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A coalition of groups that had previously called on top companies not to hire Trump officials who helped carry out the administration’s family separation policy is now also urging colleges and universities to shun anyone tied to this humanitarian disaster.
“Politicians and cabinet officials have long landed roles in the academic world after leaving government service,” Politico reports, but this administration’s actions have left a trail of human devastation, notably the forcible separation of families at the southern border. Administration officials have been unrepentant about this crisis, and returned thousands of these children back to their families only because they were under court order to do so.
In their latest letter, the more than 40 civil and immigrant rights groups are calling on higher education leaders to “make it clear that your college or university will not hire or bestow a fellowship or other honor to anyone involved in the development, implementation, or defense of the Trump administration’s family separation immigration policy.” Politico reports that ads running in student newspapers at Harvard, Stanford, and the University of Virginia read, “Don’t let hate into your lecture halls.”
In their message to Fortune 500 CEOs last month, the groups urged companies to shun current and former Trump officials such as part-time White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders, White House aide Stephen Miller, and former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, writing that ”there are some lines, that simply cannot be crossed.”
“Many of you spoke out against this barbaric policy,” they wrote. “However strong the opposition, your words are meaningless unless they are backed up with resolute action. We call on you to make it clear that you will not hire for employment, contract for consulting, or seat on your boards, anyone involved in the development or implementation of the Trump administration’s family separation immigration policy.” A humanitarian disaster that continues: Two brothers that were separated for over 180 days were just reunited last week. Family separation remains a crisis.