Updates Related to Federal Orders, Policies and Regulations
Updates Related to New Federal Orders, Policies, and Regulations
In January 2025, new presidential and congressional leadership in Washington D.C. began issuing memos, regulations, and executive orders, including some with the potential to impact our work and community at Carroll Community College. The implications of many of these measures are unclear and will likely depend on how they are interpreted and applied, both by agencies and, ultimately, the courts. The College will post information and updates to this page, and we ask that students, faculty and staff check back often for updates.
Campus Messages
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are no longer restricted from carrying out immigration actions at Carroll’s facilities, but they must abide by the constitutional rights of all students and employees as a part of a federal law enforcement agency subject to federal law. Local authorities cannot be compelled to assist ICE officials, but they may not interfere with federal authorities in the course of their duties. In the unlikely, but possible, event that ICE officials come to the Carroll campus to seek information, request access, or enforce immigration laws, employees should immediately call Campus Police (x8123). Additional guidance is detailed below.
- Employees should treat ICE officials politely and respectfully. They should not lie to ICE officials, nor provide them with false information.
- If an employee becomes aware that immigration enforcement actions are occurring at a College facility, they should ask ICE officials to wait for them to contact Campus Police, and then immediately call Campus Police (x8123).
- If federal authorities decline to wait for Campus Police, the employee should notify Campus Police of this fact but not attempt to intervene.
- State and federal laws, including the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), limit the information that can be given to law enforcement authorities without a subpoena or warrant. Employees therefore should not provide outside authorities with any individual student or employee information without first contacting Campus Police.
- If ICE or any other external agency contacts an employee via email with a request for student or employee information, the employee should not respond, but instead immediately contact the President’s Office (x8180 or presidentsoffice@carrollcc.edu).
Information by topic
Executive Order: Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
Executive Order: Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights Letter
The College is monitoring this situation closely and will follow federal and state laws and regulations.
Executive Order: Protecting the American People Against Invasion
Protecting the American People Against Invasion requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to review contracts, grants, and agreements between the federal government and “non-governmental organizations supporting or providing services, either directly or indirectly, to removable or illegal aliens.”
Separately, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a directive that rescinded a long-standing policy that identified schools, hospitals, and churches as “sensitive locations” and limited them from immigration enforcement actions. As a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer treat these “sensitive locations,” including college campuses, any differently from other locations.
The Department of Justice has instructed federal prosecutors to pursue charges against state or local officials who attempt to thwart federal immigration enforcement efforts.
The College is monitoring the situation.
UPDATE: OMB Memorandum M-25-13 has been rescinded.
Memorandum:
Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs
Executive Order: Executive Order on Title IX