A new crusade has emerged among college students who insist on
insulation from the real world – now left-liberal campus activists
demand safe spaces from U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who
recruit at campus job fairs.
Protesters at several campuses in Southern California and Arizona have
demanded administrators cut all ties with the federal agency, and some
have protested agents’ presence on campus. Students say border
protection representatives make students – especially students in the
country illegally – feel unsafe.
At UC Santa Barbara in late January, a parade of students boisterously
demonstrated against border patrol recruiters at a campus job fair,
loudly chanting “f*ck your borders, f*ck your walls.” One organizer
told The College Fix agents’ attendance was “triggering” for
undocumented students, adding “there is no space on this campus for an
organization that continues to threaten the safety of students.”
Last fall, after UC Irvine students circulated a petition that called
on administrators to remove a U.S. BorderPatrolHiring1Customs and
Border Protection booth from the school’s fall career fair – saying
officers’ presence would make the campus unsafe for students in the
country illegally – the agency backed out of the event.
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