NYU Law students protest LexisNexis contract with ICE
Law students from NYU and Columbia University demonstrated outside the Park Avenue headquarters of the data brokering company to demand that it end its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Yezen Saadah, News Editor
• April 11, 2023
‘A slap in the face’: Outrage after ICE lawyers invited to NYU Law event
After the NYU School of Law announced an event featuring two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys, students have signed a petition in protest.
Abby Wilson, News Editor
• October 28, 2022
Law students push for NYU to cut ties with legal databases over ICE links
Students from more than 20 law schools across the country, including NYU Law, have launched a week of protest calling for their administrations to cut ties with two legal databases that provide immigrants’ personal data to ICE.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor
• October 8, 2021
‘Larry Fink should not be on the Board of Trustees’: Long-time NYU trustee is linked to ICE and private prison operators
Laurence Fink — the CEO of BlackRock, a vice chair of the NYU Board of Trustees and the co-chair of the NYU Langone Health Board of Trustees — has investments in the U.S-Mexico border wall and immigrant detention facilities.
Rachel Cohen, Staff Writer
• May 5, 2021
Professors express solidarity with GSOC
Many NYU professors have come out in support of the Graduate Student Organizing Committee’s strike and are urging the university administration to work toward a fair and reasonable contract.
Roshni Raj, Deputy News Editor
• May 3, 2021
Undergraduate students support GSOC on the picket line
The GSOC strike picket line has a festive atmosphere, with strikers and supporters singing, dancing and eating. Picketing began on Monday, April 26, and will continue until the union wins a new contract.
Mei Lamison, Staff Writer
• April 30, 2021
It Isn’t Over Yet: Eight Days of Mayhem and Misinformation
Over the last four months, international students in the United States have faced it all, from dorm evictions and frantic flights amid a global pandemic to the threat of deportation at the hands of ICE. While the directive was ultimately rescinded, international students remain fearful of what could happen.
Moosa Muzaffar Waraich, Contributing Writer
• July 22, 2020
New York Is No “Sanctuary City”
Recent events involving ICE in New York City show the flaw in the city’s sanctuary city policies, and how it allows overreach from the federal government.
Asha Ramachandran, Deputy Opinion Editor
• March 2, 2020
Anti-ICE Organization Protests at Washington Square Park
The political organization ‘Rise and Resist’ took to Washington Square Park to host a silent vigil in support of immigrants suffering at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kayla Hardersen, Contributing Writer
• October 10, 2019
NYU Hockey Opens Quest for Redemption With Win
The Violets started off their season with a 5-2 win over William Paterson University on Friday night.
Bela Kirpalani, Sports Editor
• October 7, 2019
What Does Impeachment Really Mean?
The House of Representatives has begun the impeachment process against President Trump. But why now?
WSN Editorial Board
• September 30, 2019
Overcoming Oppression Through Corrective Education
In the midst of our current confrontation with white nationalist terror, we must use our position at a university to reconcile our past and work towards a better future.
WSN Editorial Board
• August 24, 2019
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