University of California President Janet Napolitano, U.S. secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2013, released a statement today (September 5) after President Trump announced his decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Janet Napolitano created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as secretary of homeland security. In her current role, she has taken the lead in the fight over whether DACA is legal.

The renewals come after a UC lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security in Sept. 2017.

University of California President and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued a statement today on immigration.

The University of California, along with other organizations and individuals who have sued the Trump administration over its rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, today (Nov. 1) jointly asked a federal judge to keep the program operating while legal motions proceed.

Rescinding DACA will harm innocent young people and, by extension, all of us, Napolitano writes.

The University of California today (Sept. 8) filed suit in federal court against the Trump administration for wrongly and unconstitutionally violating the rights of the University and its students by rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on “nothing more than unreasoned executive whim.”

“If you have DACA rights now, you still have them today. That's the most important thing,” said Maria Blanco, head of the UC Immigrant Legal Services Center.

UC Irvine professors offer advice to faculty and administrators.

UC President Janet Napolitano on the lawful and rational basis of the program that supports students known as Dreamers.

The University of California announced that it will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of the undocumented members of the UC community and will direct its police departments not to undertake joint efforts with any government agencies to enforce federal immigration law.

California higher education leaders call upon the President-elect to allow students known as Dreamers to continue to pursue their education in the United States.