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St. John’s Suspends CBP Partnership Following Campus Pushback

Administrators say the pause was a mutual decision after they determined the initiative conflicted with the university’s mission.

St. John's University in Queens.
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Overview

  • The suspension was conveyed in a Jan. 29 email from Law School Dean Jelani Jefferson Exum and confirmed by Provost Simon G. Moller.
  • The paused initiative is the Institute for Border Security and Intelligence Studies, launched last year under a memorandum with CBP’s New York field office and approaching a one-year renewal.
  • St. John’s removed the original webpage announcing the institute, which had described training and professional development opportunities tied to CBP.
  • Students, faculty and alumni had organized sustained opposition, and campus groups praised the decision as national scrutiny of federal immigration enforcement intensified after fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
  • University officials described the action as a suspension by mutual agreement, while DHS and CBP did not immediately provide detailed public comment.