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PCC opens center for 'Dreamers,' other undocumented students at Rock Creek Campus

Article author: 
Andrew Theen
Article publisher: 
The Oregonian
Article date: 
Monday, January 29, 2018
Article category: 
Oregon Issues
Medium
Tags: 
jobs
illegal immigration
DACA
Dream act
illegal aliens
Article Body: 

The state's largest college opened a new center last week specifically to help support students who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Portland Community College officially opened the door Jan. 22 to its DACA Resource Center at the school's Rock Creek campus on the west side. The school says it's the first center of its kind in the state.  ... undocumented students brought to the United States as children, commonly referred to as Dreamers.

"At PCC, we recognize that dreamer students face unique barriers that require additional mental, emotional and financial support," Liliana Luna, Rock Creek's Multicultural Center coordinator and a DACA recipient said in a statement. "The new DREAM Center focuses on the empowerment, support and retention of dreamers and their families." 

...The $50,000 effort is backed by the Meyer Memorial Trust and the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative.

DACA recipients with work permits face a March 5 deadline for renewal...

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