On Friday, the California Faculty Association sounded the alarm on social media, reporting that 37-year-old Jonathan Anthony Caravello was “kidnapped by unidentified ICE agents” at 2:33 p.m. Thursday during a community protest at Las Posas and Laguna roads.

Community members are speaking out against the arrest of a CSU Channel Islands professor during a protest following an immigration raid at a farm in Camarillo. Members of the California Faculty Association held a vigil Sunday in front of the detention center in downtown LA,

The California Faculty Association, an “anti-racism, social justice union” that has 29,000 members, claimed on Instagram Saturday that “four masked agents” put CSU Channel Islands professor Jonathan Caravello into an unmarked vehicle “without identifying themselves” or giving a reason for the arrest.

Richard Yao, the president of California State University, Channel Islands, since 2021, will step down on Aug. 1, following a turbulent period of enrollment decline, budget cuts and staff reductions at the university.

Camarillo, CA – Nearly 100 individuals, including a CSU Channel Islands lecturer and multiple Ventura County residents, were forcibly detained during a controversial U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on July 10 at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, sparking outrage from faculty unions, immigrant rights groups, and community leaders.

California State University Chancellor Mildred García announced July 10 that she has appointed Susan Andrzejewski to serve as CSU Channel Islands’ interim president. Susan Andrzejewski, incoming CSUCI president,