Morehouse College He has stated how he would respond if United States immigration and customs execution (ICE) would make a foray into arrest and detain members of the campus community. The administration was shared by the administration after the resolution of the Faculty Council was sent on February 25 to request information on the eventuality that the ice could be presented on the campus.
The Morehouse plan if the ice makes raids on the campus
“(We) We have agreed that if the agents arrive at our doors, they will remain there until the highest level of rank. If they have a mandate, it must be verified before another action is taken,” wrote the Morehouse provider Provost Kendrick Brown in an email of February 26 Enterprise Black.
He added that a mandate would be “handle (d) so that it can better serve the interests of the Morehouse community”.
Police chief Charles Prescott added that the situation would be managed in order and without chaos if ice sheeons have a verified mandate.
“If it was verified and it is a real order, I cannot deny it to a federal officer,” he said. “You won’t go to drag the people in the handles of the front door. I have seen the things they have been doing. We are not going to cause a scene.”
Morehouse says he will protect his students
Prior to the directives, the President of Morehouse College, David A. Thomas, said he wants to protect students and does not plan to cooperate with ice.
“If immigration services were presented to Morehouse, we would not cooperate,” he said The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “If they had to present and want to investigate and collect our students who may not be documented, we would not cooperate with this process, or at least not authorize my staff to cooperate, because I think this is not a moral practice, especially when young people try essentially to the position to be better and significant taxpayers in our society, which is a university.”
Ice can now access university campuses
On January 20, the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump, the Secretary of the National Security Department, Benjamine Huffman, issued a directive that ended with an initiative of the Biden era that prevented the ice from working in certain places. These “sensitive” areas included churches, hospitals, schools and university campuses.
“This action allows CBP and ice brave women and women to enforce our immigration laws and catch criminal aliens, including murders and rapists, who have illegally entered our country,” said a DHS spokesman. statement. “The criminals will no longer be able to hide in schools and churches in America to prevent arrest. The Trump administration will not deliver the hands of our brave application of the law and, on the other hand, trust that they use common sense.”
By 2021, the administration of Biden had launched limitations in these areas. Ice agents were told to prevent operations in these locations “as far as possible” so as not to “stop people access to essential services”, according to Inside ed.
Colleges respond in different ways to the presence of potential ice on campus
From this change, colleges and universities have responded to the possibility of ice raids on the campus in different ways.
“What we would recommend is that each campus has to prepare its communication guidelines (I),” said Miriam Feldblum, the executive director of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, at Inside Higher Ed. “It supports a sense of preparation and can help reduce anxiety on the campus. We have to prepare for all circumstances.”
Some institutions have chosen to collaborate with ice. This is the case of Columbia University, where the Green Card holder and the Palestine Protest leader, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested and detained. The university had established its own directives.
“In general, ICE agents must have a court mandate or quotation to access Website. “The demanding circumstances (for example, the risk of imminent damage to people or goods) can allow access to university buildings or people without any term.”
“The areas open to the general public are similarly accessible to ice agents and can enter without any mandate,” he added.
Students are not required to respond to ice
“If an ice agent speaks to you, you have no legal obligation to answer,” said Charles Kuck, an Atlanta immigration lawyer, at Atlanta Journal-Constitutionion. “You have no legal obligation to produce paper. You have no legal obligation to allow them at home without any order signed by a judge. Even if you have no documentation, every right of the Constitution is given to you … in your personal life.”
The ACLU has published an open letter calling for university and university leaders to protect freedom of expression and protect the rights of immigrant and international students.
“ Colleges and universities should foster the robust discussion and exploration of ideas by students, teachers and staff, regardless of their nationality or immigration. “Schools must protect the privacy of all students, including immigrant and international students. Schools must fulfill the 14th Amendment and Title VI of the Civil Rights Law.”
