Whereas, The Student Assembly Charter is a binding document on both the Assembly and Cornell University,
Whereas, “The Assembly will have legislative authority over the policies of the Department of Campus Life and the Office of the Dean of Students”,
Whereas, Cornell Career Services is part of the Department of Student and Campus Life,
Whereas, the Student Assembly passed a legislative resolution requiring that Cornell Career Services cease collaborating with or advertising jobs for ICE and CBP,
Whereas, “The University President may also request reconsideration of legislation proposed by the Assembly. Such a request must be filed within thirty days of notification of the legislation”,
Whereas, such a request was not made within 30 days of notification of the legislation,
Whereas, ICE and CBP continue to menace communities across the United States, including the killing of multiple innocent civilians in Minneapolis,
Whereas, over one hundred Cornell Students gathered and marched last Wednesday to show their opposition to collaboration with ICE and CBP,
Be it therefore resolved, Student and Campus Life is directed to IMMEDIATELY enforce Resolution 9 Ending Career Services Collaboration with ICE. This means that all employment opportunities with immigration enforcement, ICE, and Customs and Border Protection will be removed from the career services website and Handshake. This also means that all events with immigration enforcement, ICE, and Customs and Border Protection will be removed from the Career Services Website,
Be it further resolved, ICE and CBP will be IMMEDIATELY removed from Handshake as Cornell-approved employers, as required by Resolution 9’s direction to not collaborate with ICE and CBP,
Be it further resolved, ICE and CBP will not be allowed to attend the March 9-10 Spring Career Fair Days. They will IMMEDIATELY be notified of this decision by Career Services if they have already been extended an invitation,
Be it further resolved, that because Resolution 9 was already enacted and reconsideration was not requested, the previous three clauses cannot be reconsidered or vetoed. They are part of the enforcement of the existing Resolution 9 and MUST BE ENACTED IMMEDIATELY,
Be it further resolved, Dean Marla Love, President Michael Kotlikoff, and other administrators stand at risk of being held in contempt of the Student Assembly if the resolution is not enforced as required by the Student Assembly Charter,
Be it further resolved, the Student Assembly’s majority is of the opinion that non-enforcement of Resolution 9 is a violation of a binding contractual obligation and is prepared to treat it as such,
Be it finally resolved, this resolution confers an additional communicative responsibility on the Student Assembly President to be sent on behalf of the assembly. This communication will be listed in the communications related to this resolution and resolution 9 on the student assembly website, but it does not replace or affect the regular communications related to the conveyance of a resolution. The additional communication will be sent to President Kotlikoff, Dean Love, and Executive Director of Career Services Erica Kryst as soon as possible. It will include the following points:
- That the communication is being sent on behalf of the assembly, rather than a particular individual
- The history of the conveyance of resolution 9 (from this point “the resolution”)
- The fact that the resolution was legislative in nature
- The contents of the resolution and its requirements on career services
- President Kotlikoff’s obligation to request reconsideration within 30 days and his failure to make that request
- The requirement of Career Services and Student and Campus Life to comply with the legislation due to the lack of a request for reconsideration and veto
- The fact that not complying is a violation of the binding agreement between The Student Assembly and Cornell in the Student Assembly Charter
- The assembly’s opinion that failing to comply is a breach of contract
- Our hope that we will not have to take further action on this matter.
Respectfully Submitted,
Max Ehrlich ’26
College of Industrial and Labor Relations Representative, Student Assembly
Dylan Carson ‘28
College of Arts and Sciences Representative, Student Assembly
Yasmeen Masoud ‘28
Brooks School of Public Policy Representative Student Assembly
Hayden Watkins ‘28
Vice President of Finance, Student Assembly
Kennedy Young ‘28
Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Student Assembly
