California State Universities, the largest four-year public university system in the US, reaffirmed its commitment to undocumented students on Wednesday, and its refusal to work with federal immigration officials on deportations.
Nick Ut / AP
“Unless directed by California government code or required by law, the CSU will not enter into an agreement with state or local law enforcement agencies, ICE, or any other federal agency for the enforcement of federal immigration law,” Chancellor Timothy White said at a board of trustees meeting.
White also said CSU police will not honor requests from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold people suspected of being in the country illegally. He also said school police would not contact, detain, question, or arrest someone because they are suspected of being undocumented.
Toni Molle, a spokeswoman for the CSU, said White was merely reaffirming existing policy.
The sanctuary movement was reinvigorated by Donald Trump’s successful presidential bid and in anticipation of the deportation efforts he promised on the campaign trail. While Trump previously said all 11 million undocumented immigrants should be deported, he has in recent days said he is going to focus on 2-3 million unauthorized immigrants with criminal records.
The CSU doesn’t track how many of its students are undocumented. However, they do track how many students apply for AB 540 waivers, which undocumented students use to avoid having to pay out-of-state tuition.
The latest figures from fall of 2015 shows that 10,037 students received the waivers across all of the system’s 23 campuses.
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