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.