Undocumented Students Program

There’s been one major silver lining in the last week. In the face of unprecedented harassment, fear and discomfort, students have rallied around each other.

The University of California sent a letter to students and faculty Tuesday urging undocumented students under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to renew their permits if they are set to expire between Sept. 5, 2017 and March 5, 2018.

There shouldn’t be any question of an immigrant’s right to live here, to go to school here or to make a home here. But because the political reality continues to undermine students’ legal statuses and lives, the University of California and the Berkeley campus must step up and expand their support services.

SAN FRANCISCO — The UC Office of the President is recommending that members of the UC community from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen do not exit the United States in light of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order restricting entry into the country.

The 38th annual RAZA Day was held Saturday on campus, featuring speakers and workshops intending to demystify the college experience for Latino and Chicano students.

Two resolutions — one urging UC Berkeley to create an undergraduate voting holiday and another advocating for greater space allocation to the Educational Opportunity and Undocumented Students programs — passed through the ASUC Senate without debate at its meeting Wednesday.

Beginning this semester, a full-time immigration attorney and a full-time psychologist are joining the staff of the campus's Undocumented Student Program.

A California Senate bill that would establish a loan program for undocumented students at the University of California and California State University was announced Wednesday in the state legislature.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau received Centro Legal de la Raza’s Visionary Leadership Award on Friday for his work in assisting undocumented students.