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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston University International Students and Scholars Office. Multiple Boston University students have had their visas terminated. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Number of BU students confirmed to have visas revoked

Camille Bugayong April 8, 2025
Boston University confirmed a number of student visas have been terminated, adding to the number of international students across Boston and nationwide whose visas were revoked.

Boston, Chelsea, Somerville defend sanctuary city policies amid increased ICE activity

Emma Clement 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.
Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground. Boston University students held an independent town hall meeting at HTC Sunday, where speakers discussed community activism participation and the fate of the University-wide divestment referendum bill. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Resistance Network holds leftist student town hall in Howard Thurman Center

Eli Pekelny February 18, 2025
Boston University students held an independent student organizing town hall at the Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground Sunday, where speakers discussed participating in community activism and the fate of the University-wide divestment referendum bill.
The Boston University International Students and Scholars Office. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Jan. 20 to revoke birthright citizenship, prompting lawsuits by Boston-based legal organizations and concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids. SIENA GLEASON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Trump’s attempt to rescind birthright citizenship sparks worry, lawsuits, ICE raids

Truman Dickerson January 30, 2025
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.
People hold signs criticizing the United States immigration policies during a walkout against mass deportation on Friday. Boston University student groups organized the walkout which called for the University to condemn the Trump administration’s immigration policy and defend students against mass deportation plans. AVA RUBIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘It’s ridiculous to not do anything’: BU students hold walkout against mass deportation

Camille Bugayong January 26, 2025
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.
A Trump-Vance sign in Brookline, Massachusetts. While President-elect Donald Trump plans to make changes to reproductive, healthcare, education and immigration policies, Boston’s policies maintain protections. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How do Trump’s second term policies measure up to Massachusetts?

Emma Mullay November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump made many large-scale promises on policies concerning key voter issues both during his campaign and since his reelection — here’s how they shape up in Boston and Massachusetts.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Our nation devalues essential immigrant labor | Price of Existence

Karyna Cheung April 19, 2024
America is currently at war with itself trying to claim that the labor undocumented workers provide shouldn’t be validated, despite its heavy reliance on that very labor becoming completely exposed just four years ago.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

In honor of that life — halfway across the world

Michelle Tian April 20, 2023
When I saw my parents’ childhood home with my own eyes — it hit me how different our lives were. 
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Ron DeSantis needs to read his bible | Divine Politik

Caroline McCord October 7, 2022

Perhaps the most fundamental, consentaneous, clear truth of the Bible is that there are few, if any, fundamental, consentaneous or clear truths within the sacred text at all. Many people spend their entire...

Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Why a Humane Immigration Policy is in Your Best Interest | Latest With Lin

Michael Lin September 27, 2022
As midterm elections draw nearer, Republicans have increasingly directed public discourse towards immigration.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: U.S. healthcare system is sustaining the inequitable quality of care crisis

Bailey Salimes December 8, 2021
Millions of people in the United States are in medical debt crises, with many asking if they can afford to live.
"In the Heights" cast members

Stars talk long-awaited ‘In the Heights’ blockbuster

Lily Kepner June 3, 2021
At the roundtable, the stars spoke about their personal connections to the characters and the film, and the universality of the story.
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