(The Center Square) – Fears over possible raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has prompted California State University, Los Angeles to allow professors to move their classes online.
Faculty members were told in a letter from Heather Lattimer, the university’s provost and vice president from academic affairs, that they had “the option of working remotely for a limited time due to extraordinary circumstances they are facing,” the Los Angeles Times reported.
Professors can also give students more excused absences and alternative makeup work.
The university hasn’t reported any raids on its campus, now in its summer session. But some students have said they’re afraid to take public transit or drive onto campus because of the possibility of raids.
On Jan. 31, the university said its staff and faculty aren’t required to help federal immigration authorities or grant them permission to enter nonpublic areas of the university when there isn’t a warrant or circumstances that excuse the lack of a warrant.
The Los Angeles campus is among the state’s 23 CSU campuses.
On Feb. 19, the CSU Office of the Chancellor said the university’s police officers won’t contact, detain, question or arrest any students based solely on their immigration status.
