Recently, President Trump announced a new immigration policy requiring people who legally immigrated to the U.S. to demonstrate that they won’t be a burden for the country’s health care system. Immigrants would be required to get private health insurance within 30 days of arriving in America. If they cannot fulfill this requirement, immigrants must provide...Read More

In August of 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Immigration Council filed a lawsuit regarding the Trump administration’s effort to expand fast-track deportation procedures. Under the original removal process, individuals could be sent back to Mexico without the involvement of the court system if they were: caught within 100 miles of the...Read More

Despite the Trump Administration’s aggressive anti-immigration policies, there has been a significant increase in the number of undocumented migrants attempting to enter the United States. As of August 2019, there have been 811,016 apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico border, which is already 200,000 more people than 2017 combined. However, instead of developing new policies to improve...Read More

Last month, the Trump Administration took steps to end a medical relief policy that allows undocumented migrants to stay in the United States while they receive life-saving treatments for serious medical conditions. According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), deferred action is “a discretionary determination to defer a deportation of an individual as...Read More

The True Immigration Crisis: Detention Centers Since 2017, the Trump Administration has enacted several controversial policies to prevent migrants and asylum seekers from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. To shift focus away from his weak economic and fiscal plans, President Trump is focusing his 2020 reelection campaign on the so-called “immigration crisis.” During his campaign kickoff...Read More

The Consequences of Fearmongering Since the early days of his election campaign, President Trump has utilized fearmongering tactics to terrify, and subsequently galvanize, a very specific subset of American voters. While he claims that his aggressive actions, racist tweets, and bumbling speeches all part of his “Make America Great Again” plan, the reality is that...Read More

The Trump Administration has been passing several controversial and inhumane policies to prevent Central American migrants from exercising their legal asylum rights, which are technically protected under the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Last week, the Guatemalan government canceled a meeting with President Trump and blocked an asylum deal that would force the country...Read More

If you work in the equestrian industry as an athlete, trainer, or support personnel, there are a variety of options for visas, such as: O-1 Visa: For individuals of extraordinary ability or achievement. O-2 Visa: For essential support personnel for an O-1 visa holder. P-1 Visa: For both equestrian athletes and essential support personnel which...Read More

The right of asylum is a long-standing juridical concept and human rights matter. In accordance with the Refugee Act of 1980, foreign nationals -whether they are at the border or already in the United States – can apply for asylum and the right to permanently live in the United States. American law clearly defines a...Read More

In 2018, the Trump Administration deported over 256,000 immigrants and implemented several controversial policies to complicate the legal immigration process and prevent illegal border crossings. Just last week, President Trump terrified American immigrants by tweeting that ICE would start deporting “millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” prompting...Read More