Make BU a sanctuary campus!!

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Make BU a sanctuary campus!!

BU Admin

As the Trump administration has implemented its mass deportation of undocumented immigrants it has also begun to target people who are legally inside the United States. ICE has already detained several people with legal visas as well as some with green cards. Right now, there is nothing stopping BUPD from cooperating with ICE as Boston's sanctuary city law does not apply to our campus police. We want that to change! We cannot wait around for ICE to show up, we demand that BU become a sanctuary for the immigrants that are a part of the university's community. It essential that the immigrant community of BU feel safe and welcome.

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To: BU Admin
From: [Your Name]

We demand that BU implement the following policies:

All requests made by federal immigration authorities must be immediately forwarded to the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). All decisions in approving such requests are solely the province of the OGC.

When considering requests, the Office of the General Counsel shall not:

Allow ICE/CBP officers entry into any private Boston University buildings unless they have a valid & lawful judicial warrant.
Share any student/detainee information with DHS/ICE/CBP, including both personal information (ex. student address, involvement in campus activism, disciplinary history) and criminal history information, in the absence of a lawfully-issued subpoena signed by a judge.
Additionally, Boston University must mandate training for all staff and employees, including security personnel, to ensure they understand the difference between an administrative and judicial warrant. Federal immigration authorities must be barred from entering private buildings absent a judicial warrant.

DECLARATION
Boston University must declare that it is a sanctuary campus and is actively working to protect all students from federal overreach regardless of immigration status.

ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON BOSTON UNIVERSITY/BUPD ACTION
BU & BUPD must not:

Collaborate with federal agencies in any effort to identify, surveil, detain or deport students, staff or faculty.
BUPD must not:

Engage in any assistance, coordination or partnership with DHS, including deputizing officers or arresting people as part of ICE's 287(g) program.
Arrest people over violations of 8 U.S.C § 1324 (harboring/sheltering undocumented immigrants)
Investigate/arrest people over suspected violations of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (mandates deportation of people who have illegally re-entered the United States after being deported/turned away, especially those suspected of having committed crimes).
Follow through with ICE detainer requests.
Cooperate in the transfer of detainees from BUPD custody to DHS custody.
Boston University must not:

Report (or identify if asked) the name, address, enrollment status, employment status or immigration status of any graduated students.

ADDITIONAL STUDENT PROTECTION
Any university employee who reports a student, staff or faculty member to federal immigration authorities must be disciplined. If they do not have tenure, they must be fired.