UC leaders: Grants are available to help DACA holders pay for a permit renewal — but you must act quickly

Mission Asset Fund has made $500,000 available to help those whose DACA permit expires before March 5, 2018 to renew. We strongly encourage you to do so by Oct. 3, 2017. Although the University has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA, that does not change our advice. It’s the best way to ensure two more years of protection against deportation.

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University of California sues Trump administration on unlawful repeal of DACA program

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.”