Donald Trump

A Message About Trump’s “Immigration Ban” Presidential Proclamation

On Monday night, President Trump tweeted that he was banning all immigration to the U.S. in response to the coronavirus and to protect American jobs.  Long story short, he doesn’t have the authority to do that under any statute except for Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which allows him to impose a temporary travel ban on some immigrants and non-immigrants.  After his ill-timed tweet, his advisors scrambled to prepare...

New Trump Executive Order Codifying Family Internment Camps

Donald Trump signed an executive order this morning after weeks of a public relations nightmare following the family separation policy that his Administration put into place recently. Far from a fix, the new executive order actually codifies family internment camps.  How did we get here? In May 2018, Jeff Sessions announced a zero-tolerance policy, whereby everyone entering the United States unlawfully, including persons with bona-fide asylum claims who were...