The ASUU Senate unanimously passed JR-10 during its final meeting of the academic year, calling on the University of Utah to adopt sanctuary campus policies and expand protections for students regardless of immigration status.
This resolution urges university leadership to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, strengthen privacy protections and formally designate the university as a sanctuary campus.
Public forum shows student support
During the public forum, student organizers spoke in favor of the resolution, pointing to months of advocacy efforts.
“We have collected a petition that now has … over 4,000 combined signatures,” Samantha Reagan, a member of Mecha de U of U said. “There’s a ton of student support for this, and we think that the sanctuary campus resolution pathway is of utmost importance.”…