We students, faculty, staff, and allies are appalled by ICE’s trampling upon the human rights of communities across our country. And we refuse to stand by as our school is bound up with this assault by doing business with corporations that are pivotal to ICE’s operations, like Flock Safety, which gives ICE access to its surveillance data.

Every person in our community and city deserves to feel safe and liberated. Yet holding contracts with Flock Safety does not reflect that. Flock systems can be used to facilitate raids, surveillance, and deportations that separate families. Reports show that ALPR data has been accessed in support of federal immigration enforcement, creating the potential for systems on campus to contribute to deportation efforts and the targeting of immigrant communities. This directly affects the community as ICE continues to invoke fear with its aggressive and violent tactics. The use of Flock aids in increasing the risk of harm to vulnerable communities. True public safety is derived from accountability.

We call on you to cut all ties with Flock. Our tuition money and our college should not be funding an operation that runs so counter to our core values and that directly threatens so many members of our campus community. Breaking our relationship with Flock is a powerful way to join Americans across the country in refusing to condone ICE’s campaign of terror in our communities.