Judge rules in favor of protecting DREAMers
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 a federal ruling on DACA and the University’s response.
- The News-Letter reported that federal judge John Bates ruled that protections for children of undocumented immigrants must remain and that the Trump administration must resume accepting DACA applications.
- The article says that a December 2016 resolution passed by the SGA called for the University to become a sanctuary campus, while resources were compiled for student “support and advocacy.”
- The paper reported that the SGA wrote, “We urge you to stand up and fight for the rights of our fellow students who are affected by the loss of DACA,” and said students should protect undocumented classmates.
- The article adds that a statement from University President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Sunil Kumar affirmed support for DACA, promised emergency aid and said immigration information would remain confidential unless legally required to be shared.
- According to the article, Bates called the decision to rescind DACA “arbitrary and capricious” and gave the Department of Justice 90 days to explain it; otherwise, the program must resume and accept new applications.