Steve Yale-Loehr on Trump’s Mass Deportation Threats and Higher Education

The Chronicle of Higher Education quoted Steve in What Trump’s Threats of Mass Deportation Could Mean for Higher Ed (registration required). He said that although it is important to take Trump’s stances seriously, “there’s a big difference between rhetoric and due process.” According to Steve, there is a current backlog of 3.6 million deportation cases in the immigration courts. “Trump just can’t round up students and put them on a plane.” He said that college legal clinics could be a resource for concerned students. The article notes that a project run by Cornell Law School has counseled nearly 700 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, 60 percent of whom were identified as having a path to a skilled-work visa or other status.