The Trump Administration has been enacting increasingly controversial policies in its efforts to limit the number of migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers entering the United States. These fluctuating laws and regulations aren’t just targeting illegal migrants, but anyone who is trying to enter the country by legal means. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) claims...Read More

On November 25th, close to 500 migrants who spent weeks traveling through Mexico attempted to get past police blockades around the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The incident forced the border crossing into San Diego to temporarily shut down. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, 69 people were arrested on the...Read More

Since 2016, the Trump Administration has been implementing increasingly controversial policies to limit the rights and protections previously awarded to both naturalized and undocumented immigrants. On November 9, 2018, President Trump signed a presidential proclamation that prevents immigrants from illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for the sake of asylum. Any individuals or families seeking asylum...Read More

A bipartisan group of senators released findings that show the Trump administration could not track down nearly 1,500 immigrant children for more than 3 months. The new findings mark the second time this year that the administration has been forced to admit it hasn’t fully accounted for undocumented children that have been released from government...Read More

Although immigration policies enacted by the Trump administration are supposed to focus on cracking down on criminals and fraud, women and victims of domestic violence have also been impacted. Unfortunately, these policy changes have put vulnerable women at an even greater risk while empowering their abusers and predators. A new policy is set to go...Read More

If you are a Canadian who works in the cannabis industry or an investor in this booming sector of business, you risk being banned for life from traveling in the United States when you cross the border. The policy, described by a senior official who oversees U.S border operations, has the potential to disrupt travel...Read More

In the last year, the Trump Administration has enacted increasingly controversial policies specifically targeting immigrants living in the United States. Recently, these detrimental policies have been affecting Hispanic citizens living along the Texas-Mexico border. Even though these citizens have birth certificates validating their citizenship, they are being denied U.S. passports and forced into immigration detention...Read More

While U.S. officials continue their efforts to track down the hundreds of parents who were deported without their kids, legal experts have been debating a key question: Should deported parents be brought back to the U.S. to be reunited with their children? Government attorneys have taken the stance that bringing back deported parents would be...Read More

In the month of July, the number of families detained at the U.S.-Mexico border has remained relatively the same, even after the Trump administration enacted zero tolerance policies that resulted in the separation of children from their parents. According to reports for July, around 9,300 family members were arrested at the border. These figures reveal...Read More

Due to the Trump Administration’s radical border policies, over 3,000 children have been separated from their immigrant parents and placed into the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Public outrage across the country has prompted the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to order that all immigrant children...Read More