Immigration enforcement and court rulings are creating operational and legal strains for U.S. campuses. At Columbia University, about a dozen students and faculty were arrested after blocking traffic during an anti‑ICE protest calling for a sanctuary campus; organizers and university officials publicly clashed over claims about ICE access to campus. Separately, the Justice Department told a federal court that issuing a student visa to a Babson College student whom ICE wrongfully deported was “unfeasible,” rejecting a judge’s suggestion as beyond the State Department’s consular authority. Together the incidents heighten concerns over international‑student protections, campus safety, and the limits of judicial remedies in immigration cases.
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