Among the top agendas of the current Trump administration is the implementation of a series of reforms to conventional immigration law and practice. These reforms include a sharp uptick of arrests and deportations for illegal immigrants, attempts to ban entry to certain Muslim countries, and, of course, plans to build […]
Immigration Law
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In response to the great influx of refugees seeking asylum in Australia starting in 2009, the Australian government implemented policies to detain asylum seekers in offshore processing centers while their asylum claims were adjudicated. In 2012, Australia returned to previous practices of detaining asylum seekers on Manus Island of Papua […]
Part 2: Incentivizing the Overlap: Using the Private Sector to Bridge the STEM Skills Gap Introduction The H-1B visa program has faced increasing backlash as America continues its march toward a more isolationist foreign policy. The Hire American, Buy American directive issued by President Trump last year has served to […]
The Fourteenth Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” This guarantees citizenship to many who are born within the United States. This clause extends citizenship regardless of […]
The United States Attorney General has the power to refer cases that are pending appellate review from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) to themselves for review.[2] This process is called “referral and review.”[3] In the past, Attorneys General rarely used this power.[4] But in his short-lived tenure as Attorney […]
When then Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the zero tolerance policy in the summer of 2018, the federal guidelines that determined how long U.S. officials could detain children also determined that they would have to be separated from their parents.[1] Migrant children are only supposed to be held in detention […]
Part I: Setting the Stage Buy American, Hire American On July 26, 2017 President Trump signed his Buy American, Hire American (“BAHA”) Executive Order.[1] BAHA not only compels government agencies to purchase American made goods, it also places a focus on nonimmigrant worker visas directly in its language.[2] While BAHA […]