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Rutgers University
Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway directed faculty, staff, and students to immediately contact Rutgers University Police if they become aware of ICE activity on campus. "Rutgers is committed to ensuring that any federal enforcement actions on campus adhere to due process, including the requirement of a warrant when necessary," Holloway wrote. The university announced that campus police will not ask about or document immigration status unless a serious crime is committed, will not share student records without legal requirement, and that federal authorities are precluded from directing RUPD to serve as their agents.
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American universities are under attack, and at the time of this statement, Rutgers already had already attracted scrutiny and pressure from the administration. Nonetheless, they publicly committed to a set of policies to protect students and cooperate with the administration only as directed by law.