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Columbia Admissions Guidance for Undocumented Immigrants Vanishes From Site

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20.03.2025

Columbia University appears to have removed a webpage giving guidance to undocumented applicants from their admissions website.

The move comes against a wider backdrop of capitulations from the Ivy League university, which has spent the last month bending over backward to appease the Trump administration’s anti-Palestinian and anti-immigrant agenda.

The website recently went dark, with a message reading “access denied.”

The webpage, featured on Columbia University’s admissions site as of last month, guided undocumented applicants on how to apply to the university and receive financial aid. The page touted the university’s commitment to diversity and its commitment to meeting 100 percent of the demonstrated financial aid needs of all applicants, including undocumented and international students.

The website, however, recently went dark, with a message reading “access denied.”

It’s unclear if the page’s disappearance was intentional, but the timing raises questions. (Columbia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)

Columbia University has faced significant criticism for acquiescing to the Trump administration as it continues a full-on assault against the university’s noncitizen student body.

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