During President-elect Donald Trump’s last administration, NYU bolstered its programming and resources for international students in an effort to combat a federal crackdown on immigration. With a second Trump term to start in January, the university is preparing to tackle the issue once again.
In 2017, NYU’s School of Law founded the university’s Immigration Defense Initiative to help members of the NYU community complete documents and offer legal representation. Gabriela Calahorrano, IDI’s staff attorney, told WSN that Trump’s initial term “seriously impacted the NYU community,” citing immigration enforcement such as the Muslim travel ban and changes to asylum law.
“During the first Trump administration, the immigrant community faced many barriers and challenges due to a series of aggressive changes in immigration policies,” Calahorrano said in a statement to WSN. “We expect that the Trump administration will make similarly drastic changes in the law and policies that will affect the immigrant community.”
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