“I don’t know what I’m going to do.”Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California (UC), announced this week that she would be meeting with undocumented students like Joseph, and said the institution remained committed to supporting these students. She added that they could “demonstrate ally-ship to undocumented students and their families”. Madeleine Villanueva, an undocumented UC Berkeley student who moved from the Philippines at age nine, said a sanctuary policy would help put some students at ease. Regardless, colleges have an ethical obligation to assist undocumented students against threats of deportation, Motomura said. “Undocumented students are some of the most financially challenged students on our campus,” added Lisa Garcia Bedolla, UC Berkeley professor of education and political science.

Source: The Guardian November 13, 2016 10:00 UTC