Progressive groups and immigrant rights advocates are launching a new campaign to keep former Trump administration officials involved in its family separation policy from landing jobs on college campuses
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The liberal groups seeking to block Trump officials from working on campuses acknowledge that most universities seek to foster a “spirited, intellectually rigorous debate” on their campuses. But, their letter says, the Trump administration’s separation of children from their parents at the border is “so heinous” that it demands the rejection of officials involved.
The groups said that more than two dozen current and former Trump administration officials should be blacklisted from academic roles or other university honors. The list includes Nielsen, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, former Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House adviser Stephen Miller, and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
“Some of these individuals have left the administration in recent months, many now trying to distance themselves from the horrible policy in a vain attempt to rehabilitate their reputations,” the letter says. “Regardless of when they leave, they should not be allowed to seek refuge in your classrooms, lecture halls, or auditoriums.”
The coalition is made up of more than 40 civil rights, immigration, and progressive groups. It includes America's Voice, the National Immigration Law Center, Center for Popular Democracy, American Bridge, Southern Poverty Law Center and RAICES.
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