A Georgetown University privacy law group accused the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of illegally collecting U.S. citizens’ DNA at immigration checkpoints in a Sept. 23 report.
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By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor
• July 14, 2025
Lawyers for a university academic association alleged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) targeted Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri for his academic research and...
By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor
• June 13, 2025
A Georgetown University privacy law group alleged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is obstructing information on DHS’s collection of noncitizens’ DNA in a federal lawsuit filed June 2.
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Georgetown University administrators and organizations have called for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to retract new proposed rule changes to visa programs they say severely restrict the timeframe...
The U.S. Senate confirmed Georgetown alumna Kirstjen Nielsen (SFS ’94) as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by a 62-37 vote Tuesday.
Nielsen will fill the vacancy left by former DHS...
UPDATE (12/5): The U.S. Senate confirmed Kirstjen Nielsen (SFS '94) to lead the Department of Homeland Security by a 62-37 vote Tuesday evening. Full story to come.
School of Foreign Service alumna...
Over 6,200 students graduated in 10 ceremonies this weekend.
Johnson Explores Decision-Making in Government at SFS Commencement
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson forewarned students...
Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson forewarned students of the difficulty of making moral and critical decisions in government in his School of Foreign Service commencement address – which...
With every graduating class, both at Georgetown and at other elite universities, there is always talk of who will deliver the commencement address. This year, a leading health educator will share her years...
In light of student and alumni advocacy efforts opposing his selection as the School of Foreign Service commencement speaker, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with university administrators...
