Amy Korstange, the associate director of MTSU Housing and Residential Life, sent an email Wednesday morning to MTSU resident directors about how to comply with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation or any other law enforcement officers coming into campus residence halls.
The email obtained by Sidelines instructed housing staff to cooperate with officers and immediately call the area coordinator or the on-call area coordinator and MTSU Police. Korstange also told employees not to give roster information to the officers.
“We do not obstruct them in any way,” the email read. “But we also wait for our appropriate authorities — AC on Call and MTSU PD — to arrive.”
Korstange clarified that the lobbies of residence halls are public spaces, but that the floors with bedrooms are private. Anyone who is not a resident of that floor cannot be there unless they are escorted. This rule also applies to law enforcement.
The email also included a forwarded email from the MTSU Student Affairs Division with information about procedures to follow if ICE officers come to campus. University Provost Mark Byrnes originally sent this email to faculty and staff on April 9.
“There have been no issues in the residence halls involving ICE,” Korstange said.
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article read, “MTSU Housing and Residential Life did not respond to Sidelines for comment at the time of publication.” It now reads, “‘There have been no issues in the residence halls involving ICE,’ Korstange said.”
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