Hundreds of NYU Students Participate in Walkout to Support Sanctuary Cities

Meanwhile, students throughout the state of IN are planning walkouts for Wednesday afternoon to show their support for initiatives at their campuses.

More than 100 colleges across the country, including some here in IN, joined in protest to declare their schools sanctuary campuses. The election of Donald Trump has many concerned about the future of them and their families.

Given that the cities of Cambridge and Boston are engaging in dialogue surrounding the safety of immigrants in this country, we think it important to consider the role that Harvard can play in doing the same. We are the people who serve food to the customers, while they experience discrimination, racism and sexism, behind the kitchen door making four dollars per hour.

The question, Garnett said, is whether a Trump administration could change that by repealing DACA with an executive order or, say, make overstaying an immigration visa a federal felony offense.

“We … need them to realize the extremity of the times”, Garibaldo Valdez said. “I think that’s why she’s letting us walk out”. “It’s just unfortunate that whoever brought them here had to break laws for them to come here”. She identified with numerous issues students were speaking out about at the walkout. She moved to the United States from India in third grade after her father passed away.

History major Ellie Lyndberg said it’s hard to predict what the coming months are going to look like for those undocumented.

San Francisco receives roughly $480 million directly from the federal government and more than $900 million from the state, much of it pass-through federal money, city Controller Ben Rosenfield said. “There really is no way for us to get a green card besides marrying a USA citizen or permanent resident”.

Other speakers at the event also reminded the audience that deportation would not be a new issue: President Barack Obama’s administration had sent about 3 million people to their countries of origin.

That petition was given to Father Jenkins during the demonstration. “I’m conflicted”, she said.

“I am here to stand and demonstrate solidarity with my undocumented and marginalized friends and peers”.

America’s next generation of community organizers has launched a new campaign to turn college campuses into safe spaces for illegal immigrants not unlike the model of sanctuary cities.

“It is an emotional thing, you start thinking and it’s sad”, he said.

It’s not known how many undocumented immigrants nationally are college students.

More than 200 state and local jurisdictions have policies that call for not honoring US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention requests, the agency’s director, Sarah Saldaña, told Congress past year.

“We believe Stanford has an obligation to protect all undocumented workers when threatened by the presence of ICE officials and deportations”, organizer Solveij Praxis said in a release during a march Tuesday that drew 500 people. “That includes if the law changes”. They say they hope to rid their campus’ of any and all hate. When asked who she described as her people, McLaughlin quickly answered “white people”. “We’re not declaring he’s not our president”.

Reliford said the university needs to take action. They’re afraid for their families.

Notre Dame is a safe place for undocumented immigrants. However, Pedroza and the other supporters say the University designating itself as a sanctuary campus could go a long way.

Maggi Driscoll, a freshman studying political science and journalism, said she was inspired to join the march by her professor, whom she declined to name.