Message from the President: DACA students
Dear faculty, staff and students, Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the administration was rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). He provided Congress six months to enact legislation that would reform immigration. At Western New Mexico University we have a number of DACA students who are worried about what happens next. As president of this university my job is to provide leadership that promotes our university, positions it for the future, and ensures a quality education for all who pass through our doors. Over thirty years ago I decided to become an educator. I did so because through education I, along with thousands of others, can change the world for the better. I did not go into education because I wished to be an extension of immigration enforcement. I went into education simply to teach whomever I could without care for their immigration status, their ethnicity, their gender, or any other attribute associated with...