Vol. 163, Issue 3 | February 22, - March 8 , 2017 | City College of San Francisco | Since 1935 | FREE
College students across the city are affected from Trump's Muslim ban By Gardenia Zuniga gzuniga@theguardsman.com
The morning of Friday Jan. 27, President Donald J. Trump outraged the world when he signed an “executive order,” banning Muslims from seven different countries to enter the United States.
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City College language center struggles to keep doors open for students By Nigel Flores nflores@theguardsman.com
By Rachel Quinio rquinio@theguardsman.com San Francisco is the first city in the nation to challenge President Donald Trump’s “unconstitutional” executive order on Jan. 31. President Trump signed an executive order six days prior stating sanctuary cities who don’t cooperate with federal deportation agents will lose federal funding. City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed the case and claimed President Trump is in violation of the 10th Amendment. The lawsuit read, "In blatant disregard of the law, the President of the United States seeks to coerce local authorities into abandoning what are known as 'Sanctuary City' laws and policies. This strikes at the heart of established principles of federalism.” The lawsuit could result to human and financial implications
There is an estimated 30,000 undocumented immigrants within San Francisco totalling 3.7 percent of the overall population. The unwavering compliance with President Trump’s future immigration mandates could mean substantial mass deportations. This would affect students and their families that have been granted amnesty through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). “We are gonna deal with DACA with heart,” President Trump said at a news conference on Feb. 13. “I find it very, very hard doing what the law says exactly to do. And you know the law’s rough. I’m not talking about new laws. I’m talking the existing law is very rough. It’s very, very rough.” President Trump acknowledged the subject matter was difficult to him because in some cases within DACA you can find
“gang members” and “drug members” while most “have some absolutely incredible kids, I would say mostly… it’s a very, very tough subject.” President Trump, however, carried a different much stronger tone while on the campaign trail. Last year in August, President Trump said in an immigration policy speech that undocumented immigrants had one road to citizenship: “to return home and apply for re-entry like everybody else under the rules of the new legal immigration system that I have outlined,” he the pledged to “break the cycle of amnesty and illegal immigration.” President Trump’s present stance is unclear and the future of DACA students is just as
ambiguous. In a meeting on Jan. 20, the Board of Governors unanimously approved a resolution supporting the continuation of DACA stating, “the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and the state Chancellor’s Office will vigorously advocate at every level of government to protect our students and our system’s values.” The other issue the city faces is that of finance. San Francisco collects $1.2 billion annually in federal funds which is approximately 13 percent of its $9.6 billion budget. If the city is found to be in violation of the Executive Order this could create fiscal scarcity leading to necessary rebudgeting and reallocation of funds. San Francisco’s District 7 Supervisor Norman Yee does not seem too City vs Trump continued on page 5
Late night armed robbery in MUB bathroom
City College has retained one of the last language centers in the state but despite a growth in attendance the Language Center on campus may have to close and transition its services elsewhere following the Spring 2017 semester. Language center continued on page 5
'Agents of Change’ film highlights evolution of Black History Month By Adina J. Pernell apernell@theguardsman.com
In honor of African American History Month a screening of the ground breaking documentary “Agents of Change” was shown to a standing room only audience at the City College Rosenberg library. 'Agents of Change' continued on page 9
City College LCD vandal strikes twice in a week By Kyle Roque kroque@theguardsman.com
During the week of Jan. 29 someone attempted to steal two LCD projectors in the Multi-Use Building (MUB) on campus, successfully procuring one and only tampering with the other. LCD vandal continued on page 3
By Bethaney Lee
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City College journalism student, Victor Tence, was robbed at gunpoint in the campus bathroom located in the Multi-Use Building (MUB) on Feb. 15, 2017 at 9:18 p.m. In a crime alert issued by campus Chief of Police, Andre Barnes, he said the victim “went inside the bathroom located on the north side of the building,” and was then followed “by two hispanic suspects.” Chief Barnes report details that “one of the suspects partially pulled out a black handgun to show the victim, at the same time a box cutter fell out of his pocket.” It is unclear whether the suspects fled on foot or by vehicle but descriptions of each suspect were given. Barnes report included that suspect one was described as a five foot six inch tall Hispanic male between 20 and 30 years of age weighing about 160 pounds and with both brown hair and eyes. The second suspect is described in a similar fashion but notes a distinctive purple colored scar on his right side face cheek and was described as being slightly older than suspect one. Tence was stripped of his backpack, cellular phone and wallet. As a display of solidarity a “GoFundMe” account was created that can be accessed via The Guardsman website for those who would like to donate towards the replacement of his belongings.
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