Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

A campaign is pushing the UC system to allow the hiring of undocumented students following an October ruling that prohibits new undocumented immigrants from applying to the DACA program.

The U.S. Court of Appeals ruled DACA unconstitutional on Oct. 5, barring new undocumented immigrant applicants from receiving the program’s deportation protections.

Rather than simply supporting the Biden administration's recent updates to DACA, the UC and ASUC are calling for further improvements.

Griselda Vega Martinez, a UC Berkeley junior, is running independently for ASUC Senate on a platform rooted in academically and professionally supporting traditionally underrepresented communities, particularly Latinx and undocumented students, to improve retention.

Five west coast student organizations joined the University of California Student Association, or UCSA, in sending a letter to the Biden-Harris administration’s higher education team Monday.

A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program Friday — causing UC administrators and students alike to celebrate.

Panelists discussed the current state of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, policy and some of its limitations in a Thursday virtual event presented by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS.

UC Berkeley School of Law professor John Yoo has been consulting the White House on a political theory that allows a sitting president to impose policies without congressional approval.

After announcing her resignation Sept. 18, 2019, UC President Janet Napolitano's seven-year tenure is coming to an end, and she will be replaced by Michael Drake on Aug. 1.