Freedom U provides free college-level classes, college application assistance, and movement leadership development for undocumented students in Atlanta.

Freedom U provides free college-level classes, college application assistance, and movement leadership development for undocumented students in Atlanta.

The federal government remains open. President Trump has declared a state of emergency to build a border wall, and the structure's future is now up to the courts. The president had been using the potential extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to try to sway Democrats toward his fiscal plan. Now, the future of that program is unclear.

That political uncertainty permeates life at Atlanta's Freedom University. It provides college prep and leadership development classes for undocumented students in Georgia. "On Second Thought" invited Freedom University executive director Emiko Soltis to speak about the university and its mission. DACA recipients Arizbeth Sanchez and Raymond Partolan also joined the conversation.

"On Second Thought" host Virginia Prescott speaks with Emiko Soltis, Arizbeth Sanchez and Raymond Partolan.

 

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