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Cal State L.A. allows online classes, excused absences as students express fear amid ICE raids
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 12 – Cal State LA enables remote learning and work options amid fears of immigration raids affecting a campus with over 21,000 students, including about 9,500 undocumented immigrants.
- Cal State Los Angeles leaders allowed professors to move classes online this week due to growing fears of immigration raids amid safety concerns.
- The move follows recent events in the L.A. area including a July 7 military operation at MacArthur Park, which heightened anxiety among students and staff.
- Provost Heather Lattimer reiterated policies offering excused absences and makeup work for students facing extraordinary circumstances and permitted faculty remote work temporarily.
- Ashley Gregory, a student organizer, said the virtual learning option should have come sooner and criticized the university for lacking a clear safety plan for possible ICE presence.
- These adaptations signal ongoing concern for undocumented and immigrant students’ safety, while no ICE activity has been reported on Cal State L.A.’s campus so far.
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