diversity is normally nothing but positive. Having students from varying origins enriches classroom discussion, helps other students think more globally and elevates campus dialogue.
To supplement what they learn in the law school classroom with real-life experience, Cornell law students participate in courses, dubbed “clinics,” where students assist real clients with real legal problems.
In a recent letter to the New York Congressional delegation, President Martha E. Pollack called for New York lawmakers to monitor immigration policies affecting international students and faculty.
Amidst a presidency that has seen clashes at the border and high-profile confrontations with Mexico, a pair of former diplomats debated whether Trump’s immigration record represents a radical change — or merely an extension of the status quo.
President Martha Pollack wrote an op-ed in CNN against current immigration policies, citing the potential impact on international students in higher education.
The newly-elected Tompkins County sheriff said he was not happy that the deputy had called ICE on a Mexican man and said he drafted a new policy this week making it clear how and when county employees should interact with immigration authorities.
Alesina’s study concluded that there is a correlation between “misperception of immigration” and “strong opposition to immigration and strong opposition to redistribution policies.”
“It’s not an issue of U.S.-Mexico borders,” he said. “It’s an issue of migrants and human rights. Love has no borders … We need to demonstrate that only love will overcome hate.”
Morones’s two-day visit, sponsored by the Latino/a studies program, American studies program, the Cornell Farmworkers program, among other departments, will include classroom visits and meetings with students.