A Hyundai parked outside Carson Hall Tuesday afternoon with U.S. government license plates and a sign reading “On official business” prompted concern among some University of Oregon community members that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was operating on campus.

In an email statement to The Daily Emerald, university spokesperson Angela Seydel said the university was aware of the vehicle and that it was conducting “a regular check with global engagement.”

The Division of Global Engagement International Student and Scholar Services at UO is certified to sponsor F-1 student visas — the F-1 program is monitored by Student and Exchange Visitor Program. Seydel said field representatives from SEVP, which is under Immigration and Customs Enforcement, are required to check in with schools every six months.

During these check-ins, SEVP educates schools about “rule changes, compliance reminders and updates and to support UO’s managing data within the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System,” according to Seydel.

Seydel said they do not discuss individual students and there is no sharing of individual student information or visa status with the representative that visits campus.

Thus far, there have been no ICE operations at the university. Students have called on university leadership to enact stronger protections for students on campus, including creating an alert system to notify students of ICE activity, similar to UO Alerts used for emergencies and weather.

The university general counsel did respond to a request for comment.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional comment from the university