Outgoing U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was confirmed on Thursday president of the University of California, despite protests unruly students from the prestigious 10 campus system, leading to six arrests.
570,000 per head, before it a conference room.
Students, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's immigration policy angry, shouting, "undocumented is not a crime!" They were handcuffed by the campus police, and led from the room, stopping short of confirmation hearings.
Some two dozen people shouting "Shame! Shame! Shame!" During the public comment portion of the meeting, the two of them tried to go to the table before the officers were sitting board members restricted. Others gathered outside to protest Napolitano immigration issues and the approval of her lack of education experience.
University of California spokeswoman Elizabeth Fernandez said six people were arrested during the meeting unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace.
Napolitano, 55, at a news conference after the vote, said: "I would say to those students, documented or undocumented, we welcome all students to the University of California." "We're in the education business, I would advocate."
Napolitano also said that she is from her predecessor Mark Yudof pay 10% of wages in the public service because "I have more than 20 years, you do the work, passion for work."
Lightning rod
The two former Democratic governor of Arizona, to lead the University of California in its 145-year history of the first woman.
She assumed the 10 campuses that have long been regarded as one of America's top public university system, but has been plagued by nearly two decades of boom and bust of funds, resulting in a shortage of classroom tuition increases and supervision.
Financial crisis strained relations between teachers and staff has been hit vacations and hiring freezes.
"Regent Sherry Lansing before the vote, said:" We are all very excited, which brought her fresh eyes to the UC system. "She had a lifetime of public service ...... I think it is actually in the education of her DNA."
Students from the Regent Cinthia Flores Napolitano lone vote against the appointment.
Napolitano, the former two-term governor of Arizona, and the Democratic Party have been criticizing the Obama administration's conservatives, they have accused her recent border control and immigration issues soft lightning.
At the same time, Latin American leaders sharply criticized Napolitano, causing large-scale involved in illegal immigration detention and deportation of immigrants scanning.
Demonstrators Rosa Hernandez, "Janet Napolitano is not qualified at all UC president, and her background is in law and immigration enforcement, said:" I am worried that there is an undocumented student University of California My family has been put into the 21-year-old student of terror at UC Berkeley.
Napolitano also acknowledged that she is not a typical candidate, and said she would meet the teachers, students, politicians and other learning about the system. She believes in her tenure, Arizona governor advocated public education.
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