Trump’s Immigration Rhetoric Is Already Impacting College Students

With weeks to go before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, colleges are shifting their guidance for students who could be impacted by the harsh immigration restrictions he's promised to enact. Some schools have issued travel advisories to foreign students, urging them to return from international holiday travel before Trump’s second term begins. During his first time in office, the president-elect didn't just try to stop illegal immigration – he also slowed and upended legal entry into the U.S., including for foreign visitors and students reliant on visas. In a late November message, Cornell University administrators predicted a travel ban is “likely to go into effect soon after inauguration” and called it a “good idea” for international students and staff to be back on U.S. soil before the start of their spring semester.