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02-02-2016, 04:36 PM
Students protesting at Georgia State and Georgia Tech are prepared to stay indefinitely. pic.twitter.com/UivNDeBaHT (https://t.co/UivNDeBaHT)
— Freedom University (@FU_Georgia) February 2, 2016 (https://twitter.com/FU_Georgia/status/694396603822665728)
Eight protesters were arrested Monday night at Georgia State University as part of coordinated sit-ins on college campuses in Georgia, demonstrating against a policy banning undocumented immigrants (http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/regents-ban-illegal-immigrants-from-some-ga-colleg/nQk4z/) from attending top (http://college.usatoday.com/2014/05/02/students-protest-ban-on-undocumented-immigrant-students-at-uga/) public universities in the state.
Around 90 students staged sit-ins at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, on Monday, according to organizers with the activist group Freedom University. The demonstrations happened Monday to coincide with the 56th anniversary of the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, that protested racial segregation.
The sit-ins followed a state Supreme Court decision ruling that undocumented immigrants could not sue the Georgia Regents (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/dreamers-in-state-tuition-georgia_us_56afb0f3e4b0b8d7c2301a8d) to gain in-state tuition rates for public colleges. The regents have a policy requiring students to provide evidence of their "lawful presence," but the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to stay temporarily, does not qualify (http://admissions.gsu.edu/how-do-i-apply/international-students/daca/).
Protesters demanded the presidents of UGA, GSU and Georgia Tech publicly condemn the policies barring undocumented students from attending their universities.
Happening now at Georgia State!
Posted by Freedom U. Georgia (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/) on Monday, February 1, 2016
GSU said most of the 25 protesters at its campus left when asked, but the eight arrested had refused, and police claimed the protesters were "disruptive" earlier Monday morning. Police said through a GSU statement that they were "concerned about possible disruption in the building at the start of the university's workday."
Students occupied classrooms on campus to represent integration, and some wore butterfly wings to symbolize migration, according to organizers. The activists asked online for donations (https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/georgia-civil-disobedience-fund) to help with bail money.
Police have entered the classroom at UGA and given order to disperse #UndocumentedUnafraid (https://twitter.com/hashtag/UndocumentedUnafraid?src=hash) #GreensboroNow (https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreensboroNow?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/RBJzEDMVkK (https://t.co/RBJzEDMVkK)
— Freedom University (@FU_Georgia) February 2, 2016 (https://twitter.com/FU_Georgia/status/694327694473981953)
14 hours after holding an integrated class at Georgia State University, four students remain in an elevator in a...
Posted by Freedom U. Georgia (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/) on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/posts/1654382938147059:0)
At Georgia Tech, the university turned on sirens in the building students were occupying in an attempt to get them to leave.
Student occupations have become a favorite strategy of campus activists in recent years, though few schools have resorted to arrests in less than one day. Turning on sirens in a building is relatively unheard of.
Georgia Tech and UGA did not return requests for comment.
Police at Georgia Tech have turned on sirens on the student protesters, but they will not be moved. #UndocumentedUnafraid
Posted by Freedom U. Georgia (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/) on Monday, February 1, 2016
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— Freedom University (@FU_Georgia) February 2, 2016 (https://twitter.com/FU_Georgia/status/694396603822665728)
Eight protesters were arrested Monday night at Georgia State University as part of coordinated sit-ins on college campuses in Georgia, demonstrating against a policy banning undocumented immigrants (http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/regents-ban-illegal-immigrants-from-some-ga-colleg/nQk4z/) from attending top (http://college.usatoday.com/2014/05/02/students-protest-ban-on-undocumented-immigrant-students-at-uga/) public universities in the state.
Around 90 students staged sit-ins at the University of Georgia, Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology, or Georgia Tech, on Monday, according to organizers with the activist group Freedom University. The demonstrations happened Monday to coincide with the 56th anniversary of the lunch counter sit-ins in Greensboro, North Carolina, that protested racial segregation.
The sit-ins followed a state Supreme Court decision ruling that undocumented immigrants could not sue the Georgia Regents (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=entry/dreamers-in-state-tuition-georgia_us_56afb0f3e4b0b8d7c2301a8d) to gain in-state tuition rates for public colleges. The regents have a policy requiring students to provide evidence of their "lawful presence," but the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which allows young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children to stay temporarily, does not qualify (http://admissions.gsu.edu/how-do-i-apply/international-students/daca/).
Protesters demanded the presidents of UGA, GSU and Georgia Tech publicly condemn the policies barring undocumented students from attending their universities.
Happening now at Georgia State!
Posted by Freedom U. Georgia (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/) on Monday, February 1, 2016
GSU said most of the 25 protesters at its campus left when asked, but the eight arrested had refused, and police claimed the protesters were "disruptive" earlier Monday morning. Police said through a GSU statement that they were "concerned about possible disruption in the building at the start of the university's workday."
Students occupied classrooms on campus to represent integration, and some wore butterfly wings to symbolize migration, according to organizers. The activists asked online for donations (https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/georgia-civil-disobedience-fund) to help with bail money.
Police have entered the classroom at UGA and given order to disperse #UndocumentedUnafraid (https://twitter.com/hashtag/UndocumentedUnafraid?src=hash) #GreensboroNow (https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreensboroNow?src=hash) pic.twitter.com/RBJzEDMVkK (https://t.co/RBJzEDMVkK)
— Freedom University (@FU_Georgia) February 2, 2016 (https://twitter.com/FU_Georgia/status/694327694473981953)
14 hours after holding an integrated class at Georgia State University, four students remain in an elevator in a...
Posted by Freedom U. Georgia (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/) on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/posts/1654382938147059:0)
At Georgia Tech, the university turned on sirens in the building students were occupying in an attempt to get them to leave.
Student occupations have become a favorite strategy of campus activists in recent years, though few schools have resorted to arrests in less than one day. Turning on sirens in a building is relatively unheard of.
Georgia Tech and UGA did not return requests for comment.
Police at Georgia Tech have turned on sirens on the student protesters, but they will not be moved. #UndocumentedUnafraid
Posted by Freedom U. Georgia (https://www.facebook.com/freedomuniversitygeorgia/) on Monday, February 1, 2016
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Tyler Kingkade is a national reporter covering higher education, and is based in New York. You can reach him at tyler.kingkade@huffingtonpost.com, or on Twitter: @tylerkingkade (http://www.twitter.com/tylerkingkade).
-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. (http://start.westnet.ca/newstempch.php?article=terms.html/) It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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