Students walk near the Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.(Jane Tyska / Digital First Media / East Bay Times via Getty Images)
Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants brought here by their undocumented parents since 2007 are not eligible for DACA. But now they may be eligible for jobs—at the University of California. UCLA law professor Ahilan Arulanantham explains.
Also: the fight against pollution in Los Angeles’s port communities, where 300,000 people, mostly Latino, live next door to oil refineries, chemical facilities, and one of the largest oilfields in the nation. For decades they’ve been fighting for basic rights and a cleaner environment. Eliza Moreno has that story.
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