agency 
personnel 
to 
avoid 

conducting 
enforcement 

activities at sensitive locations 
unless they have prior approval 
from an appropriate supervisory 
official or in the event of exigent 
circumstances,” he said. “The 
locations 
specified 
in 
the 

guidance include schools, places 
of worship and hospitals.”

According to the Frequently 

Asked Questions page of the 
Department 
of 
Homeland 

Security’s 
website, 
DACA 

individuals’ information would 
not be “proactively provided” to 
ICE, “unless the requestor meets 
the criteria for the issuance of a 
Notice To Appear or a referral to 
ICE under the criteria set forth 
in (United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services’) Notice to 
Appear guidance.”

“This 
policy, 
which 
may 

be modified, superseded, or 
rescinded at any time without 
notice, is not intended to, does 
not, and may not be relied upon 
to create any right or benefit, 
substantive 
or 
procedural, 

enforceable by law by any party 
in any administrative, civil, or 
criminal matter,” the page states.

Susan 
Reed, 
managing 

attorney 
for 
the 
Michigan 

Immigrant Rights Center, said 
in an interview with Michigan 
Radio people should still expect 
an increase in deportations as a 
result of the change.

“We heard Secretary Sessions 

say that upon termination of the 
program, people with DACA 
would not be priorities for 
deportation,” she said. “Which 
sounds meaningful, but then 
he said that if at any point they 
encounter 
an 
immigration 

officer, they would be issued a 
notice to appear in immigration 
court. So I would interpret that 
as meaning there aren’t any 
immediate plans to, say, take 
the DACA file and go knock on 
everyone’s door.”

Already, 
ICE 
activity 
is 

relatively 
high 
throughout 

Washtenaw 
County 
and 

southeastern Michigan. WICIR 
operates an “urgent responder” 
telephone line for people who 
need immediate assistance with 
immigration issues, and it has 
received over 800 calls in the 
past nine years, according to 
Sanders.

“Half of them have involved 

detainment or deportation of at 
least one adult, and we know that 
hundreds of children have lost 
their primary parent,” she said. 
“We also know that thousands 
of children have lost a providing 
adult.”

The reason for the high level 

of activity, she explained, was 
the proximity of the Canadian 
border.

“A lot of people think of 

immigration 
enforcement 
as 

happening down on the southern 
border, but we’re within 100 
miles of the northern border, and 
we have very robust immigration 
and customs enforcement teams,” 
she said. “All of them have quotas 
that they are supposed to meet of 
people who they are supposed to 
detain and deport.”

In an email to students Tuesday 

night, University President Mark 
Schlissel criticized the Trump 
administration’s 
decision, 

saying 
the 
University 
was 

working with other institutions 
and organizations to pursue 
legislation allowing the program 
to continue.

“We are deeply disappointed 

in today’s announcement that 
the 
administration 
will 
end 

DACA, the Deferred Action on 
Childhood Arrivals program,” 
he wrote. “We want to assure 
everyone in the University of 
Michigan family that we are 
working to understand all of 
the implications of this change, 
the timelines we face, and how 
members of our community may 
be affected.”

University spokeswoman Kim 

Broekhuizen said the University 
would do what they could legally 
to protect students’ identities.

“The University would not 

proactively share non-directory 
student information with ICE or 

other immigration enforcement 
officials, unless required to do so 
by public records laws, a lawful 
subpoena or warrant or judicial 
order,” she said.

Lopez noted it was additionally 

important that the University 
have policies in place backing 
their statements.

“We don’t just come to our 

department because we are going 
to be kind and use a particular 
set of words to make you feel 
welcome — this is certainly 
important — but we also want 
policies in place that defend 
people should they be pursued 
by 
immigration 
enforcement 

on our campus,” he said. “One 
conversation 
that 
needs 
to 

happen is, to what extent is 
campus law enforcement going 
to be involved in these events?”

Although 
it 
is 
not 
yet 

clear what orders the federal 
government may make regarding 
enforcement of the rescission, 
Diane 
Brown, 
spokeswoman 

for the University’s Division of 
Public Safety and Security, said 
the University would continue 
following current policy.

“DPSS will follow an existing 

practice of not asking students 
(or 
others) 
for 
immigration 

status. The exception will be for 
people who commit crimes and 
are being processed,” she wrote 
in an email to the Daily. “Our 
protocols also do not include 
partnering with ICE, though 
of course we will adhere to any 
lawful orders.”

In a Facebook post Tuesday 

night, 
Central 
Student 

Government President Anushka 
Sarkar, LSA senior, and Vice 
President Nadine Jawad, Public 
Policy senior, issued a statement 
to students with DACA status, 
giving them instructions on how 
to apply for renewal if they were 
eligible.

“To 
undocumented 
and 

DACAmented students in the 
Michigan community: we stand 
in solidarity with you and we will 
fight alongside you to protect 
your right to an inclusive and 
safe education at the University 
of Michigan,” the post read.

time for us at the University to 
decide how we’re willing to and 
how we’re going to protect that 
information.”

Lopez emphasized that since 

the program’s inception, there has 
not been any official government 
action to end it until now. “In 
prior political moments, this was 
just illogical to attack because it 
was just political suicide,” Lopez 
said. “It looks bad. But that’s not 
the moments we’re in anymore.”

Several 
universities 
and 

colleges across the state offer 
in-state tuition to undocumented 
students regardless of DACA 
status, including the University 
of 
Michigan, 
Wayne 
State 

University, Grand Valley State 
University and several others.

In 
a 
statement 
released 

Sunday, 
University 
President 

Mark Schlissel reaffirmed his 
commitment 
to 
protecting 

all 
students 
regardless 
of 

immigration status.

“At the University of Michigan, 

we will continue to assess the 
consequences of any changes to 
DACA and keep our community 
informed,” Schlissel wrote. “I also 
want all students to know that I 
view their opportunity to study 
here as both the right thing to do 
and in our nation’s best interest.”

The 
Trump 
administration 

defended the move as a fair way 
to end the program by allowing 
some leeway for the transition 
and time for Congress to pass 
related legislation.

In his statement, Trump said 

his emphasis on immigration 
reform has not changed.

“Our enforcement priorities 

remain 
unchanged,” 
Trump 

wrote. “We are focused on 
criminals, security threats, recent 
border-crossers, visa overstays, 
and repeat violators.”

There are no current plans 

for DHS to share the personal 
information provided by DACA 
recipients 
with 
immigration 

enforcement agencies. In his 
statement, 
Trump 
“advised 

the Department of Homeland 
Security that DACA recipients are 
not enforcement priorities unless 
they are criminals, are involved in 
criminal activity, or are members 
of a gang.”

Both 
Republicans 
and 

Democrats have voiced opposition 
to 
ending 
DACA. 
Speaker 

Paul Ryan (R–Wis.) and other 
Republican leaders urged Trump 
not to end the program, according 
to the Washington Post.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D–

Mich.) denounced the move to 
end the program in a press release, 
saying that Congress should react 
to Trump’s action.

“These young people were 

brought here through no fault 
of their own,” Dingell wrote. 
“America is their home and DACA 
has allowed them to become 
hardworking, 
contributing 

members of our society – offering 
their talents to the workforce 
and paying taxes that go toward 
improving 
our 
health 
care, 

infrastructure and other critical 
services.”

In Michigan alone, over 6,600 

undocumented immigrants have 
received protection under DACA, 
and over 840,000 undocumented 
immigrants 
have 
received 

protection in the United States, 
according to the U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration Services.

Following the announcement 

that Trump was ending DACA, 
Gov. Rick Snyder (R) issued a 
press release, which criticized 
the decision and emphasized the 
important role immigrants play in 
the United States.

“Many are working toward 

success under the existing DACA, 
and for the certainty of their 
future Congress should act quickly 
to authorize and clarify their 
status,” the press release read. 
“In Michigan we will continue 
to honor everyone’s journey who 
has become part of our family of 
10 million people, and remain the 
most welcoming state in the nation 
for immigrants and dreamers 
seeking prosperity, a home and 
a community that is accepting of 
their family and their desire to 
succeed in America.”

In 
an 
emailed 
statement, 

the College Democrats at the 
University of Michigan voiced 
opposition to the move by Trump 
and voiced support for DACA 
recipients.

“President Trump’s decision to 

terminate DACA is an act of cruel 
and unambiguous xenophobia,” 
the email read. “We stand with 
DREAMers and their right to live, 
work, and learn in this country.”

The College Republicans at the 

University of Michigan did not 
respond to requests for comment 
at the time of this article’s 
publication. 

In March, the Daily interviewed 

several undocumented students 
to get a glimpse into their lives at 
the University of Michigan. While 
none of these students responded to 
the Daily’s request for comment at 
this time, many expressed fear over 
the potential end of DACA at the 
time of their interview.

One LSA student, who asked 

to be anonymous given their 
immigration status, said they were 
afraid for their family as well as 
themselves.

“Every 
morning 
you 
wake 

up, like not knowing, especially 
now, knowing whether or not 
my parents will get in trouble at 
work or something, especially 
now given that there have been 
a couple ICE (Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement) raids in 
east Michigan,” they said. “That’s 
always been kind of scary. It’s one 
of those things where you still are 
always worried whether you come 
home or you get a call saying this 
happened. You never know.”

Another 
undocumented 

Rackham student, who also asked 
to remain anonymous, said the 
end of DACA puts an extreme 
logistical strain on the lives of 
DACA recipients.

“If DACA gets taken away, that 

again puts us in a situation where 
we can’t work, we can’t drive, we 
can’t board a plane, we don’t have 
any way to identify ourselves so 
think of anything that you have 
that is tied to your ID, like going 
out and opening a bank account 
or buying liquor or tobacco,” they 
said.

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