As the courts have nullified Trump’s ability to ban immigration from Muslim majority countries outright, the Trump Administration has used other methods, not currently under judicial review, to drastically lower Muslim immigration. The methods have included agency level policy reviews. An example of this is the State Department’s…
On July 10th the state of Hawaii motioned for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to broaden the exemptions that the Supreme Court granted, while it’s deliberating on the fate of the travel ban. Hawaii’s bid is bolstered by endorsements from 15 other left-leaning states including California and New York. Hawaii wants the Supreme Court’s…
On Monday, June 26th the Supreme Court indicated that they will grant the Justice Department’s appeal of Trump’s travel ban and hear arguments on the case. In the ruling, the Supreme Court stated that the ban “may be enforced against foreign nationals who do not have a credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person…
On June 15th the Department of Homeland Security signaled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or Dream Act would remain in effect. In the same press release, it stated that the proposed program Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents would be canceled This means that while the…
On June 22nd the Supreme Court unanimously ruled 9-0 that one’s citizenship can be stripped, only if the false statements made on the citizenship application were relevant to the granting of the citizenship. This ruling served as a rebuke to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that false statements did not need to be material…
On May 25th the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-3 to uphold a lower court’s ruling blocking Trump’s travel ban. Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory ruled that Trump’s call during the campaign to suspend Muslim immigration could be used to establish precedent that nefarious intentions were in mind…
On May 25th the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-3 to uphold a lower Court’s ruling blocking Trump’s travel ban. Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory ruled that Trump’s call during the campaign to suspend Muslim immigration could be used to establish a precedent that nefarious intentions were in mind in…
On January 25th Trump signed an executive order entitled: “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”, which called for federal funding to be withheld from states that allow sanctuary cities. Sanctuary cities are cities that refuse to cooperate with Federal immigration officials. The order drew swift…
Judge Derrick Watson of the Federal District Court in Honolulu, issued a temporary restraining order which halted the travel ban nationwide.The revised travel ban executive order titled: “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” was signed on March 6th. In his ruling…
In response to President Trump’s January executive action to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions, states have responded in two opposite ways – either cracking down on sanctuary cities under their jurisdiction or moving for the entire state to become a sanctuary jurisdiction. Sanctuary cities or states are defined as jurisdictions…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would take steps to ‘expand and modernize’ the Department’s Institutional Hearing Program (IHP). The IHP is the mechanism by which immigration judges determine whether noncitizens in American prisons are deportable during the term of their…
House Speaker Paul Ryan proposed a budget estimate for 2017 that cuts funding to a wide variety of domestic priorities in order increase funding for the Department of Defense by $30 billion dollars and the Department of Homeland Security by $3 billion dollars. The projected results of this move are discussed across…