Federal attacks

academic freedom | Federal attacks | immigration

UCLA faculty and staff are vigorously protesting the attacks on our university.
ByMichael Chwe April 11, 2025August 11, 2025

On April 12, the UCLA Faculty Association held the “Hands Off Our Students” march to the ICE field offices in downtown Los Angeles, in cooperation with several southern California universities and community organizations, with roughly 150 people attending. On April 11, the UCLA Faculty Association held a rally to demand that UCLA protect students and faculty who have had their visas and immigration status illegally and arbitrarily revoked, with roughly 60 people attending.

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Federal attacks | Funding cuts | Science

Roughly 250 Los Angeles scientists participated in the “Kill the Cuts” march.
ByMichael Chwe April 8, 2025August 11, 2025

On April 8, around 250 UCLA students, postdocs, and faculty participated in the “Kill the Cuts” march to the Westwood Federal Building, to protest federal funding cuts to higher education. This march was covered in the LA Times.

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events | Federal attacks | immigration

Hands Off Our Students! Rally
Byadmin April 7, 2025August 11, 2025

In the past week alone, at least 44 students across the UC system have reportedly had their I-20 Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) record terminated by the Department of Homeland Security, with at least one deportation occurring. The current count of visa revocations at UCLA is thirteen. These detentions and visa revocations are taking place without warning, and without the University being able to inform visa holders in a timely way that their legal status to remain in the U.S. has been terminated. The cases across the University of California and elsewhere suggest there is no consistent pattern…

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Federal attacks | immigration

The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and UC-AFT calls upon UC to immediately address Student Visa Revocations.
ByMichael Chwe April 6, 2025August 11, 2025

On April 6, 2025, the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and UC-AFT Local 1474, representing UC non-ladder faculty and librarians, called upon UC administrators with five demands: (1) UC should provide legal support to any member of our community whose visa has been revoked; (2) any student who is detained or deported must be able to complete their degrees remotely; (3) all fellowships, stipends, and salaries must be guaranteed even if a community member is deported; (4) any staff or faculty member who is detained or deported must be able to work remotely and receive their salary;…

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deportations | Federal attacks | Funding cuts

The UCLA Faculty Association joined our colleagues at all ten UC campuses to defend higher education and political freedom.
ByMichael Chwe March 19, 2025April 19, 2025

The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) called for an Emergency Day of Action on all ten UC campuses on March 19 to protest the Trump adminstration’s attacks on higher education. We call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Kordia, protecting our campuses from DHS/ICE, protecting all of us regardless of immigration status, and a stop to federal and state funding cuts. Our rally was covered in the Los Angeles Times and the Daily Bruin.

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Federal attacks | Funding cuts | Science

Hundreds of Los Angeles scientists rallied to Stand Up For Science.
ByMichael Chwe March 7, 2025August 11, 2025

On March 7, hundreds of faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and community members from UCLA, USC, and our entire community participated in the nationwide Stand Up For Science rallies. The rally was covered in the Los Angeles Times.

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diversity | Federal attacks

Twenty-four professors of constitutional law released the memo “DEI Programs Are Lawful Under Federal Civil Rights Laws and Supreme Court Precedent.”
ByMichael Chwe February 20, 2025August 11, 2025

Twenty-four professors of constitutional law released the memo “DEI Programs Are Lawful Under Federal Civil Rights Laws and Supreme Court Precedent.” The authors of the memo include four of our colleagues at the UCLA School of Law. Listen to our colleague Ariela Gross interviewed on KPBS.

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Federal attacks

Executive actions are threatening higher education.
ByMichael Chwe February 19, 2025April 19, 2025

On February 19, we joined UAW 4811 for the nationwide “Hands Off Our Healthcare, Our Research, and Our Jobs” action. The Trump administration attacks on higher education are summarized here by the AAUP and here, a live document supported by the work of UCLA scholars. The UC is asking all of us to protect biomedical research by contacting our elected officials here.

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Federal attacks

UCLA faculty and staff are vigorously protesting the attacks on our university.

Roughly 250 Los Angeles scientists participated in the “Kill the Cuts” march.

Hands Off Our Students! Rally

The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and UC-AFT calls upon UC to immediately address Student Visa Revocations.

The UCLA Faculty Association joined our colleagues at all ten UC campuses to defend higher education and political freedom.

Hundreds of Los Angeles scientists rallied to Stand Up For Science.

Twenty-four professors of constitutional law released the memo “DEI Programs Are Lawful Under Federal Civil Rights Laws and Supreme Court Precedent.”

Executive actions are threatening higher education.

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