University sues Trump administration to block new visa rules
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers the University’s lawsuit against new federal visa rules affecting international students.
- The News-Letter reported that the University filed a lawsuit on July 10 seeking to stop DHS and ICE from enforcing rules that could prevent many international students from entering or staying in the United States.
- The paper reported that the rules could bar international students from returning to campus and cause them to lose their visas, while peer institutions pursued similar legal action.
- The article adds that student Bea Tran welcomed the lawsuit, writing, “Naturally, I am very happy to know that Hopkins is taking a stand too — it makes me feel validated specifically as a Blue Jay.”
- The reporter writes that the lawsuit challenges the ICE decision on public-health and constitutional grounds, and President Ronald J. Daniels wrote, “Our case presents issues not addressed in the other litigation and could help increase the likelihood of a national ban on enforcing this new rule.”
- According to the article, SGA Executive President Sam Mollin said the lawsuit went “above and beyond,” the SGA was working with international students, and students expressed both support and concern about the outcome.