Administrators refuse to end JHU-ICE contracts
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 the administration’s response to a petition calling for an end to university contracts with ICE.
- The paper reported that a petition with over 1,900 signatures was sent to the administration, which emailed its response to petition author Drew Daniel and the SGA, SAPP and TRU.
- The article says President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Sunil Kumar refused to end the current ICE contracts.
- According to the article, two federally funded programs are involved: one ICE-linked program ending in 2019 and a medical training program with several federal agencies, including ICE.
- The reporter writes that Daniel called the contracts inconsistent with Hopkins’ values, while graduate student Peter Weck said ICE’s work involved mass surveillance and deportations.
- The News-Letter reported that some students, including Sam Schatmeyer, planned to keep pressing for an end to the partnership despite the administration’s decision.