The increased operational pace of federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has been crucial in advancing the anti-immigration policies espoused by President Donald Trump, has drawn widespread condemnation and protests. Street rallies in Southern California turned violent as protesters clashed with ICE agents in June 2025, prompting Trump to deploy National Guard …Read More
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Illegal Immigrant or Undocumented Migrant: What’s the Difference?
Through most of 2025, Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Armando Ábrego García has been in the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE). Since his initial arrest in March 2025, he has been transferred to detention facilities in Maryland, Texas, El Salvador, and Tennessee. As of early September, his case against deportation was …Read More
What Documents Should You Have when Encountering U.S. Immigration Agents?
The immigration policies implemented by President Donald Trump since returning to the White House are creating widespread concern and consternation. Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) have been very active since January 2025. They’re also coordinating raids and detentions with the Border Patrol and …Read More
Changes to U.S. Immigration Policy in 2025
In July 2025, the American Immigration Council (AIC) issued a special report covering the first six months of United States President Donald Trump’s second term. Of the 176 executive orders Trump has signed since January, 51 are about foreign policy and immigration. He has issued dozens of memos and proclamations in both categories. The AIC …Read More
Why Do People Risk Entering the U.S. Illegally?
When United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term in January 2025, he quickly signed executive orders to deploy a “deportation force” that would remove “up to 20 million” undocumented immigrants. According to estimates published by policy researchers from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, Trump …Read More
Taking a Closer Look at U.S. Naturalization Denial Rates
Foreigners in the United States can apply for visas and benefits. Let’s say a Silicon Valley tech firm offers a job to a skilled Python programmer from Vietnam. In this situation, she can get an H-1B non-immigrant visa from the Department of State. If she marries an American citizen while working in the U.S., she …Read More
Understanding the U.S. Alien Registration Requirement of 2025
When President Donald Trump arrived at the Oval Office to begin his second term on January 20th, his advisors had prepared 26 executive orders for his signature. At least eight of the orders signed on that day enacted new immigration policies, including Executive Order 14159, “Protecting the American People Against Invasion.” Like other orders in …Read More
What Are My Rights when Interacting with Law Enforcement at U.S. Airports?
According to reports published by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, the annual rate of foreigners arriving at the 10 busiest airports dropped by 20 percent in April 2025. Many factors contributed to this sharp decline, mainly valid concerns among travelers about being harassed, detained, and perhaps removed by CBP agents or …Read More
How Many Citizenships Can a U.S. Citizen Legally Hold?
In April 2025, United States Senator Chris Van Hollen arrived in El Salvador to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal resident of Maryland who was wrongly deported, removed, and imprisoned by the Department of Homeland Security. According to an ABC News report, Van Hollen asked Abrego about his future plans in the U.S., which would …Read More
What U.S. Permanent Residents Should Know about Deportation Risks
Since Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, reports about his mass deportation strategy have generated many scandalous headlines. As many political analysts anticipated, Trump’s strategy has been underscored by grandstanding, overzealous enforcement, chaotic detentions, and draconian measures. While Trump’s campaign promise of mass deportations mostly focused on undocumented migrants, some …Read More
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