Penn also immediately notifies the individual once changes to a student's immigration status are identified, a University spokesperson told the DP.

An April 8 letter from the United States House of Representatives and Senate Committees on the Judiciary accused Penn and the Ivy League of collusion and engaging in unfair financial aid practices. 

The March 18 complaint described Penn Medicine's Black Doctors Directory, an online index designed to help patients locate Black doctors, as “racially discriminatory.”

Several business owners and managers speculated to The Daily Pennsylvanian that recent business closures have come as a result of rapidly and consistently increasing rent rates set by Penn. 

Several Penn faculty members and state and local politicians spoke with The Daily Pennsylvanian and criticized the visa revocations.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with Penn faculty members to discuss how these actions have impacted international community members and the University. 

The visa revocations at Penn come as 1968 Wharton graduate and President Donald Trump’s second administration cracks down on international students across the country.

A 2023 tax document shows that Canary Mission — a website that “may be providing road maps for ICE” — received $100,000 from the spouse of a Penn trustee’s family foundation.

The professors are among nearly 2,000 signatories, all of whom are academic researchers and elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 

"ISSS is not aware of ANY Penn student or scholar who has had their visa revoked or been affected by a 'self-deport' alert," the email read.

Ten weeks into Trump’s second presidential term, The Daily Pennsylvanian compiled the impacts of federal policy changes on Penn and examined how the University has responded.

The article described the actions taken by the Trump administration as “a war on all higher education” and argued that Trump's “myriad” of attacks would “undercut their funding and trample their independence.”

Armstrong — who previously spent 17 years at Penn — assumed the role of interim president after then-Columbia University President and former Penn professor Nemat “Minouche” Shafik resigned in August. 

Over 72,000 students applied to Penn this year, marking an increase from last year’s applicant pool of over 65,000.

GSWS Program Director Jessa Lingel wrote in a statement to The Daily Pennsylvanian that the program's "relationship to inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility is central to what we do."

In a statement to the DP from the day of the protest, a University spokesperson wrote that Penn intends to “take whatever legal and disciplinary action that is available to address this conduct.”

The March 25 terminations were announced to employees in an internal email obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian and represent a 0.5% reduction in the Health System's workforce.