Sandi Bachom, an American filmmaker and journalist, has been documenting the divisive political and governance climate of the United States since the first Trump administration. In October 2025, Bachom was at Immigration Court 25 at Federal Plaza in New York City, where she filmed an interaction between masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and …Read More
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Could Project Firewall Change How Employers Use H-1B Visas?
The anti-immigration policies of the second Trump administration are expanding beyond mass deportations. An initiative announced by the United States Department of Labor (DOL) would directly impact the ability of employers to hire foreign skilled workers through the H-1B visa program. With a September 2025 press release, the DOL launched “Project Firewall,” a compliance initiative …Read More
How Many Legal Immigrants & Work Visa Holders Does the U.S. Admit Each Year?
Statistics released by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency indicate 59,207 foreigners were in detention centers across the country as of September 2025. According to a report issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in August, the number of unauthorized migrants had decreased from 15.8 million to 14.2 million, but DHS Secretary …Read More
Is Immigration a Net Benefit for Free Market Economies?
In September 2025, United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation introducing a new H-1B visa fee of $100,000. By signing the “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers” proclamation, Trump directed the Department of State to implement the exorbitant fee for new H-1B applications, which are filed by American employers on behalf of skilled …Read More
Do Immigrants and U.S. Citizens Have Similar Rights?
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
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
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