FIU's Campus Police Deputization as ICE Agents Draws Scrutiny

In September 2026, Florida International University — a Miami institution whose student body is among the most Hispanic of any major American university — quietly signed an agreement deputizing its campus police as federal immigration agents. The decision was made without public deliberation or visible institutional resistance, raising enduring questions about what universities owe their most vulnerable students and what it means to be a place of learning for all. When the line between campus safety officer and federal enforcement agent dissolves, so too does the trust that makes a campus a co