An ad on Columbia’s School of Professional Studies website touting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection virtual career expo was recently taken down after backlash from students and staff.

The ad had read “Help defend the homeland,” seeking to recruit thousands of “mission critical positions” within the Department of Homeland Security agencies in attendance, the New York Post reported.

“This is a unique opportunity to learn more about our mission and how you could contribute to it, making a positive impact on yourself, your community and your country,” the ad stated.

In response, a faculty coalition reportedly stated: “This event undermines campus trust, makes parts of our community feel targeted or unsafe, and further damages Columbia’s public standing by reinforcing the view that we are complicit in the turn towards authoritarianism. Silence will be read as consent.”

And Columbia’s Young Democratic Socialist of America chapter stated: “Our university is not just complicit, it is actively facilitating the recruitment of people like Border Patrol Agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection Officer Raymundo Guttierez, the two killers of Alex Pretti.”

The Post reported that “Columbia quickly caved, pulling the promotional page by the end of the day Feb. 11. The event, however, will go on.”

The controversy mirrors a recent incident at the University of Maine’s annual All Majors Career Fair. U.S. Customs and Border Protection was removed from the university’s career fair earlier this month after students and graduate employees demanded the agency’s removal.

Not all universities capitulate, however.

George Washington University Law School refused to disinvite U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from its career fair in late January despite over 1,200 students and organizations signing a petition to have the federal agency removed. 

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