EXCLUSIVE: California University Confirms Attempts To Shield Illegal Students, Staff From Deportation

California State University, Los Angeles, confirmed to the Daily Caller that they allowing students and faculty to work from home under “extraordinary circumstances” amid heightened ICE activity in the area.

University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Heather Lattimer sent a letter to faculty this week expressing concerns on behalf of students who are “scared to take public transit and fearful of driving to campus” due to recent immigration raids.

“Recent events in the LA area — including the presence of heavily armed immigration agents in MacArthur Park earlier this week — have left many in our community concerned for their safety,” Lattimer wrote Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Erik Frost Hollins, the executive director of strategic communications, told the Daily Caller in a statement that the university is making “case-by-case” adjustments for students, staff and faculty, allowing them to work from home.

“Faculty are being supported in making case-by-case adjustments for students in extraordinary circumstances,” Frost Hollins said. “Similarly, deans and department leads are supported in making case-by-case adjustments for faculty and staff. These are all individual adjustments we can make within current policy.”

Federal agents swept MacArthur Park in LA this week for an immigration raid, sparking condemnation from LA Mayor Karen Bass. The Department of Homeland Security did not say if anyone was arrested during the raid, but witnesses claim illegal immigrants fled the area after activists with megaphones warned that immigration agents were on their way, according to the Associated Press.

Cal State LA has a student body of over 21,000 undergraduate and graduate students, according to its website.

There have been no reported ICE raids on campus, according to the LA Times.

There is an on-campus “Dreamers Resource Center” which works to support an unknown number of illegal immigrants who attend the university. (RELATED: Editor Daily Rundown: Footage Appears To Show Protester Shoot At Federal Agents Amid ICE Raid)

University President Berenecea Johnson Eanes released a statement via X last month detailing the university’s commitment to “stand by our immigrant community.”

We Stand In Community. Read full message here: https://t.co/pNqs2XLmDR pic.twitter.com/iOfsV1WlZQ

— Cal State LA (@CalStateLA) June 9, 2025

Eanes is the first female president of the university.

In 2024, pro-Palestinian protesters on the university’s campus entered and barricaded a building with the president inside, causing “significant damage,” according to Hollins. (RELATED: Professor Admits She Only Works At University To ‘Build Power,’ Advocate For Palestine)

The incident was deemed a crime scene, however, no arrests were made, according to the LA Times.