6 protesters were arrested Thursday after disrupting the appointment of incoming UC President Janet Napolitano and refusing to disperse pursuant to police orders, at a UC Board Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay. Read More…
The news that the secretary of homeland security would be the next president of the University of California came as a surprise. While we are supportive of the unique experiences Janet Napolitano can bring, she has a lot to learn and a long way to go to convince dissenters that Read More…
The Berkeley City Council revoked a policy requiring the Berkeley Police Department to hold undocumented immigrants in the local jail by request of the federal government at its Tuesday meeting. Read More…
At Tuesday’s 7 p.m. meeting, the Berkeley City Council will focus largely on discussing the amendments to the immigration detainees policy. Read More…
Imagine yourself picked up by the Berkeley police on a minor matter. You’re quickly cleared for release, but the cops see that you were once suspected — NOT CONVICTED — of a more serious offense. Read More…
The TRUST Act would make it easier for state law enforcement agencies to opt out of a program requiring them to detain immigrants who have not committed serious crimes for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read More…
At a special meeting of the Berkeley City Council Tuesday, Police Chief Michael Meehan announced Tuesday that it will not honor its agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold illegal immigrants who are being detained for minor offenses through a program called Secure Communities. Read More…
In November, former UC Berkeley graduate student Pancho Ramos Stierle was detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following his arrest at a raid on the Occupy Oakland encampment. Stierle came to the United States with a student visa to pursue his Ph.D in astrophysics at UC Berkeley Read More…
Contention surrounds a report the UC Berkeley School of Law released Wednesday that analyzed the effects of the U.S. immigration enforcement program. According to the report, the current immigration system pushes individuals through the process of deportation without allowing for sufficient opportunity to challenge the verdict or legal counsel. Secure Read More…
A disproportionate number of Latinos have been arrested through the federal Secure Communities program, according to a report released Wednesday by the UC Berkeley School of Law. The report focuses on the numbers produced by the program, which aims to identify undocumented immigrants without implementing new requirements on law enforcement. Read More…
