Recent posts online add to growing anxiety as ICE begins operations in L.A. over the weekend
March 1, 2025
University officials said that rumors on social media last week alleging that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, commonly known as ICE, would be targeting Cal State LA are “unsubstantiated” and “false.”
In a system-wide email sent on Thursday, Feb. 20, university officials said that there is “no evidence that these claims are true.” Officials said they are aware of similar claims targeting other universities and public schools, and added that “the purpose of these false claims appears to be the spread of panic and fear.”
The unverified rumors spread from a series of anonymous posts submitted by students to the Instagram page CSULATruth. Contributors alleged that, according to classmates and some professors, raids by ICE might potentially happen on or near campus in the near future. The posts were removed after the university sent the system-wide email.CSULATruth told the University Times that because the page received “more than one independent student report of the same event, on the same day, at the same time,” the page deemed the information credible at the time and posted about the reports.
“The post was made in an effort to share what students were reporting their professors had shared in classes,” CSULATruth said. “There were two notifications included in the post, both in the first slide and the caption, stating that this information was reported and...
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