Student DACA recipients voice concerns over past obstacles, future fears

As a child, Karen Coronilla would get upset when her father would come home after a day’s work in construction or gardening without any pay. “He’d say, ‘Well I didn’t get paid today, I’m undocumented so there’s nothing I can do,’” Coronilla said. Coronilla, a third-year Chicana/o studies student who is a recipient of the […]

Gov. Brown announces plan to allot $30 million for undocumented students

Gov. Jerry Brown and leaders in the state legislature announced a proposal Tuesday to allocate $30 million to support undocumented students. The state proposes spending an additional $20 million on immigrant legal services through the One California program, a state program that supports immigrant Californians. In addition, the state is proposing an additional $10 million […]

California files lawsuit against Trump administration over DACA repeal

The state of California sued President Donald Trump’s administration Monday for ending a program that deferred deportation for undocumented individuals brought to the United States as children. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the state, along with attorneys general for Minnesota, Maryland and Maine, is filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration for ending the […]

UCLA students and faculty respond to Trump’s decision to end DACA

When Mishelle Oh wanted to join her high school basketball team, the family she lived with urged her not to play. Because Oh was undocumented, she could not get health insurance and would have had to pay to treat injuries out of pocket. Oh, a 2017 UCLA alumna, said when she enrolled in the Deferred […]

Panel of immigration lawyers, university staff discuss Trump ending DACA

Immigration lawyers and university staff discussed the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to end a program that deferred deportation for thousands of undocumented individuals at a panel Thursday. On Tuesday, Trump ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a program enacted by former President Barack Obama in 2012 that deferred deportations for undocumented individuals brought […]

UCLA faculty members protest, discuss DACA decision in demonstration

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 […]

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 […]