University Purges Illegals
From El Diario/LA PRENSA
November 12, 2001
By Ricardo Leon Pena-Villa
As part of a series of protests against the tuition increases and the
restrictions against university students without legal status, a rally
gathered in front of the administrative facilities of CUNY (City University
of New York).
It is speculated that nearly 3,000 students will be forced to leave the
school because of the measures.
Abraham Negrete, one of the organizers of the protest, believes that the
measures are "a racist attack on the part of the CUNY administration, which
is directly responding to the current war and the directors are saying that
undocumented immigrants supposedly represent 'a national security risk'".
"It's ethnic cleansing pure and simple, that's why we're here, to defend
the
students and their right to study like everyone else, even if they are
illegal immigrants," Negrete stated.
"The students began receiving letters, that told them they were going to be
charged double beginning in February, which means that thousands of students
will be purged from the university," concluded the protest organizer.
(Translated from Spanish by Armando Reyes)
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