US colleges move to protect undocumented students
Eyeing Trump’s policies, several universities take on “sanctuary” status to shield immigrant students from deportation. Universities and colleges in several US states are considering labelling themselves “sanctuary campuses” amid fears from immigrant students and pressure from activists following the election of Donald Trump. US sanctuary cities offer support for undocumented immigrants “We urge you to declare the University of San Diego a sanctuary campus for students, faculty, staff and community members now facing, among other things: the threat of deportation under President-elect Donald J Trump’s policy proposals, and the specter of hate speech and bigoted violence in our campus community,” read a letter from alumni to administrators of the private Roman Catholic university. And last month, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth said that the Connecticut school would be a sanctuary campus and would not voluntarily help the federal government deport students. The California State University system announced recently that it would not use the “sanctuary” term at any of its 23 campuses, but it would also not cooperate with any new federal policy that targets immigrant students living in the country illegally.
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