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Colby College Head Pledges to Help Protect Student Immigrants

WATERVILLE, Maine - The head of a liberal arts college in Waterville is promising to help protect students living in the country lawfully from deportation after Republican President-elect Donald Trump promised he would cancel a program that helps such immigrants.

The Morning Sentinel reports that Colby College President David Greene said Monday the college will do whatever it can to provide safety to everyone in its community, regardless of nationality, immigration status, race, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.

Trump says he will cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which provides youths living in the country legally a temporary reprieve from deportation. It also helps them work and obtain driver's licenses.

More than 100 staff and faculty members signed a letter asking Colby leaders what would happen if the program ends.