Students and faculty at the College of the Holy Cross, along with residents of Worcester held a protest Thursday evening against the college holding a recruitment meeting with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) representatives.

Prior to the protest, Holy Cross President Vincent D. Rougeau wrote an email to the Holy Cross community dated Nov. 13 announcing the meeting with DHS representatives will be held online instead of on campus. For the past six years, DHS has held recruitment meetings with students on campus, according to Rougeau.

Despite the venue change, about 200 people attended the protest, which featured speeches from students, academics and faculty, according to protester and Worcester resident Claire Schaeffer-Duffy.

An account in the Telegram and Gazette estimated the

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