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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Dear UC president: hear student voices
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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Brown signs bill limiting detention duration for undocumented immigrants held for minor offenses
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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No confidence, no progress
CAMPUS ISSUES: A bill passed by the ASUC Senate does not give incoming UC president Janet Napolitano room to grow into her role.
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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Napolitano’s test
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: The choice of Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano as president of the UC is an unorthodox one. We hope she is up to the challenge.
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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Napolitano confirmation draws protests, six arrests
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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Berkeley City Council decides to stop local detainment of undocumented immigrants
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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Annotated agenda for Oct. 30 Berkeley City Council meeting
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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Improve local policing programs
End association with secure communities
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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State senate passes bill limiting obligation to detain immigrants
Participation in ICE's Secure Communities program would become optional
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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