{"id":58081,"date":"2025-11-18T06:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/58081\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T06:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T06:40:14","slug":"csu-bakersfield-reassures-students-amid-dhs-compliance-visit-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/58081\/","title":{"rendered":"CSU Bakersfield reassures students amid DHS compliance visit concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 CSU Bakersfield has confirmed that a scheduled visit by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is solely for a compliance audit and not for immigration enforcement. <\/p>\n

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The announcement, which circulated on social media, caused alarm among students. <\/p>\n

The university clarified that the visit is part of an annual audit of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, which monitors international students and the schools that host them. <\/p>\n

CSUB emphasized that this is a routine check that has been conducted for years. <\/p>\n

\"FILE:<\/p>\n

However, many students were unaware of the annual nature of the audit, leading to concerns about DHS’s presence. <\/p>\n

Following student concerns, CSUB sent a second email confirming that DHS is not conducting any immigration enforcement actions.<\/p>\n

The audit, which reviews the federal SEVIS database tracking international students, is also being conducted at other CSU campuses. <\/p>\n

\"FILE:<\/p>\n

The university stated that the notice was sent to comply with the California SAFE Act<\/a> (Assembly Bill 1955), which mandates schools to alert students and staff whenever federal immigration officials are present on campus, regardless of enforcement activities.<\/p>\n

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CSUB assured students that campus resources, including counseling and legal support, are available for those feeling uneasy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 CSU Bakersfield has confirmed that a scheduled visit by the Department of Homeland Security…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-58081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}