Latino students from seven Ivy League universities united on campus this weekend to participate in the sixth annual Latino Ivy League Conference.

The Reverend Robin Hoover discussed his work documenting migrant deaths on the Arizona border and his strategies to aid migrants entering the United States at a speech on immigration at the ILR Conference Center on Monday. 

Skorton argued that an expedited immigration process for international students — including the many who study at Cornell — would spur national and regional economic development.

In a heated debate on Friday, students argued about whether the United States should have a fence along its border with Mexico. 

"Mayor" of Bear Necessities Lane Yon was reunited with his wife after a lengthy immigration process.

Approximately 30 students rallied on Ho Plaza Friday in support of the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. 

Bear Necessities “mayor” and food service worker Lane Yon is singing a happier song now that he received a letter from the State Department approving his wife’s visa application earlier this month.

Senate Republicans blocked a defense spending bill on Tuesday, effectively killing the DREAM Act, which would have enabled an estimated 726,000 undocumented students to legally stay in the country. The 56-43 vote would have required 60 votes to move the bill forward. 

The violence in Mexico is not independent from the tightening of US immigration policy.