A coalition of five student and faculty organizations sent a letter Friday morning to four University of Maryland administrators calling out a lack of “transparent communication” about their response to recent federal action regarding immigrant students and workers.

The letter listed six main demands for this university, including:

  • Refusal to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order requesting universities to monitor and report “alien” activities.
  • Refusal to comply with federal requests for personal information about university affiliates and taking steps to protect targeted community members.
  • Refusal to cooperate with federal agencies acting to target, detain or deport university community members.
  • Institutional and financial support for students, staff and faculty whose visas have been revoked.
  • Public reaffirmation of this university’s commitment to “academic freedom, inclusivity, and the protection of all the members of its community.”
  • Campuswide communication about how this university is responding to federal agencies and supporting community members whose visas may be in jeopardy.

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Authoring the letter was a collaborative effort between the signing organizations, according to Karin Rosemblatt, president of this university’s United Academics of Maryland chapter. The organizations want this university’s administration to be forthcoming about funding cuts and immigrant student and worker statuses, she said.

“The administration has really not provided any meaningful support,” Rosemblatt, a history professor at this university, told The Diamondback.

UAM-UMD, this university’s Graduate Labor Union, College Park Mutual Aid, 17 for Peace and Justice and this university’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter signed the letter, which was emailed to university president Darryll Pines, senior vice president and provost Jennifer Rice, chancellor Jay Perman and associate vice president Ross Lewin.

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UAM-UMD also posted the letter Friday afternoon on Action Network, a platform that allows users to sign onto its cause in a petition-like fashion and send personalized letters to this university’s administration.

“There’s a lot of issues that these students are facing and that the university needs to address,” Rosemblatt said to The Diamondback. “This isn’t going to be the end.”

This university did not immediately respond to a request for comment.