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Approximate reconstructionReconstructed from KMPH and GV Wire coverage paraphrasing Fresno State President Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval's November 6, 2025 campus-wide message; substance confirmed across four independent local outlets642 chars
Fresno State has established a notification process to comply with California's new SAFE Act, which requires colleges to inform their campus communities if immigration enforcement activity occurs on university property. If immigration enforcement is confirmed on campus, the University will send a campus-wide email to students and employees, including the date, time, and general location of the activity, along with links to resources and support. To avoid unnecessary alarm, confirmation will occur before a notice is sent. The Bulldog Text Alert system will remain reserved for emergencies involving immediate threats to health or safety.
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
The phrase 'to avoid unnecessary alarm, confirmation will occur before a notice is sent' is the policy's defining design choice — Fresno State explicitly built in a confirmation step to prevent false-positive notifications during the politically charged ICE-enforcement environment
Deliberately reserving the Bulldog Text Alert SMS system for 'immediate threats' (rather than ICE activity) is a notable channel-separation choice — Fresno State treats ICE on campus as an advisory event, not a health-and-safety emergency, even while issuing the notification
Reconstructed wording — substance is verified across four independent local-media outlets and the Fresno State Collegian; verbatim character string from the original announcement is not published