Berkeley faculty said it was important to call for a UC system-wide commitment to push back against the Trump administration before the campus receives its own version of the demand letters sent

The Education Department cited 2023 media reports that UC-Berkeley had not reported “hundreds of millions of dollars” in foreign government funding.

UC Berkeley, long a symbol of progressive values, is bracing for funding cuts and immigration actions by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. Tensions are running high on campus, especially among international students.