In our current and prior roles, we have met hundreds of students who are excelling in school and striving for college — while living in fear that their parents might be deported. Many of these students are U.S. citizens.

This week, the chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY), where I teach, was summoned to testify at a hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, alongside top administrators from UC Berkeley and Georgetown. Congressional Republicans once again smeared universit...