‘Create a crisis’: Mainstream professor group partners with DSA to unleash anti-ICE chaos on campuses

Published March 2, 2026 5:00am ET



EXCLUSIVE — The American Association of University Professors has developed a “toolkit” alongside the youth wing of the Democratic Socialists of America and the Sunrise Movement to cause disruptions on college campuses intended to hamstring the enforcement of immigration laws, the Washington Examiner has learned.

The toolkit encourages ideologically motivated students to rally like-minded individuals to carry out a three-phase plan to pressure businesses to cut ties with immigration enforcement officials, according to documents obtained by Defending Education and shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner. 

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