UCSC reacts to travel ban

College administrators and students from the Central Coast say they’re opposed to President Trump’s executive orders on travel and immigration. The University of California, which has 9 campuses, says the order is contrary to its values. Its president said in a statement Sunday that they are concerned about the order and will support members of the UC community. “Our campus has been enriched by scholars and students and people from around the world who come to the university to teach and research and be students, so as a campus and as a system we are deeply troubled by this,” said Scott Hernandez-Jason, the director of news and media relations at UC Santa Cruz. It’s not just university officials voicing their concern. Muslim students are worried, too. “It brings sadness to my heart because this country was built off immigrants, we all came to this country. This is what makes this country so great, that we can all come to this country and we all have our rights and we are all equal,” said student Musa Dajani. Another student, Ali-Moosa Mirza, said he was at the San Francisco International Airport protest all weekend. Although he was born here in the U.S., he says it was important to make the trip to the Bay Area to support his beliefs and community. “When you see the injustice, it’s a definite drive to make a stand, and there are people they are targeting who are indirectly or directly affected because they were from my community. They’re people like I’ve seen, I can relate to. UC Santa Cruz says it’s actively working to find ways to help students who may be affected by Trump’s executive order. “UC, as a system, continues to study the executive order and is trying to understand its implications. As we learn more, we’re sharing that information with the students who might very well be affected by this order,” Hernandez-Jason said.