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Over 30 Johns Hopkins students had visas revoked in nationwide crackdown

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

The Johns Hopkins University revealed on Tuesday that 37 graduate students and recent graduates have been impacted by the federal government’s nationwide barrage of visa revocations. The university shared the information in a livestream on Tuesday afternoon that was only available to those with a Johns Hopkins email address. Last Tuesday, Hopkins shared that “approximately a dozen” students had lost their visas.
Johns Hopkins: 'Several dozen' student visas revoked

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

More visas have been revoked for international students studying at the Johns Hopkins University, bringing the total to “several dozen.”The university’s Office of International Services quietly shared the news on its website. “As of April 10, several dozen Johns Hopkins graduate students (and recent graduates of JHU graduate programs) have had their student visas revoked,” the website says.
Maryland colleges back lawsuit to halt Trump visa cancellations

1 week ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

ThreeMaryland institutions signed on to support a lawsuit against the federal government on Thursday over its revocation of student visas. The University System of Maryland, Goucher College and Loyola University Maryland signed an amicus brief supporting a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration from revoking student visas without cause and arresting, detaining and deporting noncitizen students and faculty.
What Maryland lawmakers changed about child care, schools and colleges

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Maya Lora |Kristen Griffith |Ellie Wolfe

Most eyes were locked on the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future this legislative session, as lawmakers wrestled with how to adjust — and pay for — the state’s ambitious plan to improve public schools. Meanwhile, a number of other education bills made their way through the legislature in the 90-day session that wrapped Monday. Some fell victim to budget constraints as the state sought to plug a massive deficit; others are headed to the governor’s desk for his signature. Here’s how they fared.
U.S. revokes visas of some international students at UMD, UMBC

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

International students at two University of Maryland campuses have had their visas revoked by the federal government, according to university officials. The University of Maryland, College Park, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County on Tuesday joined the Johns Hopkins University and campuses across the country in publicly acknowledging a wave of visa cancellations affecting their students.
Johns Hopkins: About a dozen students have visas revoked by government

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

“Approximately a dozen”international students at the Johns Hopkins University had their visas to study in the United States revoked, university officials said in a statement Tuesday morning, joining schools across the country that have reported students being given little warning that their visas are suddenly invalid.
The goats are baa-ack to eat invasive plants at Towson University

2 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

Jack, Charlie and Elvis stood unfazed by the gaggle of girls cheering loudly and waving their hands. One of their adoring fans, reaching out over the fence, tried to get hold of Jack, but he slipped through her fingertips farther from the small crowd that had formed around him. No, they aren’t the next big boy band sweeping the nation and breaking hearts. They’re alpine and Nubiangoats.
A Maryland campus anti-hate bill is all but dead. What killed it?

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

On the surface, the bill sounds cut and dried. Proposed by members of the Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus, the CAMPUS Act is meant to curb hate and discrimination of all kinds at colleges and universities.
Religious groups, students petition Maryland leaders for protection from ICE

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

College students and religious leaders gathered at the Johns Hopkins University campus on Wednesday afternoon tocall on Gov. Wes Moore, Attorney General Anthony Brown and state legislators to protect students from federal immigration officers.
Project 2025 author draws protests at University of Maryland

3 weeks ago | thebaltimorebanner.com | Ellie Wolfe

On Monday evening, as the clouds darkened and rain threatened, a group of about 250 determined protesters stood outside of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. They were there with signs, asking cars to honk and Orioles fans to cheer, objecting to a talk that Kevin Roberts, one of the authors of Project 2025, was giving to a group of law students. The Monday night talk was organized by members of the Republican Law Society, a student group.