PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With at least 19 students at risk of deportation from Oregon’s public colleges, Portland State University President Ann Cudd has assured that campus police will not be enforcing federal immigration law.

On Thursday, PSU revealed that two of its students had their education visas revoked by the Department of Homeland Security, meaning the Trump Administration has ordered the students to leave the country.

“This morning we learned that the federal government terminated the visa eligibility for two current PSU students and one recent graduate,” Cudd said in a letter to students. “We have not been informed of the cause for this action and our Office of International Student and Scholar Services is working to connect the impacted students with the necessary resources to determine a path forward.”

PSU has been a Sanctuary Campus since 2016, meaning it does “not consent to or facilitate immigration enforcement actions on campus” and will “protect the confidentiality of student records as required by law.”

It also means that the university’s campus police will not engage with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

“While this is not a situation unique to PSU — it is occurring at higher education institutions across the country — this is deeply troubling,” Cudd said. “International students are vital contributors to Portland State’s campus life and have been for decades. We will continue to support international students and protect their ability to study here.”

Additionally, Oregon is a Sanctuary State where other law enforcement agencies — including the Portland Police Bureau and Oregon State Police — are also prohibited by state law to work with immigration officials.

So far, the DHS has revoked the visas of 13 Oregon State University students, four University of Oregon students, and two PSU students. It is not clear whether other colleges in Oregon have also recorded cases.

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