By Nicole Abrams, Associate Campus Editor
• October 1, 2025
The U.S. government shut down Wednesday after Congress failed to pass a spending bill before the end of the fiscal year that would have kept the government funded past Sept. 30.
Since the U.S. Department of Homeland Security initiated Operation Patriot 2.0 Sept. 6, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have conducted a series of raids across Boston neighborhoods.
By Liam Dunne, City Section Editor
• September 9, 2025
The Trump administration announced the beginning of a second immigration crackdown in Boston last week, rattling advocacy organizations in support of the city’s immigrant communities.
Plans for...
The Trump administration revoked the visas of several international students at universities across Massachusetts this week, including Boston University, Tufts University, Harvard University, Emerson College, Berklee College of Music, Northeastern University and multiple campuses of the University of Massachusetts.
Reports of a United States Department of Homeland Security officer on Boston University’s campus Thursday afternoon, which coincided with a planned student-led walkout calling for BU to designate itself as a sanctuary campus, intensified concerns over Immigration and Customs Enforcement on campus.
By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• March 30, 2025
Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine hosted a walkout Friday at Marsh Plaza featuring faculty and staff who support justice in Palestine to cap off its “Liberation Week” demonstrations.
By Emma Clement, Graphics Editor & Layout Co-Editor
• February 28, 2025
Amid tension between the City of Boston and White House Border Czar Tom Homan, Massachusetts cities Chelsea and Somerville filed lawsuits Monday against the Trump administration for attempting to defund police departments over sanctuary city policies.
The Boston City Council discussed auditing the 2014 Boston Trust Act and proposed higher wage increases for the lowest-paid city workers during this week’s meeting.
Boston University students express concern over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts after he signed an executive order Jan. 20 allowing federal immigration agents to enter “sanctuary” spaces, including schools.
Three days after President Donald Trump was sworn into office, Kimberley Gilbert, an English immigrant who lives in Weymouth, began sending her eight-year-old daughter to school with her birth certificate.
Boston University students held a walkout at Marsh Plaza Friday in response to President Donald Trump signing executive orders targeting immigrants and enacting mass deportation, which have already been put into action across the United States.
