UC president emerges as champion of program for undocumented students
EdSource reports on the emergence of former Secretary of Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano emerging as a champion of immigrants as President of the University of California. When she was named president of the University of California three years ago, Napolitano’s appointment provoked protests by students and others upset about her role as head of the Department of Homeland Security overseeing the removal of millions of immigrants from the United States. As President of UC, Napolitano supported the Undocumented Legal Services Center, which provides legal services to undocumented students and their parents on all of the University of California campuses. Napolitano has emerged as one of the leading defenders of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which has provided temporary relief from deportation to three-quarters of a million undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, including many attending UC.
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