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Debate - Resolved: Americans Should Support the Administration's Immigration Enforcement Actions at Schools, Colleges, and Universities

The Trump Administration’s efforts to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his role in the anti-Israel encampments at Columbia University have touched off an intense debate over the extent of the President’s authority to enforce U.S. immigration laws against students and faculty members at institutions of higher education. Meanwhile, the Administration’s removal of immigration enforcement restrictions in K–12 schools has led some school districts to pledge to resist federal enforcement actions and offer their campuses as “safe spaces” for students who are not legally in the country.

In this conversation, the Honorable Kenneth T. Cuccinelli of the Center for Renewing America and Mr. Brian Hauss of the American Civil Liberties Union will debate the President’s power to deport individuals enrolled in or employed by America’s schools, colleges, and universities. They will also offer competing perspectives on whether the stated goals of these policies, which include enforcing laws against illegal immigration and preventing U.S. academic visas from being used to advance racist rhetoric, outweigh any threats they pose to free speech, academic freedom, or the benefit that accrues from receiving a K–12 education.

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