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

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

The Trump administration is now sending migrants who illegally cross the border to other cities for processing. The new move is an unprecedented step, and more than 3,000 immigrants are being transported each week from southern Texas and Arizona to other locations across the country. According to one U.S. Customs and Border Protection official with...Read More

There have been countless rumors and scandals surrounding the 2016 election and Donald Trump’s ostensible victory for the Republican party. Many journalists and political analysts claim that Trump’s shocking rise to power is invariably linked to his ability to spin a false claim and manipulate the national conversation. Fearmongering has played an integral role in...Read More

A History of Fearmongering Richard Nixon, the maestro of fearmongering, once claimed that “People react to fear, not love.” During the 1968 presidential campaign, Nixon won the hearts of conservative voters by encouraging racial discrimination and boasting that America’s values and power structure were being threatened by a liberal agenda. Sound familiar? Unfortunately, fear has...Read More

On her way out of the Trump Administration, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she thanked the President for giving her the chance to head the department. Speaking to reporters outside of her home, Nielsen said “I just want to thank the President again for the tremendous opportunity to serve this country....Read More

In the last few months, there has been a startling increase in the number of arrests made at the U.S.-Mexico border. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), over 76,000 migrants – including 7,000 unaccompanied children – were detained by border agents this last February. These arrests skyrocketed again in March, when ICE effectively detained...Read More