{"id":458968,"date":"2025-12-20T01:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458968\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T01:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T01:24:15","slug":"city-college-community-on-alert-after-ice-activity-reported-near-campus-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458968\/","title":{"rendered":"City College community on alert after ICE activity reported near campus \u2013 City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

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San Diego City College remains on alert after reports of activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents just beyond the boundaries of the downtown campus triggered a formal campus response on Monday.<\/p>\n

After campus officials were alerted early in the day, City College released a social media post on Instagram confirming activity near, but not on, the campus. City Times Media confirmed at least two emails were also sent to campus employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are sharing this message for awareness and transparency,\u201d an Instagram post from San Diego City College said. \u201cEarlier today, it was confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was present near the City College campus. City College and the San Diego Community College District do not participate in immigration enforcement activities. It is our District policy not to work with ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The message suggested students download the SDCCDSafe App<\/a>, the new district-wide app<\/a> that was implemented earlier this year and replaced the LiveSafe App to help students and staff stay safe.<\/p>\n

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The social media update came hours after an initial email was sent by Vice President of Administrative Services John Parker to campus employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe college was made aware of a report regarding possible U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity near the campus earlier today,\u201d Parker wrote in an email sent to college employees mid-day. \u201cAt this time, there is no immediate threat to anyone on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the close encounter with ICE did not result in any confirmed attempts to come onto campus, fear in the community still exists, said Magaly Corro Flores, coordinator of the Undocumented\/Intercultural Center at City College.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy concern was more alleviating the students\u2019 fears regarding that message, so letting them know that the president had no communication with ICE,\u201d Flores said. \u201cSo that was more of my concern \u2013 rumors starting. Then I\u2019m starting to worry about students not coming to campus, and then there\u2019s finals, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause ICE is in the community. ICE is doing immigration enforcement activities, and that is a real fear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many students were preparing for the final days of classes, including Political Science major and Associate Student Government President Celina Martinez.<\/p>\n

Martinez pointed to the uncertainty facing many immigrant communities under the current U.S. administration\u2019s policies throughout the country, and that safety while at City remains vital.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that it is our top priority to keep students safe during their time on campus and that includes our commitment to protecting our undocumented students, students with mixed status families, and all other communities,\u201d Martinez said in an email to CTM. \u201cIt is our duty as a community with diverse backgrounds to overcome and combat these challenges and bring about a greater future for our college.\u201d<\/p>\n

AP 3415<\/a>, the Non-Participation in Immigration Enforcement Activities Administrative Procedure for the San Diego Community College District, details that staff and employees are prohibited from interacting with ICE agents.<\/p>\n

In a video<\/a> released by the district, Chancellor Greg Smith said if immigration enforcement arrived at an SDCCD campus with a warrant, students, faculty and staff should let the agents know they are not authorized to speak with them, direct them to the District\u2019s office and \u201csimply walk away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWarrants and subpoenas are complicated, technical legal documents with very strict rules governing their legality,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe do not expect any member of the District in any capacity to be in a role to review those and to grant permission except for the chancellor and general counsel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cesar Gumapas, City College\u2019s information officer, encouraged students to download the SDCCDSafe App for the most up-to-date alerts and campus information.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn alignment with District policy, City College and the San Diego Community College District do not participate in immigration enforcement activities,\u201d Gumapas wrote in an email to City employees obtained by CTM. \u201cEmployees are encouraged to review the attached \u2018Know what to do if ICE is on campus\u2019 guidance, which outlines District protocol, including who to notify and how to respond if immigration enforcement activity is observed on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to ICE enforcement and detention statistics<\/a>, over 70,000 people have been detained in San Diego in 2025.<\/p>\n

City College Chicano Studies professor Octavio Garcia recognized this trend and implored City to keep a watchful eye as we enter the new year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is troubling that ICE was so close to campus, but not surprising considering the current situation we are experiencing,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI ask all faculty, staff and students to remain vigilant when they are on campus, to communicate if they see an ICE or possible ICE presence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sooner we know about an ICE presence, the sooner we can mobilize to try to protect as much as we can, our vulnerable undocumented community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keila Menjivar Zamora,<\/b> Samira Hassan, Chrisdan Peralta and Mylo Gallardo contributed to this report. <\/b>This story was edited by Samira Hassan, Chrisdan Peralta and Gabriel Vasquez.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can\u2019t see the video? Click here. San Diego City College remains on alert after reports of activity by…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":458969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-458968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-sandiego","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115749287619517036","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}