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UW-Madison police will not participate in federal immigration operations, campus officials told students, as they look to reassure those who are concerned that the election of Donald Trump could lead to the wave of deportations he promised during the presidential campaign.

Administrators say they don’t have the power to go as far as many students want them to in protecting undocumented people by declaring UW-Madison a “sanctuary campus.”

But in a post on the university’s campus climate site, officials outlined several steps they are taking to protect undocumented students — one of which is a formal UW-Madison police policy that the department will not take part in Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

UW police spokesman Marc Lovicott said that has been the department’s practice in the past, but officials have now codified it into written policy.

“Our resources are limited and such enforcement is not part of UWPD’s duties,” the Dec. 15 statement read.