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Trump Supports Bill to Cut Legal Immigration by Half
On August 2nd Trump announced his support for a Senate Bill titled: Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act (RAISE Act). The most devastating consequence of the RAISE Act would be a 50% reduction in legal immigration to the United States. This drop would occur as the bill would scrap the current U.S. immigration…
Trump Signs Sanctions Bill
On August 2nd, President Trump signed a bipartisan effort to punish Iran, North Korea, and Russia. It imposes harsh sanctions and also requires the President to submit a report explaining any desire to remove them. Upon receiving this report, Congress would hold hearings and decide whether to allow or reject this proposal. The bill passed…
Department of the Interior Starts to Rescind Fracking Rules
On July 25, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management published a rescission of an Obama-era hydraulic fracturing rule. The “fracking” rule was specifically targeted by Trump’s Energy Executive Order, which directed agency heads to eliminate all policies which burden the development of energy resources. The regulation…
Kushner Testimony, Private Interviews, Sanctions Past and Present, Russian Retaliation, & Trump Legal Team
The past week in the Russia investigations brought highly anticipated testimony from Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner, mainly focused on questions of Trump campaign collusion, which were augmented by the previous week’s revelations of Kushner’s presence at a meeting held by Donald Trump Jr and attended…
Attorney General Sessions’ Reinstatement of “Federal Adoption” Technique in DoJ Asset Forfeiture Program
On July 19, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued an order that sought to reinstate and expand an asset seizure technique, which is known as “federal adoption.” This technique applies to assets and property seized by local law enforcement officers. State and local governments first seize…
Infrastructure Panel
One of President Trump’s major campaign promises was a refurbished infrastructure plan to replace our aging infrastructure. As a result, Trump has convened a board to develop the new infrastructure plan. A group has filed a law suit against this council claiming that it was illegally convened as it goes against the Federal Advisory…
The Trump Administration has Renewed its Attack on Sanctuary Cities
On July 25th the Justice Department released a statement which says that it will withhold federal funding from Sanctuary Cities. Specifically, the DOJ stated that the federal government will withhold funding for the popular Justice Assistance Grant Program(JAG). The JAG grant program provides money for local police forces to buy…
Massachusetts Supreme Court Ruling Protects Sanctuary Cities
On July 24th the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that Massachusetts law enforcement agencies do not have the right to detain people solely under Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. An ice detainer is One of the main methods that ice uses to detain undocumented immigrants. An ICE detainer is a written…
GOP Health Care Dead Again, Again
In the early hours of Friday morning, Senator John McCain of Arizona unexpectedly voted against a “skinny repeal” of Obamacare. The skinny repeal would have eliminated some controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act, such as individual and employer mandates, Planned Parenthood funding, and more. This latest bill would..
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