Martin Mugerwa (’21) featured in The Atlantic article about current Federal Immigration Policies
The following is an excerpt from the article “‘They never thought Trump would have them deported” by Caitlin Dickerson, featuring alumnus Martin Mugerwa (’21), published on April 15, 2025 on The Atlantic.
Speaking to a classroom of students at his alma mater, Boston University’s School of Theology, Martin Mugerwa described how being a chaplain informs his work as a counselor at a mental-health clinic, where he treats people navigating depression, unemployment, and homelessness. But the campus was whirring with talk of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, and several international students stayed after class that February evening to ask whether Mugerwa—who is from Uganda—feared that he could be targeted. “I’m not worried,” Mugerwa told them confidently. “He’s going after criminals.”
Mugerwa told me that his outlook on the new presidency, and how it could alter his own fate, changed the next day.
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Note: A GoFundMe campaign to help alleviate the costs of Mugerwa’s legal fees is currently active.