Newsom says state higher ed institutions should be ‘sanctuary campuses’
As a growing number of California officials assail President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called on the state’s public university systems to declare themselves “sanctuary campuses” to protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrant students from deportation. Newsom, a candidate for governor in 2018 and a member of the University of California Board of Regents, urged aggressive action in a letter to UC president Janet Napolitano… “If Mr. Trump’s three million goal is to be achieved, that could likely include many law-abiding and promising students within California’s public higher education system,’’ Newsom said in his letter to Napolitano. “We have both a moral and economic imperative to protect our students, the future workforce and families of California, from Trump’s stated intentions.”
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by Carla Marinucci , Politico.