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Trump Calls to End Diversity Visa Lottery Program
On Tuesday, October 31, a man drove a truck down a crowded bike path Lower Manhattan, New York, killing 8 and injuring 11 people in an act of terrorism. The man who committed the act was Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year old man from Uzbekistan living in Patterson, New Jersey and driving for Uber. He came to the United States in 2010…
Justice Department Files Motion to Dismiss Lawsuits Against DACA Repeal
On Friday, October 27, the New York Times reported that the Justice Department filed a motion in a Brooklyn federal courthouse to dismiss two lawsuits filed in response to the impending repeal of the DACA program. This is the first time that the Justice Department has taken such action to defend its repeal of DACA. The motion…
Jane Doe Permitted to Legally Seek Abortion
On Thursday, October 19, lawyers from the Trump administration sought an emergency order from a federal court to block a 17-year old undocumented immigrant from having an abortion. The 17-year old, who is referred to in court as Jane Doe, was found to be pregnant in a detention center in Texas, where she was taken to after…
Hawaii Federal Court Blocks Travel Ban 3.0
On Tuesday, October 17, Judge Derrick K. Watson, a federal judge in Hawaii blocked Trump’s third attempt at restricting the entry of into the US for citizens of the countries listed in the most recent iteration of Trump’s Travel Ban. This is not Judge Watson’s first intervention with Trump’s travel bans; he also blocked the second version…
Trump Demands Tighter Border Control Before Reaching DACA Deal
On Sunday, October 8, the White House revealed a list of demands that must be met in order for President Trump to strike a deal with Democrats on the future of the 800,000 DACA recipients and their legal statuses in the United States. Amongst these demands include tighter border control, specifically to prevent thousands of children…
Trump to Admit No More Than 45,000 Refugees in 2018
On Tuesday, September 26, Trump administration officials revealed that the President plans to admit no more than 45,000 refugees into the United States in 2018. This is the lowest number requested by any president since the passage of Refugee Act of 1980, which grants the President the legal authority to determine the number…
Trump Announces New Revisions to Travel Ban
On Sunday evening, September 24, President Trump announced his latest revisions to the travel ban via Twitter in a proclamation, removing Sudan and adding the countries of Chad, North Korea, and Venezuela to the list. Joining the ranks of Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen, nationals from the aforementioned countries will be barred…
Trump Administration Rejects DHHS Report on Refugee Impact
On Tuesday, September 12, the Trump administration announced that it is considering limiting the number of refugees admitted into the country to less than 50,000 in 2018. Should this consideration come to fruition, it would be the lowest number of refugees admitted into the country since the passage of the Refugee…
Sanctuary City Funding Protected in Federal Court
On Friday, September 15, Judge Harry D. Leinenweber, a federal Judge in Illinois, blocked the Justice Department from withholding federal money from sanctuary cities. Specifically, the preliminary injunction issued by Judge Leinenweber bars the DOJ from denying the Edward Bryne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant, or JAG…