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.

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

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government.