Higher Ed Group Worried About Trump Immigration Plans and Foreign Students
There are all kinds of things that progressives in education should be worried about right now, not just this.
The College Fix reports:
‘Psychological warfare’: Higher ed group worries about Trump’s immigration plansThe Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s policy proposals as harmful to foreign students during a virtual briefing this month.One immigration expert, however, told The College Fix that schools should put “the interests of Americans first.”“We’re looking at another Trump administration in which they’ve promised many things in respect to immigration, mass deportations,” Alliance leader Louis Caldera said during the briefing.These things “are not in the interest of our campuses … and would hurt students,” he said.The Alliance unites “American college and university leaders dedicated to increasing public understanding of how immigration policies and practices impact our students,” according to its website. It was launched to “protect undocumented students,” Caldera said.In a news release announcing the briefing, the Alliance reaffirmed its “steadfast commitment to undocumented, immigrant-origin, international, and refugee students.”“This briefing aimed to equip campus leaders with a clear understanding of the post-election policy landscape and provide actionable steps they can take to advocate for and support immigrant, international, and refugee students,” the event description reads.Another speaker, President of TheDream.US Gabby Pacheco, said Trump’s immigration policies are “less so tools for them to actually do something, but more so tools to create fear.”Trump may force communities to make “very tough decisions to either leave or try to find refuge because they are just so scared,” she said.Pacheco, who leads a college success program for illegal immigrants, called this “psychological warfare.”“We saw them play with immigrants … and likely the rhetoric is just going to get way worse,” she said.
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