Activists say university is profiting off ‘immigrant deaths’

Activists at Columbia University are accusing the university of profiting off “immigrant deaths” at “US concentration camps”, and demanding the university cancel a contract with United States Customs and Border Protection to provide medical services and consultations, writes Mitchell Gunter for the Washington Examiner.

“@Columbia is profiting off of mass incarceration and immigrant deaths at the US concentration camps! @Columbia must cancel their $150,000 contract with US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)! CBP IS NOT REDEEMABLE! CBP TORTURES AND KILLS BIPOC,” the Undocumented Students Initiative at Columbia University, also known as UndoCU, tweeted on 2 July.

UndoCU, which describes itself as a “formal undocumented student group at Columbia University”, has frequently criticised the university’s efforts to work with Customs and Border Protection. Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness’ (NCDP’s) US$150,000 contract with Customs and Border Protection for medical protocols assessing border crossers was signed in May, providing the agency with an office of physicians to provide emergency relief. Irwin Redlener, NCDP’s director, criticised immigration policy but defended Customs and Border Protection in a Washington Post op-ed.
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