Liliana Iglesias

UC President Michael Drake and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib issued a statement Thursday about expanding “enriching” employment opportunities for students, regardless of their immigration status.

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

The Robert D. Haas Undocumented Community Resource Center held its grand opening Feb. 6, creating a space specifically for undocumented students and allies. The Undocumented Community Resource Center, located at 180 César Chávez Student Center, is a space that provides undocumented students and allies with professional academic counseling, mental health support, access to resources and a place to study.

The UC system appeared before the U.S Supreme Court on Tuesday as it defended the rights of nearly 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients to stay in the United States.

For undocumented students at UC Berkeley, DACA provides the authorization necessary to receive financial aid through Director’s Work Study, according to the campus Undocumented Student Program, or USP, website.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Dream and Promise Act, or HR 6, on Tuesday, which would provide pathways to citizenship for more than 2 million people, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients and those with temporary protected status.

The UC Office of the President, or UCOP, issued a statement in support of an appeals court decision on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program Thursday.

The university filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in September 2017 over the decision to repeal DACA. On Jan. 9, U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued a temporary nationwide injunction.

With a 5-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the indefinite detention of immigrants Tuesday, overturning a previous decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco in 2015. Here are six things you need to know about this case.

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.