Tech for progress, not for ICE
Lily Callender/Staff
We have an opportunity to stand on the right side of history; if we don’t, we will look back with regret.
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UC Berkeley students protest Amazon’s ties with ICE
Cal Bears Against ICE held a protest at an Amazon recruitment session at UC Berkeley on Wednesday evening to contest campus relations with companies holding contractual agreements with ICE.
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Problematic companies have no place on campus
CAMPUS ISSUES: Palantir’s presence unearths problematic company involvement
It’s crucial that campus and the university at large put their money where their mouth is and support companies with society’s best interests at heart.
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Under pressure, Palantir cancels UC Berkeley information session
About 50 students and community members met at 12 p.m. to march against UC Berkeley’s ties with Silicon Valley software giant Palantir, which was set to hold a campus information session with the electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, department Tuesday.
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UC Berkeley students demand tech giant Palantir drop contracts with ICE
In an effort to disrupt immigration authorities’ tech talent pipeline, more than 1,400 students are vowing not to work for Silicon Valley software giant Palantir until the company cancels its contracts with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.
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DACA uncertainty impacts professional development opportunities for undocumented students
For undocumented students at UC Berkeley, DACA provides the authorization necessary to receive financial aid through Director’s Work Study, according to the campus Undocumented Student Program, or USP, website.
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500 people protest border detention centers at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office
Five hundred Jewish people and allies marched to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in San Francisco on Friday morning to protest what many are calling concentration camps at the United States-Mexico border, which currently hold undocumented immigrants in allegedly terrible conditions.
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Undocumented immigrants deserve more from Berkeley in light of upcoming ICE raids
CITY AFFAIRS: As nation’s first sanctuary city, Berkeley must offer effective resources, accessible information on rights to undocumented residents
As a community, we must protect undocumented immigrants’ constitutional rights and encourage the city of Berkeley to do the same.
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Inmigrantes indocumentados merecen más de Berkeley teniendo en cuenta de redadas de ICE
ASUNTOS DE LA CIUDAD: Como la primera ciudad santuario de los Estados Unidos, Berkeley debe ofrecer recursos efectivos, información accesible de los derechos de inmigrantes indocumentados
Como comunidad, debemos proteger los derechos constitucionales de los inmigrantes indocumentados y alentar a la ciudad de Berkeley a hacer lo mismo.
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California needs to better regulate surveillance
Data from the Oakland Police Department showed that license plate readers were disproportionately dispatched in low-income communities and communities of racial minorities. This can create a “chilling effect” on the freedom of expression of minority groups. And it can reinforce already stigmatized communities by creating a “feedback loop” in which police are repeatedly sent to a particular neighborhood regardless of that neighborhood’s true crime rate.
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