Undocumented immigrants face uncertainty in wake of Trump’s election

Valeska Castaneda can distinctly remember being pulled out of her preschool classroom after learning her mother was deported.
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Valeska Castaneda can distinctly remember being pulled out of her preschool classroom after learning her mother was deported.
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Janet Napolitano, In two days, you will visit UC Berkeley for your first official campus visit since becoming president, completing the final stop of your “listening and learning” tour of the UC system. As the democratically elected student representative for UC Berkeley’s 35,000 students and as co-chair of the Council
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Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Saturday prohibiting local law enforcement agencies from detaining undocumented immigrants beyond a certain amount of time when held for minor offenses.
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The ASUC Senate passed a deeply flawed bill Wednesday night that gives incoming UC president Janet Napolitano an unfairly limited amount of time to take important steps toward reassuring undocumented students of her ability to fight for their rights. Napolitano’s troubling record on immigration and the rights of undocumented people
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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
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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.
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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.
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At Tuesday’s 7 p.m. meeting, the Berkeley City Council will focus largely on discussing the amendments to the immigration detainees policy.
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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.
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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.
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