Government Relations ♦ Telephone: 202 939 9355 ♦ FAX: 202 833 4762
February 3, 2017
The Honorable John F. Kelly
Secretary of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Dear Secretary Kelly,
Congratulations on your confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security. You have
inherited a wide array of challenges, central among them immigration and the
protection of our nation.
Our colleges and universities have been partners with the Department of Homeland
Security in protecting our country since the agency’s creation. We are committed to
continuing this important collaboration. It is in that spirit that we write to express our
concerns about the Jan. 27, 2017 executive order and wish to set forth principles
concerning the role of international students, faculty, researchers and staff on our
campuses.
We take seriously the need to safeguard our nation and also the need for the United
States to remain the destination of choice for the world’s best and brightest students,
faculty, and scholars. International exchange is a core value and strength of American
higher education. Moreover, our nation’s welcoming stance to scholars and scientists
has benefited the U.S. through goodwill and a long history of scientific and technological
advances that have been essential to the economic growth our country has experienced
for decades. When they return home they are ambassadors for American values,
democracy and the free market.
Our nation can only maintain its global scientific and economic leadership position if it
encourages those talented people to come here to study and work. America is the
greatest magnet for talented people from around the world and it must remain so.
We are confident that our nation can craft policies that secure us from those who wish to
harm us, while welcoming those who seek to study, conduct research and scholarship,
and contribute their knowledge and talents to our country. We look forward to building
on our partnership with the Department to address these important issues.
Sincerely,
Adelphi University of New York
Adirondack Community College
Agnes Scott College
Albion College
Albright College
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