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The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

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UTSA is not a sanctuary campus

Ben Shirani August 30, 2017

Sanctuary campuses are universities which abide by similar rules as sanctuary cities; on sanctuary campuses, students rights are prioritized over the desire of federal agencies like ICE to query the immigration...

Graphic by Tristan Ipock

Keep students safe with sanctuary status

Editorial staff January 12, 2017

“Texas will not tolerate sanctuary campuses or cities. I will cut funding for any state campus if it establishes sanctuary status. #tcot” Governor Greg Abbott’s threat in Dec. 2016 to cut funding...

Students petition UTSA to become ‘sanctuary campus’

Gaige Davila November 30, 2016

The Immigrant Youth Leadership organization (IYL) has created a petition to establish UTSA as a ‘sanctuary campus’. A ‘sanctuary campus’ is loosely defined as a college or university that does...

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