Stand Strong Brown together with the Brown chapter of the AAUP and Brown Rise Up call on the University to adopt the following commitments, which reflect best practices among peer institutions and are essential to protecting campus trust, safety, and academic freedom.
1. Commit to not signing a 287(g) agreement or engaging in any other cooperation with ICE.
Brown should clearly and publicly commit to avoiding any agreements or arrangements that deputize university personnel or otherwise entangle the institution in federal immigration enforcement, which undermines campus safety and trust.
2. Clearly designate public and private campus spaces through policy and signage.
Clear guidance and signage distinguishing public from non‑public spaces helps ensure that ICE agents cannot enter restricted areas without proper judicial warrants, protecting students and staff from unlawful access.
3. Provide mandatory training and written guidance for Campus Security regarding ICE.
Campus Security must receive regular, explicit training on the legal limits of ICE authority and Brown’s policies so that officers do not inadvertently facilitate enforcement actions that violate university values or individual rights. The content of this training should also be shared with the Brown community.
4. Establish and publish a clear operational playbook for responding if ICE or someone impersonating ICE arrives on campus.
A standardized response protocol ensures that administrators, Campus Police, and staff act lawfully, consistently, and calmly, preventing confusion and minimizing harm during high‑stress encounters.
5. Limit information sharing with ICE or other federal agencies to what is legally required.
Brown should adopt a default position of not sharing personal or institutional information with ICE or other federal agencies unless compelled by law, reducing the risk that university data is used to target members of the campus community. This principle should be a core component of any university participation with the Providence Real Time Crime Center.
6. Require Brown Corporation members to disclose ties to ICE or ICE‑affiliated contractors.
Transparency around Corporation members’ professional or financial relationships with ICE or its contractors is necessary to surface potential conflicts of interest and to maintain confidence in university governance.
7. Decline to provide institutional recruitment access to ICE.
Brown has discretion over which employers it includes in job boards, career fairs, information sessions, and on-campus or virtual recruiting. Brown should adopt employer-eligibility standards for recruitment that exclude agencies like ICE, whose primary activities create documented risks to the safety and well-being of members of the Brown community.
Together, these commitments represent a concrete, lawful, and values‑driven approach to ensuring that Brown does everything in its power to protect its community while upholding academic freedom and institutional integrity