Jorge Herrera migrated to the United State at the age of 4, and he did not think he would go to college. “In my head I would (ask) myself what was the point of me going to college if I couldn’t put my degree to work,” he said. However, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
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UC sues Trump administration over ending DACA
This post was updated Sept. 8 at 12:33 p.m. The University of California is suing President Donald Trump’s administration for ending a program that deferred the deportation of undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. The UC filed a suit Friday against the Trump administration in the United States District Court for the […]
Betsy DeVos announces plans to alter campus Title IX guidelines
This post was updated Sept. 8 at 3:41 p.m. President Donald Trump’s administration announced Thursday plans to roll back federal rules governing campus sexual harassment investigations. In a speech at George Mason University in Virginia, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced the administration is looking to replace guidelines from former President Barack Obama’s administration that pushed […]
Students protest ending of DACA program, discuss concerns for future
UCLA students joined thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s administration announced it will end a program that deferred the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]
UC continues to support DACA recipients despite Trump ending program
This post was updated Sept. 5 at 10:47 p.m. President Donald Trump ended a program Tuesday morning that deferred the deportation of hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will expire in six months. DACA, […]
Students and alumni affected by Tropical Storm Harvey discuss recovery
This post was updated Sept. 1 at 5:35 p.m. A motorboat helped Michelle Chung’s family and dogs evacuate through the flooded streets of Houston. A neighbor driving the motorboat knocked on the door of her family’s flooded home, said Chung, a third-year cognitive science student. She added most people she knows evacuated by boat as well. Chung, […]
Organizations encourage people to weigh in on Prop 57’s comment period
Organizations have been urging people to take advantage of the public comment period for Proposition 57 to ensure that the original intentions of the proposition are put into place. Proposition 57, known as The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, was passed by voters in November and aims to review parole hearings and acknowledge […]