Official: UConn will do what it can for immigrant students
STORRS, Conn. — The University of Connecticut president says the school will do all it can to support students who don’t have legal immigration status even though it can’t become a sanctuary campus.
UConn President Susan Herbst says university police won’t question immigration status, for instance, or detain anyone based on administrative warrants from federal officials.
But she says that as a state institution, the school must abide by state and federal laws and can’t unilaterally declare itself a sanctuary.