{"id":834,"date":"2025-03-20T11:01:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:56:33","slug":"nyu-lawyers-talk-support-for-international-students-at-wagner-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/nyu-lawyers-talk-support-for-international-students-at-wagner-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"NYU lawyers talk support for international students at Wagner panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faculty at the School of Law criticized the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration and threats to international community members at a forum on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alina Das, a speaker at the forum and co-director of the <\/span>Immigrant Rights Clinic<\/span><\/a>, told WSN that the clinic will hire a second attorney amid heightened fear of federal immigration enforcement. NYU has touted the clinic as a resource for immigration-related procedures to international students \u2014 who comprised <\/span>almost half <\/span><\/a>of total enrollment last academic year \u2014 since creating the program during the first Trump administration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a staff attorney and we\u2019re in the process of hiring a second attorney,\u201d Das said in an interview with WSN. \u201cThose attorneys can provide advice, free legal consultation, referrals to appropriate legal services, and in some cases, they can provide representation for any member of the community who may be facing an immediate threat of immigration detention and deportation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hosted by the NYU Migration Network, the forum featured Das and Omar Jadwat \u2014 the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project \u2014 as they discussed President Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to <\/span>restrict birthright citizenship rights<\/span><\/a> for the children of non-citizens, citation of the <\/span>Alien Enemies Act to justify deportations<\/span><\/a>, threats to international students and efforts to use immigration law to restrict freedom of speech.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Das and Jadwat criticized the arrest of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, claiming that it jeopardizes freedom of speech. Khalil, a legal permanent resident, was arrested earlier this month by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is currently held at a Louisiana detention center, <\/span>sparking demonstrations across NYU<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Das compared Khalil\u2019s case to an NYU student who was <\/span>denied entry<\/span><\/a> at John F. Kennedy International Airport after returning from Iran during the first Trump administration, following the issuance of a 90-day travel ban from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria. She said that she is concerned about the growing attacks on individuals with legal entry permits and residence, particularly targeting them based on their ethnicity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jadwat added that in order to create a safe environment for students, universities should not invite ICE onto campus and should ensure students are informed about immigration-related resources available to them. He advised students to research their rights in the event of detention by law enforcement and practice how to respond to immigration officers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing the basics of how to behave is super important,\u201d Jadwat said in an interview with WSN. \u201cUniversities need to stand up for those basic campus free speech rights and <\/span>principles, and not through silence or play into the folks who are trying to target people for the wrong reasons.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

NYU\u2019s policy stipulates that ICE agents will only be allowed on campus if they present a valid search warrant or subpoena. The university previously told WSN that it \u201c<\/span>will comply with the law<\/span><\/a>\u201d in light of Trump\u2019s crackdown on student visas, but has not publicized additional guidance on the matter. Last month, ICE <\/span>canceled virtual interviews<\/span><\/a> at an NYU Law career fair after hundreds of students petitioned against the agency\u2019s partnership.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cClosing America off to the world is a fundamentally bad idea,\u201d Jadwat said. \u201cFrom every perspective, universities that have historically been places that are among the more open places, will suffer gravely to the extent that they\u2019re not able to do that going forward.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Amanda Chen at achen@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

This story NYU lawyers talk support for international students at Wagner panel<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Faculty at the School of Law criticized the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on immigration and threats to international community members at a forum on Wednesday.\u00a0 Alina Das, a speaker at the forum and co-director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic, told WSN that the clinic will hire a second attorney amid heightened fear of federal immigration enforcement. NYU has touted the clinic as a resource for immigration-related procedures to international students \u2014 who comprised almost half of total enrollment last academic year \u2014 since creating the program during the first Trump administration.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a staff attorney and we\u2019re in the process of hiring a second attorney,\u201d Das said in an interview with WSN. \u201cThose attorneys can provide advice, free legal consultation, referrals to appropriate legal services, and in some cases, they can provide representation for any member of the community who may be facing an immediate threat of immigration detention and deportation.\u201d Hosted by the NYU Migration Network, the forum featured Das and Omar Jadwat \u2014 the Director of the American Civil Liberties Union\u2019s Immigrants\u2019 Rights Project \u2014 as they discussed President Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to restrict birthright citizenship rights for the children of non-citizens, citation of the Alien Enemies Act to justify deportations, threats to international students and efforts to use immigration law to restrict freedom of speech.\u00a0 Das and Jadwat criticized the arrest of Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, claiming that it jeopardizes freedom of speech. Khalil, a legal permanent resident, was arrested earlier this month by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is currently held at a Louisiana detention center, sparking demonstrations across NYU.\u00a0 Das compared Khalil\u2019s case to an NYU student who was denied entry at John F. Kennedy International Airport after returning from Iran during the first Trump administration, following the issuance of a 90-day travel ban from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria. She said that she is concerned about the growing attacks on individuals with legal entry permits and residence, particularly targeting them based on their ethnicity. Jadwat added that in order to create a safe environment for students, universities should not invite ICE onto campus and should ensure students are informed about immigration-related resources available to them. He advised students to research their rights in the event of detention by law enforcement and practice how to respond to immigration officers.\u00a0 \u201cKnowing the basics of how to behave is super important,\u201d Jadwat said in an interview with WSN. \u201cUniversities need to stand up for those basic campus free speech rights and principles, and not through silence or play into the folks who are trying to target people for the wrong reasons.\u201d NYU\u2019s policy stipulates that ICE agents will only be allowed on campus if they present a valid search warrant or subpoena. The university previously told WSN that it \u201cwill comply with the law\u201d in light of Trump\u2019s crackdown on student visas, but has not publicized additional guidance on the matter. Last month, ICE canceled virtual interviews at an NYU Law career fair after hundreds of students petitioned against the agency\u2019s partnership. \u201cClosing America off to the world is a fundamentally bad idea,\u201d Jadwat said. \u201cFrom every perspective, universities that have historically been places that are among the more open places, will suffer gravely to the extent that they\u2019re not able to do that going forward.\u201d Contact Amanda Chen at achen@nyunews.com. This story NYU lawyers talk support for international students at Wagner panel appeared first on Washington Square News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":837,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions\/837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jtotheb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}