'A little bit of hope': Local scholarship for DACA recipients has helped support 30 undocumented students
A lot of anti-immigrant policies came out of the last presidential administration, but in Lawrence what those years spurred was a program that has now helped 30 undocumented students in the area attend college. The Lawrence DACA Scholars program began making and selling tamales in 2017 to ...
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‘A little bit of hope’: Local scholarship for DACA recipients has helped support 30 undocumented students
