Pressure on HHS Increases Due to Unaccompanied Migrant Minors
Minors apprehended at the borders unaccompanied and undocumented It is no secret that the surge of illegal border crossings is putting the current administration’s immigration plans at risk and sparking a colossal national debate. However, it is important to clarify that the controversy is strongly related to the increase in immigrant minors apprehended by border…
Read MoreSituations that Force Migrants to Leave their Countries of Origin
The Biden Administration and the Current Border Situation Currently, there is growing controversy about the surge of illegal border crossings that has taken place since late 2020, but increased exponentially after President Joe Biden took office in late January 2021. In fact, the current administration is embroiled in a gigantic social debate mainly because several…
Read MoreSenate Still Must Review Several Immigration Bills
Current immigration bills The US immigration system went through a series of rather prominent changes under Donald Trump’s term, who led the White House from January 2017 to January 2021. Most of Trump’s policies on immigration sought to reduce alternatives available to immigrant communities, narrow legal immigration programs, and increase eligibility requirements for foreigners to…
Read MoreTexas Attorney General Files Lawsuit to Reinstate MPP
Biden rescinded the MPP policy For the past four years, former President Trump tried to reduce immigration at all costs, both legal and illegal, arguing that the massive influx of foreigners becomes an unnecessary burden on the economy and the federal government. Therefore, many of his policies also affected the most vulnerable immigrant populations, including…
Read MoreDACA Recipients Still in Limbo
Young immigrants in the US and the DACA program Throughout the US history, there has always been a gigantic debate within different branches of the government regarding immigrants who were brought to the country without legal documentation when they were minors, who are commonly known as Dreamers. There are members of the government who support…
Read MoreThe Right Time to Start your Immigration Process Safely!
The US, the dream of thousands of foreigners Over the past decades, globalization has brought international interdependence, large-scale cultural and social interaction, increasing technology-related communication, and the integration of markets between different, if not all, countries. Apart from the economic system and the global market, constant international interaction also increases the levels of migration around…
Read MoreRepublicans Sharply Criticize the Biden Administration
Wave of apprehensions at the borders There is growing concern and controversy among American citizens over a surge of illegal border crossings, increasing the health risk amid the global Coronavirus pandemic and calling into question immigration policies of the current President of the US, Joe Biden. CBP (Customs and Border Protection), one of the most…
Read MoreDo Foreign Workers Really “Steal” Jobs from Local Workers?
The theory that foreign workers reduce opportunities for local workers There is a theory among the local population and certain members of the government that foreign workers fill job positions that should be available to American workers, supposedly increasing the unemployment rate and leaving local workers in limbo. This conjecture became particularly famous and common…
Read MoreBiden Faces Challenges to Promote Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Comprehensive immigration overhaul The current administration of the US plans to restructure the entire immigration system and pave the way to promote the first comprehensive immigration reform since the 80s. In fact, the Biden administration recently unveiled a fairly ambitious immigration bill, which is currently under congressional review, and which, if passed, would substantially transform…
Read MoreTrump’s Lasting Impact on the Immigration System
Hundreds of changes to the immigration system The US administrations tend to reshape the immigration system depending on their ideals, goals and proposals, which makes policies change regularly, and immigrant communities have access to different benefits depending on the president of the nation and his/her team. One of the administrations that substantially transformed the immigration…
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