To support new policies on deporting illegal migrants back to their countries, the Trump administration plans on shifting over 155 million dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agencies disaster relief fund. The Department of Homeland Security has informed Congress of its efforts to reappropriate 271 million dollars in total to ICE. The move comes as
The Department of Homeland Security has blocked individual House Oversight Committee staff members from visiting detention facilities on the Mexico and United States border. Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Representative Elijah Cummings, sent a letter to the acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kevin McAleenan, requesting his decision be overturned and allow
Last Monday, The Trump administration announced a new rule change that would make it harder for immigrants to seek public benefits that included food stamps, housing assistance, and Medicaid if they were applying for a green card or citizenship. The rule change was just another example of the Trump Administration’s efforts to assert their bureaucratic
Effective next Monday, The Department of Justice, executive office for immigration review will implement a new rule which takes steps aimed at limiting the powers at dismantling immigration courts. “By collapsing the policymaking role with the adjudication role into a single individual, the Director of EOIR, an unconfirmed political appointee, the Immigration Court system has
Last week’s announcement by the Trump administration on limiting pathways to citizenship for certain immigrants has come to a crossroad with three northeastern states. Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, announced that Connecticut, Vermont, and New York had filed a lawsuit against the federal government and the agencies that would be enforcing the new rule
Rosita Lopez, a small business owner in Guatemala was threatened by gang members when they demanded payment. When they couldn’t make the payment, her partner was shot. Fearing they may lose their lives, they fled north to the United States. When she arrived at the US-Mexico border with her unborn eight month old and spouse,
A new regulation that was released last Monday morning by the Trump administration is geared toward dramatically limiting the amount of legal immigrants allowed to enter or stay in the United States. By limiting the amount of green card applicants and visa applicants, immigration to The United States could be reduced to half our current