Hispanics flock to this university. It let campus police double as ICE agents.

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

Leaders of Florida International University signed an agreement to deputize its school police as immigration agents. Some wish they had put up more of a fight.

September 19, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EDT4 minutes ago

Students protest an April meeting of the Florida International University board of trustees in Miami. (Marco Bello/For The Washington Post)

Fight or Fold: How American institutions are responding to President Trump’s demands. A Washington Post series.

MIAMI — The president of Florida International University was onstage when a few dozen students in the audience abruptly stood up.

They unzipped their sweatshirts, revealing matching T-shirts that displayed a message in big red letters: “ICE off FIU.”


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