Leaders of California’s three systems
of public higher education sent a joint letter* to
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday urging him to allow students
who are in the country illegally to continue their educations without fear of
deportation.
“These
sons and daughters of undocumented immigrants are as American as any other
child across the nation” in all but the letter of the law, do not pose a safety
threat and have contributed to their communities, wrote University of
California President Janet Napolitano, Cal State Chancellor Timothy P.
White and Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor-designate of California Community
Colleges.
“They
represent some of the best our nation has to offer,” the letter said. “They
should be able to pursue their dream of higher education without fear of being
arrested, deported, or rounded up just for trying to learn…. we implore you to
let them know they are valued members of our communities and that they will be
allowed to continue to pursue the American dream.”
Trump
said during his campaign that he would reverse an Obama administration
program that deferred deportation proceedings against certain young people
who were brought to the country illegally as minors but stayed in school and
out of trouble. That program, known as Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals, or DACA, has approved nearly 1.3 million cases nationally, including
367,000 in California, the most of any state…
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*The link to the letter in the LA Times' story didn't work (at the time of this posting).
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You can download a copy of the letter here: https://uclafacultyassociation.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/uc-csu-ccc-daca-letter-final-11-29-16-00000002.pdf
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