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Calls for ‘Sanctuary’ Campuses Multiply as Fears Grow Over Trump Immigration Policy

February 08, 2017

Soon after Donald Trump’s election in November, Jason Ruiz helped launch a petition at the University of Notre Dame calling on the president of the nation’s most prominent Catholic school to declare itself a sanctuary campus and offer protections for undocumented students, staff and family members facing the threat of deportation. Ruiz, an associate professor of American studies and grandson of an undocumented immigrant, hoped to collect a thousand signatures. A day later, more than 4,600 members of the Notre Dame community had signed on.  As the Trump administration enters its third week, questions about immigration policy continue to swirl. 

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