{"id":118310,"date":"2026-01-14T21:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118310\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T21:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:25:06","slug":"students-for-a-democratic-society-protest-usf-calling-for-a-sanctuary-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/118310\/","title":{"rendered":"Students for a Democratic Society protest USF, calling for a sanctuary campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2247\" height=\"1685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6494.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-251862 size-251862 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDemonstrators protesting ICE on USF Campus. Photo by Leah Burdick <\/p>\n<p>55 demonstrators gathered along Fletcher Avenue across from USF Palm Drive, protesting the University of South Florida (USF) for advertising <a href=\"https:\/\/careers.cbp.gov\/s\/connect-to-recruiter?type=NONAMO&amp;campaignid=701SJ00000B2sdv&amp;utm_source=Google&amp;utm_medium=paid_search&amp;utm_campaign=MG_CBP_BPA_FY25_SEAR_GOOG_CONV_BRD_INTBA_BRAND_US_CPA_TNL&amp;utm_content=usbp_701SJ00000B2sdv&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=14875070783&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoKyeX8V7A2G23Qo9HbpfJTCUYGi_&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA95fLBhBPEiwATXUsxKi0-IhSwdcGxuEYFp9r48CUmtX75MsIgYUmeR_4Mn9eHHLW2jzm5RoCmWYQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a> (CBP) recruitment and collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n<p>Students held signs reading \u201cICE Off Campus\u201d and \u201cProtect Our Students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSF has partnered with Customs and Border Protection for recruiting at career fairs, and they\u2019ve sponsored recent recruitment efforts by campus police,\u201d said Students for a Democratic Society member Victoria Hinckley. \u201cWhen immigrant students see that, they feel like USF isn\u2019t on their side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hinckley said international students should feel safe on campus, and advertising Customs and Border Protection recruitments sends the opposite message\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are demanding that USF make campus a sanctuary campus so that our immigrant students and international students, they don\u2019t have to stay home from class. They don\u2019t have to hear the risk of deportation. That they feel safe on campus because right now, a lot of immigrant students and a lot of international students don\u2019t feel safe on campus because of that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hinckley said an international student from Colombia, who was apart of SDS last spring, was suspended for participating in the pro-Palestine encampment. She said this put his student visa at risk and he was no longer able to return to the county. <\/p>\n<p>Other demonstrators said they\u2019re upset USF has signed on to the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ice.gov\/identify-and-arrest\/287g\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">287(g) program,<\/a> which allows local law enforcement to work with ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrator Cassidy Nordland will be an incoming USF student this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very dismayed that they\u2019re allowing ICE recruitment on campus, especially as someone who\u2019s about to start college here. It makes me embarrassed and ashamed that my school would publicly do that, especially in a largely Hispanic and Latino area,\u201d Nordland said.<\/p>\n<p>She was not the only demonstrator who felt this way. Others said they are now hesitant about starting their college program at USF.<\/p>\n<p>While demonstrators chanted, members handed out flyers and passing cars honked in support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demonstrators protesting ICE on USF Campus. 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