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Prerna Lal — the immigration attorney at UC Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program, or USP, who was responsible for the release of UC Berkeley student Luis Mora from Border Patrol custody at the beginning of the year — was placed on paid administrative leave Thursday for unclear reasons.
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Chancellor Carol Christ implemented immigration sweeps toolkits and resource guides in a campuswide email Thursday in light of threatened immigration sweeps in the Bay Area.
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U.S. District Judge William Alsup from San Francisco temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA on Jan. 9. Here’s what you need to know about resources available for students renewing DACA.
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As an immigration attorney for UC Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program, or USP, for more than two years, Lal provides legal services for hundreds of undocumented students at UC Berkeley and their families.
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Although dozens of UC Berkeley students protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program have submitted their applications for renewal by the Oct. 5 deadline, uncertainty looms in the undocumented community about the future of the program.
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U.S. Senators Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., joined 36 other senators Monday in petitioning the Trump administration to extend the Oct. 5 deadline for the DACA renewal application.
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The amount of undocumented students seeking out USP mental health support services has increased by 350 percent since the repeal last week.
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Jose Carranza, a campus freshman, stood before a group of about 100 people Tuesday evening with a megaphone to his mouth as he told the group of strangers that he is the youngest of eight children raised by a single mother after his father was deported from the United States.
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The Trump Administration announced Thursday it will maintain the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, creating an air of uncertainty for some members of the undocumented community.
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About 100 people gathered in the Alumni House on Tuesday to attend a panel hosted by the Cal Alumni Association, where panelists discussed the effects of the Trump administration’s immigration policies on undocumented campus students.
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