Since January 2025, the rules for entering the United States through land borders, airports, and seaports (collectively known as ports of entry) have become stricter, with expanded vetting, biometric collection, device searches, and targeted entry limits. While borders remain open, travelers now face more screening, documentation checks, and compliance requirements at ports of entry. The …Read More
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Who Determines Deportation and How Does ICE Enforce It?
ICE doesn’t independently decide who gets deported. Generally, immigration judges within the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) issue removal orders after legal proceedings, and ICE then enforces those orders through custodial or at-large arrests based on federal data sources and law enforcement coordination. When agents from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain …Read More
How Does Immigration Foster Development in American Communities?
In August 2025, the Pew Research Center published an analysis of United States Census data from January to July. One of the report’s most worrisome findings focused on the negative effects of anti-immigration policies on the workforce. Since President Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term, 1.25 million foreigners have dropped …Read More
What Are Current Immigration Roadblocks in the U.S.?
The first year of the second administration under United States President Donald Trump has been underscored by the anti-immigration policies he promised during his marathon election campaign. In 2025, news reports about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed an aggressive and heavy-handed approach to detaining undocumented foreigners. The masked ICE agents and their mass …Read More
Are Undocumented Immigrants Eligible for SNAP Benefits in the U.S.?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) created by the 2008 Farm Bill dominated news headlines in the final days of October 2025. SNAP is the modern name of the program created by the Food Stamp Act (enacted in 1964) to help low-income Americans keep food on their tables through monthly cash assistance. During the long …Read More
Who Is Legally Protected from Deportation in the United States?
In July 2025, a lawsuit filed by the National Immigration Project on behalf of two migrant families revealed the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported three American citizens to Honduras. The deportees were between the ages of 2 and 7. They were removed along with their undocumented migrant parents after being detained by …Read More
Do You Have the Right to Remain Silent with ICE Agents?
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
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
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