Many colleges across the country have been labeling themselves “sanctuary campuses” as a way to protect unauthorized immigrants from the Trump administration. However, Rutgers University’s president is taking his activism a step further by asking his students to lobby Congress to protect DREAMers.
Save Jersey reported on Wednesday that Rutgers President Robert Barchi sent an e-mail out to students asking them to contact a member of Congress in support of The Bridge Act. The bill would extend benefits and protections to DREAMers made under the Obama Administration.
“Many students at the University have called for protections for undocumented students. This legislation would provide those protections,” Barchi said in his latest e-mail blast. “If you feel strongly about this issue, I encourage you to follow the directions below to send an automatic letter to your US Senators and your member in the House of Representatives.”
Apparently, administrators want every student to know that college is about activism, not education.
This isn’t entirely about ideology, Rutgers is granted money from the state if unauthorized immigrants enroll in their college, thanks to a law signed by Gov. Chris Christie in 2013. That’s why in 2016, Rutgers actively courted DREAMers to come to the university.
