Commentary: El Paso- The Education Not Deportation (END) coalition will host a politically charged protest in response to Trump’s imminent announcement to discontinue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Tuesday. The protest will take place at noon, at UTEP’s Leech Grove, encouraging DREAMers and other supportive community members to attend to speak out against this racially motivated action. It is time for Congress to defend DREAMers by passing comprehensive legislation that protects them from deportation and provides a pathway to citizenship.
- What: Politically charged protest in support of DREAMers and the DACA program.
- When: 12 PM, Tuesday, Sep. 5th.
- Where: Leech Grove, UTEP (500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79902)
About END: The Education Not Deportation (END) Campaign is a coalition of student groups and community members that are actively organizing to transform UTEP into a Sanctuary Campus, resist deportation, and ensure that UTEP is an all-inclusive, safe campus for all students. We oppose the system of deportation and border militarization, and seek a world beyond borders. We will actively organize against any attempts at deporting students and we urge the University to pass Sanctuary policies and commit to:
●Never sharing a student’s information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Border Patrol or any agency that works to deport our families.
● Prohibit Border Patrol and ICE from being on campus and cut existing ties with both agencies.
● Expand accountability for UTEP security and police, especially in regards to their interactions with international students.
We also commit to creating a culture of Sanctuary on campus. We will create a culture on UTEP campuses that rejects and resists deportation of students,which will include:
● Coordinating Know Your Rights workshops, to prepare students for encounters with the agencies of deportation.
● Organize students to resist deportations on the ground.
● Provide education concerning migrant rights and state agency abuses.
● Organize demonstrations.
● Support voter drive initiatives.
Student Groups Participating:
- Young Democratic Socialists
- Texas Rising
- Sociology Club
- Association of Applied Borderlands Historians
- Soñando Juntos
Community Organizations Supporting:
- Democratic Socialists of America – Chuco Del Norte
- Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee
- The West Fund
- Border Network for Human Rights
- United We Dream
- Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center