Campus

Undocumented student will be eligible for state financial aid with recent passing of act

Ju Hong, an undocumented UC Berkeley senior and a CalSERVE senator, came to the United States from South Korea at age 11 on his tourist visa, which has since expired.
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Ju Hong, an undocumented UC Berkeley senior and a CalSERVE senator, came to the United States from South Korea at age 11 on his tourist visa, which has since expired.

Ju Hong, arrested, looked across the table into the eyes of his enemy. But Hong, undocumented, felt liberated and empowered — even though the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer standing a few feet from him could begin his deportation process with a stroke of the pen. “I’m undocumented, unafraid, Read More…

Campus

UC Berkeley opens California DREAM Act scholarship

The UC Berkeley Financial Aid and Scholarships Office released the scholarship application for students who would receive private financial aid under the first part of the California DREAM Act starting January 2012. The $8,000 Berkeley Undergraduate Dream Act Scholarship — which was formed after Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 130 Read More…

UC

Brown signs landmark DREAM Act legislation

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second part of the California DREAM Act — a controversial piece of legislation which grants undocumented students access to state financial aid — into law Saturday. The act, also known as AB 131, is the first such legislation to be signed into law in the Read More…

UC

Gov. Brown signs second part of California DREAM Act

Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second part of the California DREAM Act into law Saturday. AB 131 will allow undocumented students to apply for and receive state financial aid, such as Cal Grants. The California DREAM Act is composed of two parts, both authored by Assemblymember Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles. AB 131 is Read More…

Op-Eds

Working to support undocumented students

Many leaders and organizers in support of the movement towards equality in education went to Sacramento Monday to urge Gov. Brown to continue to support the California Dream Act, specifically AB 131. As a co-chair of Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education at UC Berkeley, I work to support the undocumented students that have Read More…

Op-Eds

How the DREAM Act may be a mirage

Assembly Bill 131, the second half of the so-called “DREAM Act,” is on its way to the Governor’s desk. Despite its name, it offers little more than a mirage to the students it promises to help and a nightmare to the citizens whose hard-earned dollars will be used to fund Read More…

UC

Undocumented students small portion of DREAM Act beneficiaries

UC statistics show less than 30 percent of AB 540 students are undocumented

As the second half of the California DREAM Act — which would allow students who qualify for in-state tuition under AB 540 access to public financial aid for the first time — reaches Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, the topic of undocumented students has garnered mass media and public attention. But Read More…

Editorials

A happy conclusion

HIGHER EDUCATION: By refusing to hear the challenge to AB 540, the U.S. Supreme Court has made the correct decision.

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal last Monday that challenged California Assembly Bill 540, which allows undocumented students to pay resident tuition at in-state colleges. The decision is a welcome conclusion after years of legal challenges, beginning when the original lawsuit was filed in December 2005. Undocumented Read More…

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Supreme Court upholds in-state tuition for undocumented students

After nearly six years of petitions and appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Monday that challenged a state law allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at California universities and colleges. The plaintiffs — 42 former UC, CSU and California Community College students who each Read More…

News

Assembly passes part of DREAM Act

The California State Assembly voted last Wednesday to pass the second half of the state’s DREAM Act and would provide state grants and financial aid to undocumented students attending college in California. Assembly members approved AB 131 — authored by Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles — in a 46-25 party-line Read More…