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VIDEO: Voices on immigration: UK students discuss policy and personal experience

Synthia Burn, Broadcaster March 3, 2025

Student speakers from the University of Kentucky share their insights on their personal experiences and President Donald Trump's immigration policies at a panel held in the Lewis Honors College lounge....

 University of Kentucky students talk about their experiences in America as the children of immigrants during the Lewis Honors College Immigration Panel on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025 at the Lewis Honors College in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Isabella Sepahban | Staff

Immigration Panel shares the journeys of children of immigrants

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter February 26, 2025

University of Kentucky members were invited to a panel about students’ experiences in their “challenges and triumphs” as children of immigrants in Kentucky. The Lewis Honors College hosted the...

VIDEO: Protest for immigration rights forms in downtown Lexington

Gabriella Mercedes, Assistant Broadcast Editor January 26, 2025

A protest for immigration rights formed in front of the Fayette County District Court on Jan. 26, 2025. People marched to raise awareness for the deportation raids happening across the country since President...

Illustration by Cameron Holmes.

Trump’s stance on immigration is unconstitutional

Hannah Piedad, Reporter December 7, 2024

At a rally on Oct. 11, 2024 in Aurora, Colorado, presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he would “invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli.

Presidential candidates’ promises on key issues

Staff November 4, 2024

Immigration On the topic of immigration, Harris has said she plans to fix the U.S. immigration system and secure the country’s borders. According to the Kamala Harris campaign website, Harris supports...

Nicole Funk is a UK alumna who now works as an Educational Resource Coordinator VISTA with the Food Literacy Project. Photo provided by Nicole Funk.

Oppose Senate Bill 1, a UK alum’s perspective

Nicole Funk February 4, 2020

Right now in Kentucky state legislature, Senate Bill 1 is being reviewed. The bill proposes that anyone in Kentucky who works for a federal agency will be accountable for pointing out people who they think...

Omar, a Lexington resident protected by DACA, poses with a photo of Santo Toribio Romo, the saint of the immigrants, and a necklace with photos of saints on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. “The necklace with the saints represents protection to me,” Omar said. Omar said the necklace was a gift from his mom when he was young, and he still keeps it in his wallet. Omar said he has heard stories about Santo Toribio Romo, the saint in the larger photo, for a long time. “It’s said that when an immigrant is wanting safe passage on their journey, they pray to him for protection.” Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Kentucky’s DACA recipients try to navigate earning a college degree

Leslie Bueno December 10, 2019

Editor’s note: The Kernel staff has made the decision to change the names of the DACA recipients mentioned in this story for their safety and the safety of their families. We feel that revealing their...

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Child marriage is the enemy of the American Dream

January 17, 2019

The Associated Press reported recently that over the past 10 years, thousands of requests have been approved from men who sought to bring child brides into America through the immigration system. The data...

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Remember Columbus Day; remember we are all immigrants

By the Editorial Board October 8, 2018

This Columbus Day, let us as a campus community work to end the national immigration divide by focusing on our roots. No matter how long our families have been in this country, nearly every American has...

Separating families at the border should prompt Trump’s impeachment

Matt Hasty June 26, 2018

President Trump should be impeached for allowing families to be separated at border.Recently, President Trump enforced a zero-tolerance policy directed at people who enter the United States illegally...

International students outnumber American students in graduate schools

Madison Rexroat November 21, 2017

In a growing era for graduate school, the ones taking most advantage of it aren’t Americans, but international students.International students are outnumbered at the undergraduate level, but at the graduate...

Dreamers are Americans, just like the rest of us

Editorial Staff September 15, 2017

Last week, the Trump administration announced the end of the Obama-era program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The Obama Administration unveiled this program in 2012 as a way to help undocumented...

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