Flores Settlement Agreement

Immigration In Pandemic Times, Vol. 2, No. 1

As immigration has been impacted by health concerns surrounding COVID-19, many migrants have been stripped of their rights. The injustices are only continuing as application fees increase, the wall is deemed constitutional, migrant children are expelled without being able to see lawyers, and other cases. The Trump administration has increased many immigration application fees, especially on first-time asylum and naturalization applications. The increase has shifted the cost for naturalization...

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...