San Diego community colleges install signs prohibiting ICE activity on campus – San Diego Union-Tribune

San Diego community colleges install signs prohibiting ICE activity on campus  San Diego Union-Tribune

The signs were being installed at entry points to the San Diego Community College District's 10 campus locations. Weeks after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a student near San Diego City College and pursued another person onto campus, the San Diego Community College District on Thursday began installing signs prohibiting immigration enforcement on its property. The 18-by-30-inch signs were being installed at entry points to the district’s 10 campus locations. “This property is owned by the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD). This property may only be used for purposes that have been authorized by SDCCD and may not be used for immigration enforcement staging areas, processing locations, or any related operations,” the signs read.

On Sept. 8 around 9:30 a.m., ICE agents in unmarked vehicles stopped a vehicle near the intersection of 16th and C streets, according to district officials. The driver, a City College student, was taken into custody, while the passenger fled onto City College’s campus. District officials said the pursuing ICE agents “quickly stopped as they recognized they were entering a college campus. The agents went back to their vehicles and left.” SDCCD officials said the signs have been in the works since the spring, but were accelerated after the Sept. 8 incident. “College campuses are a place of learning and no one should