When we fight together, we win
The threat of deportation is what kept many members of my community silent — unable to advocate for their basic needs of safety, fair wages and a retirement plan.
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California needs to implement a universal health care plan
Universal financial access to care can help address unmet health needs, reduce delays in care, increase the use of preventive services, help prevent unnecessary emergency department visits and hospitalizations and help our children get better starts to life. It is the right thing to do, and we have the means to do it.
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Let’s put an end to ‘wetback’
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And the survival of derogatory terms such as “wetback” is a constant reminder that I don’t belong and continues to make me feel estranged from a country I recognize as my home.
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Berkeley must persevere in its efforts to protect undocumented community
All Berkeley can do now is wait, hope that its resources are enough and ride out what is –– in the final analysis –– just another battle in a long, exhausting clash of political civilizations.
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My journey to DACA
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I’d been living undocumented for 17 years when on June 15, 2012, former U.S. president Barack Obama’s administration made the groundbreaking decision to deploy the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
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Berkeley community ought to defend students from ICE
It is because we are not safe on this campus. And under these circumstances, we cannot continue to choose to be reactive over being proactive.
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Stories from undocumented young people: Alberto ‘Owen’ Cardosa
In the United States, 2 million people were eligible for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, in 2016, while thousands of others who arrived here during or before their teenage years were not deemed eligible.
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RISE responds to Chancellor Christ’s statement on Luis Mora
We refuse to let government relations staff or any UC Berkeley administration official take credit for the work that was done by the undocumented community.
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Alameda County to provide free legal representation to those facing deportation under Trump administration
In the midst of the Trump administration’s threats to undocumented residents, a network consisting of 11 jurisdictions, including Oakland and Alameda County, will provide publicly funded legal representation to anyone facing deportation.
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In times of uncertainty, targeted communities must mobilize online
On Oct. 18, a rule by the Department of Homeland Security, which allows the department to collect social media information of every immigrant in the United States, regardless of documentation, went into effect. This rule would also affect U.S. citizens who happen to interact with immigrants online by rendering their
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