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DACA Student Says She Was Harassed by Classmate Over Immigration Status

September 13, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

The Chronicle of Higher Education
By Samuel Hoisington
September 13, 2013

Updated (9/13/2017, 4:40 p.m.) with the news that the accused student is no longer enrolled.

A student at Transylvania University, in Kentucky, has accused the university of failing to act after what she alleges was a stream of online harassment brought on by a classmate posting about her immigration status.

In a video on the website of the Lexington Herald- Leader, Paola Garcia says a classmate posted identifying information about her on a "racial hatred page" that said, "Everyone go report this illegal at my school, bragging about breaking the law."

Read the full article at The Chronicle of Higher Education website here.

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