After reports surfaced on Sept. 11 of this year about the Trump administration diverting money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s budget to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Administration confirmed that money was transferred from FEMA to ICE for their Enforcement and Removal Operations team, which arrests and deports immigrants who are found to be in the U.S. illegally.
The University of La Verne safety committee is bringing free community emergency response team training classes to ULV students and employees, city of La Verne employees and La Verne residents starting in April 2016.
The mild weather of sunny Southern California can make us forget that we are in fact as vulnerable as any region to natural disasters – particularly earthquakes.
With the unimaginable happening on the Gulf Coast, communities have gained a new sense of emergency awareness, ready to react in case natural disasters strike.
In this time of peril, as the government breeds thoughts of terrorist attacks, the rainy season is upon us, and the western region of the United States is experiencing an influx of geological activity, it is important for students to take safety into their own hands and prepare themselves for any disaster that may come their way.