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2020 Breakdown: It didn’t have to be this close

Gabriella Aponte November 5, 2020
If Biden’s campaign devoted even a quarter of the time it spent talking about restoring the soul of our nation to the policies and strategies they plan to implement, this race would have been a landslide for Biden.
Damariz Itzel Posadas Aparicio, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Boston University’s School of Theology and recipient of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals or “DACA” program, spoke at a virtual panel on Tuesday hosted by the Latin American Studies Department on immigration reform. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU professors host ‘DACA’ panel, call for immigration reform

Yiran Yu November 2, 2020
Millions of Americans will have decided the next president by Tuesday night, and in an election as heavily contested as this year’s, a number of socio-political issues prevail on voters’ minds, including that of DACA.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Trump’s disregard for COVID-19 reflects tyrannical tendencies

Luca Becker October 6, 2020
If the president is not committed to truth, science or the protection of his citizens, where do his loyalties lie? 
The currently empty “Hostile Terrain 94” exhibit on the second-floor landing of the George Sherman Union where students will be able to place a tag commemorating lives lost at the U.S.-Mexico border. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Hostile Terrain 94′ commemorates lives lost at U.S.-Mexico border, illuminates humanitarian crisis

Isabel Plower September 11, 2020
For now, “Hostile Terrain 94” is as barren as the Sonoran Desert it depicts. Soon, it will be lush with more than 3,200 toe tags representing the remains of those who died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
City College of New York Associate Professor in Language Tatyana Kleyn led a discussion on the current immigration conflicts on the U.S.-Mexico border at the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development Monday. IRENE CHUNG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Language educators speak on reducing bias for student immigrants

Irene Chung February 13, 2020
To address immigration conflicts at the Mexican border and their implications in U.S. schools, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development invited Tatyana Kleyn, an associate professor in language at the City College of New York, for a discussion entitled, “Immigration and Education in the U.S. and Mexico, A Multimodal Approach to Transcending Borders.”
GRAPHIC BY SHIVANI PATEL AND EMILY SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF AND CONTRIBUTOR

Voter registration rises because presidential election is “highly electric”

Anna Waldzinska October 26, 2016

Boston has hit a record high of 408,669 registered voters as of Monday, according to Sabino Piemonte, the elections chief for the city. The number is expected to increase, since the Boston Election...

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