Philly Law Students Demand School Break Ties With ICE – Above the Law

For
many,
law
school
is
a
safe
stepping
stone
before
they
get
a
job.
But
the
threats
to
liberty
that
ICE
and
DHS
pose
to
students
complicates
that
easy
relationship.
There’s
no
magical
force
field
that
prevents
ICE
from
harming
citizens
and
non-citizens
alike;
Trump
already

scoffed
at
the
idea
of
giving
everyone
they
want
to
deport
due
process
and
ICE
set
the
tone
for
the
year
by

killing
someone
on
New
Year’s
Eve.
Given
the
ongoing
events,
the
last
thing
folks
want
to
see
on
campus
generally
or
at
a
career
fair
specifically
is
one
of
the
“Raise
your
voice
and
I’ll
erase
your
voice”
brigade
hunting
for
new
recruits.
Students
at
Temple’s
Beasley
School
of
Law
are
demanding
that
their
administration
step
up
to
protect
them.

Temple
News
has
coverage:

Sixty
Temple Law students
demanded
measures
to
protect Temple
Law’s students, staff and
faculty from
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
and
to
end
Department
of
Homeland
Security
recruitment
events, in
a
proposal submitted to
admin on
March
25. 

“Following
an
escalating
erosion
of
due
process
and
other
constitutional
rights,
we
believe
that
it
is
vital
for
Temple
Law
to
respond
to
the
aggressive
and
violent
immigration
enforcement
that
is
occurring
across
the
country,”
the anonymous students,
who did not identify
as
any
existing
student
groups, wrote in
the
proposal. 

The
students
presented
the
demands
to
Interim
Dean Kristen
Murray during a
Coffee
and
Careers
event
on
March
25. 

Temple
law
students
aren’t
the
only
ones
pushing
their
administration
to
do
better:

Georgetown,
George
Washington,
and

Harvard
have
pushed
their
administrations
to
be
on
the
right
side
of
history
as
the
institutions
and
career
services
engage
with
ICE.

Temple
students
have
already
seen
some
success.
A
DHS
recruitment
event
back
in
November
was

canceled
after
students
spoke
out
against
it.
At
the
level
of
praxis,
the
students
want
the
school
to
“implement
a
text
alert
system
to
notify
students
about
ICE
officer
sightings
on
campus”
and
share
guides
on
how
to
interact
with
ICE
for
faculty
and
staff,
among
other
things.

It
seems
that
a
stop
in
communication
flows
from
how
the
students
are
reaching
out
to
the
administration.
Students
have
been
emailing
anonymously,
but
the
school
says
that
it
needs
to
talk
to
a
student
in
person,
on
the
phone,
or
though
the
verified
Temple
email
system.
School
policy
or
an
attempt
to
get
student
names
on
the

anti
anti-terrorism
watchlist?
Inconclusive,
but
you
can’t
be
mad
at
students
for
trying
to
protect
themselves.

Best
of
luck
to
the
students,
may
ICE
melt,
and
Go
Birds!

Temple
Law
Students
Demand
“ICE
Out”
Policies
[Temple
News]

Earlier:

Penn
Law
Students
Host
Rights
Training
For
ICE
Encounters

Law
School
Arms
Students
With
Anti-ICE
Hotline
To
Protect
The
Community

Georgetown
Law
Students
Petition
To
Keep
Their
School
From
Becoming
An
ICE
Recruitment
Center

Harvard
Law
Students
Push
School
To
Divest
From
ICE
&
Law
Firms
That
Support
Them

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and
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June
2021.
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long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
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former
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swim
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interested
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Spinozists
and
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hurt
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