The California Faculty Association is outraged and heartbroken that Renee Nicole Good was killed in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7, 2026. We remember all who were murdered by ICE agents recently.  On New Year’s Eve, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Chapter member Keith Porter, Jr. was also killed by an off-duty ICE officer in Los Angeles. And back in September, Mexican immigrant Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was killed by ICE in Chicago.

These killings are not isolated tragedies. They are part of a documented pattern of violence and impunity that ICE brings to immigrant communities and to public safety more broadly. CFA members have also been subjected to unfair prosecution and harassment by ICE. Our students are afraid of being arrested, harassed, attacked or deported in their communities or even right on campus. As the killing of Renee Nicole Good makes clear, even community members exercising their legal right to observe and record ICE activity face deadly consequences.

CFA reiterates its firm opposition to the presence of ICE agents on California State University campuses. Our students, faculty, and staff—many of whom are immigrants or come from mixed-status families—deserve to pursue education without intimidation or threat. We call on CSU leadership and state officials to publicly reaffirm sanctuary policies, refuse all cooperation with ICE, enforce clear prohibitions against ICE presence on CSU campuses, and be in solidarity with immigrant communities demanding accountability and justice.

We mourn Renee Nicole Good, Keith Porter, Jr. and Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. We support their loved ones and renew our commitment to opposing ICE violence and protecting our campuses and communities from further harm.

In Solidarity,
Margarita Berta-Ávila
CFA President 

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