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Cal State L.A. Enables Remote Classes to Address Student Fears of ICE Enforcement

The directive will be adapted for the fall semester following final approval of CSU’s updated academic guidelines.

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Overview

  • Faculty may relocate courses online or grant excused absences and alternative make-up assignments for those facing fears of immigration enforcement.
  • Reports of heavily armed ICE agents in MacArthur Park have left community members afraid to use public transit or drive to campus.
  • Although no raids have taken place on the 21,000-student campus, leaders say these measures aim to protect its large immigrant population.
  • Provost Heather Lattimer authorized the policy on July 9 and based it on CSU’s established emergency teaching protocols from recent crises.
  • CSU police are barred from detaining individuals solely for suspected undocumented status and the Dreamers Resource Center continues to support undocumented students.