Archive for: immigration
UT Leaders Respond to White House Travel Ban
By Danielle Lopez
After the White House temporarily banned citizens of seven countries from entering the United States last Friday, UT leaders and the community responded with...
Student Group’s Illegal Immigration Game Draws Outcry [Updated]
By Rose Cahalan
Update: On Tuesday morning, the Young Conservatives of Texas’ chairman, Lorenzo Garcia, released a statement announcing the event is canceled. He cited safety...
Condoleezza Rice Discusses Iraq War on the Forty Acres
By Jack McBee
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice faced a frank question last night while addressing a full house at the LBJ Library’s Lady Bird Auditorium. Joshua...
Texas Lawmakers Seek Ban on In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants
By Rose Cahalan
More than a decade ago, Texas became the first state to pass a law providing in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants. The law (House Bill 1403) passed in a...
Higher Ed Makes Headlines at Conference on the Forty Acres
By Lynn Freehill
UT’s campus became the epicenter of Texas public policy debates over the weekend as the Forty Acres hosted the second-annual Texas Tribune Festival. The conference—the...
UT ‘Dreamers’ Celebrate New Immigration Policy
By Alcalde Staff
Editor’s Note: The mission of The Alcalde and the Texas Exes is to keep alumni and friends informed about The University of Texas. But this article on a campus...
Who Pays In-State Tuition at UT?
By Rose Cahalan
Texas governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry has recently drawn fire from a conservative student group at his alma mater, Texas A&M, for his continued...
Feature
The Ties That Blind
By Manuel Gonzales
Until I was a teenager, I thought the story of my grandfather’s coming to the United States to be another hardworking immigrant story. It went something like this:...
-
Letter from the Executive Director: Busy Season
-
Alcalde Photo Editor Takes Italy and Switzerland
-
The Life and Legacy of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at 100 Years
-
Program in UT’s College of Pharmacy Provides Cellphones to People Experiencing Homelessness
-
UT’s Wind Ensemble Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Carnegie Hall