Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos joined immigration advocates on Thursday to demand federal authorities release Dylan, a Bronx high school student detained in an immigration courthouse. Dylan, 20, an asylum seeker from Venezuela and a student at ELLIS Preparatory Academy, was arrested at a routine court hearing last week after the government moved to dismiss his … Read more
Several hundred New York City high school students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the Trump administration’s threats to immigrant students and higher education. Around noon, students from at least 25 schools, including the Bronx High School of Science, Stuyvesant High School and Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, descended on Union Square Park … Read more
Dozens of Columbia University students were temporarily suspended as of Friday for their alleged involvement with a brief takeover of the main campus library in a pro-Palestinian protest, the Daily News has learned. At least 65 Columbia students were placed on interim suspension pending further investigation, according to a university official. Another 33 people, including … Read more
As the Trump administration escalates its campaign against international students and Palestinian activists, Jewish New Yorkers are increasingly refuting the idea that the president’s efforts are actually about fighting antisemitism. After Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at his U.S. citizenship test in Vermont, a group of his Israeli classmates penned a letter against his … Read more
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of four more international students at Columbia University in recent days, the school announced late Sunday. Reasons for the cancellations were not clear. The federal government has terminated the visas of hundreds of foreign-born students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement that engulfed college campuses last year — though … Read more
Columbia University faculty sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to restore $400 million in federal funding withdrawn over antisemitism concerns — and stop the government from meddling in university affairs. The lawsuit, brought by the faculty members’ union in Manhattan Federal Court, accused several agencies of ignoring the legally required process to terminate funding. Instead, … Read more