DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire will join colleges and universities across the United States in recognizing the important role of immigration in driving innovation and creating jobs by screening a new 30-minute documentary Friday, April 19, 2013, at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Building's Theater I followed by a discussion with university faculty.

The showing of Davis Guggenheim's new documentary, The Dream is Now, is part of a national effort to highlight how U.S. immigration laws impact our ability to attract, retain, and educate the world's top students and researchers. The film gives voice to and puts a human face on the undocumented children of immigrants.

Following the screening professors Cliff Brown, sociology, and Chris Reardon, political science, will lead a discussion on immigration reform.

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The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,200 undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students.