Are 500,000 undocumented students the new targets in America’s higher education wars?
Over half a million undocumented students are enrolled in US colleges, many pursuing graduate degrees and contributing to science and workforce development. Yet their futures face mounting uncertainty as the Trump administration challenges in-state tuition policies, restricts federal funding, and intensifies deportation measures. Legal battles and executive actions are reshaping higher education into a contested landscape of exclusion and survival.
Over half a million undocumented students are enrolled in US colleges, many pursuing graduate degrees and contributing to science and workforce development. Yet their futures face mounting uncertainty as the Trump administration challenges in-state tuition policies, restricts federal funding, and intensifies deportation measures. Legal battles and executive actions are reshaping higher education into a contested landscape of exclusion and survival.
