NYU Students To Call For School To Be A 'Sanctuary Campus'

GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY — NYU students are planning a protest on Wednesday to demand that the university declare itself a "sanctuary campus" and offer protection to undocumented students. For more Greenwich Village and West Village news, sign up for Patch's news alerts here.

Students are planning to meet outside the school's Kimmel Center for University Life, 60 Washington Square S, and to march to a nearby building where the university's president, Andrew Hamilton, is scheduled to host a town hall, according to the event's organizers.

"Join us on the Kimmel stairs as we rally in support of our most vulnerable community members and spread awareness about President Hamilton’s deliberate choice to not declare NYU as a Sanctuary Campus," organizers wrote on the event's Facebook page.

Patch has contacted an NYU spokesperson for additional information about the school's policy and we'll update this post if we hear back.

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