Hunter College President Announces ICE Will Not be Permitted on Campus Without Legal Order
“framed as reassurance to immigrant students amid national unrest over immigration enforcement”
Isn’t it amazing how so many people on the left suddenly think borders are important?
Campus Reform reports:
Hunter College president says ICE barred from campus without legal order
Hunter College President Nancy Cantor issued a campus-wide announcement on Jan. 28 stating that the college will not permit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel on the New York City campus unless legally compelled to do so.
The message, titled “A Call to Find Common Cause,” was published on Hunter College’s website and framed as reassurance to immigrant students amid national unrest over immigration enforcement.
“Consistent with the rule of law and CUNY policy, Hunter College does not permit law enforcement agents, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel, to enter our properties except when compelled to do so by law,” Cantor wrote in the announcement.
The statement references recent events in Minneapolis as “grievously disturbing” and emphasizes protections and supports the college says it has in place for members of the campus community, “regardless of citizenship status.”
Cantor highlighted several immigration-related resources, including Hunter’s Immigrant Student Success Center, “Know Your Rights” materials from the ACLU, and connections to CUNY-wide and community organizations.
The message also notes that Hunter is a member of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, described as a national coalition that engages in public policy advocacy and provides toolkits related to federal immigration enforcement and actions affecting international students and scholars.
In addition, the announcement promotes campus programming tied to immigration issues, including events within the college’s “Promoting Civil Discourse and Intellectual Dialogue” series and a Humanities Action Lab event focused on immigration and incarceration.
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No school, municipal, or state law or regulation can stop federal law enforcement. That’s my understanding. People who interfere can be arrested and charged with a felony that has a maximum sentence of twenty years. Go for it, Hunter! Convict and sentence one or two, and I bet the rest will fall in line.
Go ahead! find a judge; this is NY SH*tty.
Any property owner can refuse to allow government agents on to its property without a warrant. As the statement says, Hunter has had this policy for a long time, and it applies equally to all law enforcement agencies, including NYPD.
This is a legitimate question, not a snarky rhetorical comment. In view of statistically reasonable conclusions, could ICE get a blanket warrant (either administratively, if that is sufficient legally or from a judge) to enter any college campus at any time to look for and arrest persons who are not legitimately.In the US?
Blanket warrants are explicitly forbidden by the constitution. They were one of the main abuses by the UK government that led to the revolution.
And to answer your other question, administrative “warrants” are not warrants, and can never be used to enter private property without the owner’s consent. They are good only for arresting people in public.
And no, contrary to news industry hysteria, ICE is not breaking into private property on administrative warrants. The alleged “memo” that the industry made such a hoopla about was a stupid draft by some idiot that was never approved, never circulated, and certainly never acted on.
Unfortunately ms. Cantor is an administrator not the owner of this institution. The owner might have different convictions. Or the campus may be considered a public space. I found nothing in this article to indicate where ownership lies.
As president of the college she is in charge and makes the decisions. Her permission is needed to enter the campus. It’s certainly not a public space; it’s a chartered corporation.
It is stated in the article that Hunter College is associated with CUNY. The website say HC is a public college.
Yes. So what? How is that relevant?
Hunter may have the policy, but is it legal since the college is owned by the state of New York?
Why wouldn’t it be legal? The administration makes the college policy, just like any other university. How is state ownership relevant? It’s not as if the state of NY would object to this policy!