Immigrants continue to be the target of a state sponsored campaign of repression and fear. The deportation regime steals away community members and has begun targeting political organizers, such as pro-Palestinian international students and labor organizers for detention and deportation.

As a hispanic and international serving institution, Texas State University must protect all members of the community, regardless of status, from arbitrary detainment. We need a sanctuary campus now.

We're walking out of our classrooms and workplaces to demonstrate that immigrants deserve to be protected. Our demands for a sanctuary campus are :

Demands

• Publicly declare Texas State University a sanctuary for all of the undocumented.
• Instruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to remove themselves from campus, so as to allow all students, staff, and faculty to attend class and work without fear.
• Release an alert through the TXState Alert system were ICE officers to come onto campus, precisely detailing the incident.
• Affirm that Texas State University will comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and that it does not disclose the immigration statuses of students, staff, or faculty.
• Ensure the protection of free political expression for international students, staff, and faculty.
• Ensure that students, in the event of arrest, detainment, and/or deportation, have access to online classes to ensure the completion of their degrees.
• Provide access to legal aid in case a student, staff, or faculty member is detained due to their immigration status.
• Investigate any individual that reports or threatens to report immigration status for harassment.

Co-Sponsors

Student organizations:

• Palestine Solidarity Committee at Texas State
• Transcend at Texas State
• Bobcat PRIDE of Texas State
• Arab Culture Club at Texas State
• Students Advocating for Freedom Reform at Texas State