Student Walk Out of Vice President Mike Pence Notre Dame Graduation Speech, Immigration Positions One Set of Issues of Concern
The news out of South Bend, Indiana is not about football. USA Today reports that
Vice President Mike Pence gave the graduation speech at Notre Dame this weekend. Pence’s comments, though, were not heard by about 100 of the 3,171 graduates. As soon as the vice president and former Indiana governor stepped up to the podium students quietly got up from their seats and left Notre Dame Stadium in protest of some of Pence’s policy positions.
A Notre Dame student activist group, WeStaNDFor, put out a release last week (see above) explaining that they are protesting Pence’s opposition to gay rights, his attempts as governor to prevent Syrian refugees from resettling in Indiana, his support of President Donald Trump’s immigration travel ban, and his opposition to sanctuary cities that do not enforce federal immigration laws.
KJ