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UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Response to immigrant reform tepid

December 1, 2014

Immigrant rights groups believe President's executive order weak, might not last President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform announced on Nov. 20 has received mixed reactions from members...

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UTD alumna and employee Abigail Cortes (left) and her brother Elio Zapote (right) went from undocumented immigrants to DREAMers, leaving many worries behind as they continue forging their paths in the country they've lived in for nearly two decades.

Still DREAMing

December 1, 2014

UTD siblings reflect on living as undocumented immigrants in United States It was Election Day in 2008 and Abigail Cortes and her mom were watching the election results. Both were upset that Cortes’...

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