A new remittance tax set to begin in the new year has one university student reeling from the implications it will have for her family in Nigeria.

Edidiong Chrys, a second-generation Nigerian American, said she thinks the 1% tax passed as part of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill ” would directly affect the financial lifeline she sends overseas. This tax will be applied to anyone in the U.S. who sends money abroad.

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“We regularly send money home to support loved ones, including our elders, children in school, newborns and others in need,” she said.

Chrys, 38, said some of the funds sent home have gone to new parents in her family, helping ease the cost of food and traveling to doctors’ appointments. Th

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