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The UMass Amherst Sanctuary Campus Movements Facebook page states that students will not attend class on February 17 and instead will hold a meeting at the student union to demand a sanctuary campus policy.

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The UMass Amherst Sanctuary Campus Movement aims to have UMass declare itself a Sanctuary Campus system, the groups Facebook page reads. We define Sanctuary as a space that actively cultivates immigration equality as well as economic, racial, gender, and sexual equality.

The sanctuary campus group also lists three major demands from the University:

The group has asked students not to support the University of Massachusetts financially until it enacts a sanctuary campus policy, as MassLive reported.

In a week, the UMass Student Government Association will vote on a resolution to demand Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy make the university a sanctuary.

Subbaswamy has signaled potential support for the policy in a statement where is says the University will remain committed to the welfare and success of all members of our community, whether they be student, faculty or staff, and (pledges) to do everything within our legal and moral authority to protect them, no matter their national origin, race, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, disability or immigration status, according to MassLive.

John Binder is a contributor for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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