Feds Make Mistake at University

An interesting story related to University housing was in the news this week. The federal government has owned up to a mistake made on a college campus in California. As the Mercury News reports, at the University of California - San Diego, federal agents raided student housing looking for illegal immigrants. However, the agents failed to notify the University before the raid. It seems that the policy that is in place at with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) is for agents to notify college police when entering a University campus or student housing.

At Northeastern University, the same policy would apply if USICE showed up on-campus looking for illegal immigrants. Most law enforcement agencies, such as the Boston police work in conjunction with Northeastern University police when there are issues on campus or in residence halls. In fact, Northeastern University police are notified when other law enforcement agencies or emergency services enter the residence halls. A lot of work goes into safety in the residence halls, and while much of it is made up of small, unnoticed efforts and is done behind the scenes, the work of Northeastern University Public Safety and the Residential Safety Office was good enough to get Northeastern ranked the second safest college campus by Reader's Digest. Don't believe me? The proof is here.