Official: UConn Will Do What It Can for Immigrant Students

The president of the University of Connecticut president said the school will do all it can to support students who don't have legal immigration status even though it can't become a sanctuary campus.

UConn President Susan Herbst said university police won't question immigration status, for instance, or detain anyone based on administrative warrants from federal officials.

But, she said, as a state institution, the school must abide by state and federal laws and can't unilaterally declare itself a sanctuary.

Several immigrant students attended a Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday and called on the school to codify its intent to protect them.

They fear that President-elect Donald Trump will reverse President Barack Obama's executive order that allows certain students who came to the U.S. as children to obtain work permits and study here.

See Herbst’s full statement.

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