Following the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, Lebanon began receiving an influx of Syrian refugees.[1] The influx began slowly but grew exponentially over the years. At the peak of migration, “the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was registering on average over 48,000 refugees per month.”[2] […]
Immigration Law
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In most, if not all, countries around the world, applicants applying for residency, citizenship, and visas are required to pay a fee.[1] There is nothing new or novel about governments charging fees to cover the administrative and processing costs associated with individuals changing lawful status. However, under the current administration […]
With the increase of immigrants entering the United States at the southern border in the past two years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realized it needed a way to protect children who were being used for entry by nonfamilial adults. Beginning in May 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
Most conversations about immigration include someone referring to others as “illegal.” The US government officially refers to certain people as “illegal aliens.”[1] Many migrants are accused of being in or entering the US “illegally.” Regardless of whether or not a person has committed a crime in entering the US without […]
Forty-five years ago, in Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the right to an abortion is a fundamental liberty, and where certain “fundamental rights” are involved, regulation limiting these rights may be justified only by a “compelling state interest.”[2] Later, in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey,[3] the Court […]
The men held by the Australian government in offshore processing centers and temporary transit centers in Papua New Guinea and Nauru are not afforded adequate healthcare. The asylum seekers in these centers are not offered proper access to medical attention generally and especially in cases requiring immediate attention, should be […]
1. Introduction The American fascination with the K-1 visa process is strong, as TLC recently expanded its successful franchise, 90 Day Fiancé with two new spin-offs. This is in addition to the several successful spinoffs TLC has already released throughout the years.[2] And most recently on April 10, two additional […]
Vagueness doctrine has primarily been used as a tool for defendants to challenge their convictions or arrests.[1] Its core value is that laws should “give the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly.”[2] Two separate justifications backed up this doctrine: first, that […]
Part 4: Summarizing Potential Solutions Over the course of this series, the current state of the H-1B and H-2 class visas has been discussed. While the H-1B and H-2B visas have statutorily imposed limitations on the number of visas that may be issued, H-2A visas are only limited by the speed at which applications […]
Part 3: Clearing a Path — Increasing the Availability of H-2 Visas as a Check on Abuse and Undocumented Immigration The H-2 visa program breaks nonimmigrant labor into two categories: agricultural and nonagricultural. Agricultural visas are classified as H-2A visas while nonagricultural visas are classified as H-2B. The type of […]