EWU students, staff rally to support immigration, international students
About 200 Eastern Washington University students gathered on the campus mall for a rally in opposition to recent executive orders regarding immigration issued by President Donald Trump.
For Rosario Rodriguez, President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration - authorizing construction of a U.S–Mexico border wall and imposing entry restrictions on residents from seven predominantly Muslim countries - strikes very close to home.
The Eastern Washington University political science major is the daughter of immigrants living in Sunnyside, Wash. Rodriguez said she also has Muslim friends and friends who are LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning) - all of whom are now "terrified" of what might come next regarding their futures.
"I have friends who don't want...
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