JOHN JAY COLLEGE–On September 30, 2024, Akinbolanle Bolaji, a junior at John Jay majoring in law and society, walked through the Career Learning Lab’s semi-annual Career Con.
Bolaji was hoping to find internship opportunities at the fair, but instead Bolaji stopped in his tracks as uniformed ICE officers stood at their booth in Hound Square.
“I walked back to where I was coming from,” he said. “I felt unsafe and didn’t want to go near them,” said Bolaji.
For Bolaji, and many other students with diverse immigrant backgrounds, ICE’s presence on campus was not only unexpected, but it was also alarming.
