Hopkins community opposes JHU-ICE partnership
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 reports on campus opposition to the University’s ICE partnership and an SGA bill seeking to end it.
- The News-Letter reported that sophomore Class President Sam Schatmeyer introduced the bill at the Sept. 11 SGA meeting.
- The paper reported that the bill cited reports of 2,342 children detained by ICE, with 500 still not reunited with their parents.
- The article adds that Schatmeyer said the bill reflected a wider campus movement and that the University’s ICE contract conflicted with its support for undocumented students.
- The reporter writes that the current contract allows up to $6.5 million in government spending, with $4 million spent so far, and that University officials had not said whether they would extend it.
- According to the article, Daniel’s petition opposing JHU-ICE programs had 1,971 signatures in early September.