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Deportation near Cal State Long Beach raises concerns ahead of commencement
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May 17, 2016
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Deportation near Cal State Long Beach raises concerns ahead of commencement
As Cal State Long Beach's commencements gets started, University president assures undocumented students that Campus PD will not be reporting to ICE.
CSULB's commencement ceremonies have officially begun. University president Jane Close Conoley has reiterated that undocumented students and their families attending the festivities will not be subject to immigration enforcement.
CSULB's commencement ceremonies have officially begun. University president Jane Close Conoley has reiterated that undocumented students and their families attending the festivities will not be subject to immigration enforcement.
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As Cal State Long Beach's commencements gets started, University president assures undocumented students that Campus PD will not be reporting to ICE.

Back in February, 53-year-old Jose Alvarez was pulled over by the Cal State Long Beach police department for a broken headlight 

Soon after, he was in the university jail. A day later he was deported to Mexico.

Officers alerted Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents when they discovered Alvarez had a detainer request against him going back more than two decades.

The move has raised concerns at Cal State Long Beach - around 900 students are undocumented 

For more on the situation, we're joined by two members of the Daily Fourty-Niner, the campus newspaper for Long Beach.

Kevin Flores and Ariana Sawyer are the  recently graduated special features editor and news editor, respectively, for the publication.
 

The audio mistakenly identifies Kevin Flores as a staff writer for the Daily 49er. KPCC regrets the error.

The audio also notes that Jane Close Conoley declined to comment, when she actually was working with the commencement ceremony and did not have time to join us for a live or taped conversation.