University rushes ICE alert system months before deadline after pressure from far-left students
The University of Oregon caved to student demands after infusing a new ICE alert into the university's campus-wide emergency alert system, which took effect Wednesday.An April 30 email to students...
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The University of Oregon caved to student demands after infusing a new ICE alert into the university's campus-wide emergency alert system, which took effect Wednesday. An April 30 email to students from Associate Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Jimmy Howard said that the university's official campus-wide alert system will be allowed to be used for an alert system, which utilizes campus police and other university resources, to warn students about any nearby activity from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. The decision follows Oregon House Bill (H.B.) 4709, passed in February and signed by the governor in April, which required public K-12 schools and higher education institutions to designate a system to notify students of federal immigration presence. However, the deadline to set that system up was not until the end of September and students complained that the system needed to be set up sooner. "As requested by our campus community and required by Oregon House Bill 4079, we are implementing a notification system in the event of immigration enforcement activity on campus," Howard's email stated, which was shared with Fox News Digital by students at an independent campus publication that first covered the story, The Daily Emerald. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TO OFFER ABORTION PILLS ON CAMPUS THIS FALL AFTER STUDENT PRESSURE CAMPAIGN The university sent Fox News Digital a statement pointing out H.B. 4079 was signed into law by Democratic Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on April 9, less than a month prior, after making its way through the state legislature, which has both a Democratic House and Senate majority. A day later, student groups, including the school's chapter of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the University of Oregon Anti-ICE Coalition, delivered a petition to the Office of the President demanding the ICE alert system be instituted ahead of the mandatory September deadline. Fox News Digital inquired with university spokespe…