CSUN President Dianne F. Harrison condemned the Trump administration’s move to no longer accept new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in a statement released to the campus community on Wednesday.

On July 28, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would stop accepting new applications for the Obama-era program that gives legal status to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

“It is clear that our work to defend DACA and uphold the ethical and moral imperatives of this nation continue,” Harrison wrote in her statement. “CSUN students who are undocumented represent future leaders who will be essential to helping the economy recover when we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

In June, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end the program, which gave program recipients some reprieve. Following the Supreme Court ruling, a federal judge ordered the DHS to accept new applications. The Trump administration is acting in contradiction to that order.

Harrison reaffirmed the university’s support for DACA students and said she would continue her work with the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, a coalition of university presidents that advocates for undocumented students.

In her statement, Harrison directed undocumented students to the university’s DREAM Center, which provides services for undocumented students, and shared a list of resources complied by the CSU.