Student Fears of Increased Immigration Enforcement under President Trump
There is lots of discussion of what might happen in terms of immigration in a Trump administration.
Donna St. George of the Washington Post reports on “growing efforts by school districts to reassure immigrant communities ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office in January. Many are scared that Trump — who put illegal immigration at the center of his campaign — will ramp up deportation efforts, already significant during the Obama administration.”
In my small college town of Davis, California, students have expressed fear of immigration enforcement, The school superintendent made a public statement emphasizing that the Davis schools were open to all.
Some universities have joined in the efforts to calm fears in immigrant communities. The University of California on Nov. 30 announced that it will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of the undocumented members of the UC community and will direct its police departments not to undertake joint efforts with any government agencies to enforce federal immigration law.
KJ