Tampa, FL- On September 1, the Tampa chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally, formally launching a sanctuary campus campaign. The call for a sanctuary campus at USF comes with demands such as “No collaboration with ICE,” “End 287(g) cooperation with ICE,” “Protect immigrant and undocumented students” and “No Customs and Border Patrol at career fairs.”
SDS member Ryan Freymueller spoke, “Immigrant, undocumented and international students are an irreplaceable part of this campus We are here today to tell USF administration that we see our peers, we value them, and we will defend them.”
The energy of the rally matched this sentiment with chants such as “Power to the people, no one is illegal!” and “USF, shame on you, protect your immigrant students too!”
For the University of South Florida, a sanctuary campus means enacting policies that protect undocumented students and staff from immigration and customs enforcement. The Trump administration has prided itself on its violent and aggressive tactics toward immigrant communities by utilizing ICE, police and the National Guard. Additionally, the University of South Florida currently has an active 287(g) agreement, allowing campus police officers to act as ICE agents.
Earlier this year, the Florida Board of Governors voted to ban undocumented students from the state college system. A proposal for the same policy in the state university system was passed this month. Meanwhile, federal law does not prohibit undocumented students from obtaining higher education.
The campaign for a sanctuary campus at USF is also supported by Tampa Immigrants’ Rights Committee (TIRC). The Tampa Immigrants’ Rights Committee is part of the national network Legalization for All. The students at the University of South Florida will continue this campaign through the fall semester.
#TampaFL #FL #StudentMovement #ImmigrantRights #ICE #SanctuaryCampus #UniversityofSouthFlorida
From Fight Back! News via This RSS Feed.
1 Comments
the_wizard_of_0Z@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2d
I treat all higher Ed as useless fascist gate keeping institutions of boot licking tyranny. I know a lot of shitty people and stupid people that went to college. You get dumber the longer you stay there. Fucking read a book overthrow your government already. Even the old dead white men think you should. Trump and the ziopig really blew the lid off of this. Many treatsers will disagree but they don’t want to admit they a phony and they like their money just like the fascist pig. These kids look wholesome. What a rotten country. Look around you. It is all fake. It is all so stooooooopid. Do you really take this torture chamber larping as a society seriously. It is not real unit 128. Time to activate. Time to WAKE UP! 🫰..... by the way high school teachers are more impressive. College now is just a bad financial decision and a humiliation ritual. It did me no good and that was way before the ol dumpy. You know Reagan...cough I mean humpity dumpty you know project 2025. Listen libturds and treatsers… you aint gonna vote your way out of this one butter cup. AOC is a marketurd not a leader. Time to grow up and let go of childish things. I think the pain will lead you in the correct direction in the end. Change is coming. It is science. A force that those that diddle children will never understand. I do not control this and it is not up to me but I know change is coming. It is violent, it is strong, it is pure and it is raw. I will stand out of its way and absorb its glory for times are accelerating. 250 years is enough. Sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y. Sudo reboot for sure. Sorry for going full blown reality preacher but the environment is telling me so and this is my faith. I am rolling around at the bottom talking to snakes. Kinetic is the way... whats up yankkkee soldiers... you like taking that fat dick of tyranny don't chooo... I just think of Portugal and the carnation revolution. Oh say can you see 👁️