Trump pushes “self-deportation” plan with $3,000 incentive for undocumented migrants
December 25th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an effort to encourage undocumented immigrants to voluntarily “self-deport”, the Trump administration announced on Monday that it is tripling the financial incentive offered to those who choose to leave the United States on their own, increasing the payment from $1,000 to $3,000. The U.S. Department of...
Trump calls Somali immigrants “garbage”: “I don’t want them in our country; they should go back where they came from”
December 5th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In highly hostile and openly racist remarks directed at immigrants of Somali origin, President Trump said during a lengthy administration meeting on Tuesday that he does not want any more Somali immigrants in the United States, claiming Somali Americans “do not contribute anything” and that “about 88 percent...
Trump administration halts immigration and naturalization for applicants from 19 restricted countries
December 5th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, citing security concerns and the need to protect “the future of the United States”, the Trump administration halted immigration and naturalization procedures for thousands of applicants from 19 countries currently subject to travel ban restrictions, including Yemen, Somalia, Libya and Sudan. The...
Trump administration shares Medicaid data with ICE, sparking outrage over privacy and immigration enforcement
July 18th, 20250 Medicaid officials have reportedly made an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to allow agents to examine a database of Americans’ personal information – including home addresses, social security numbers and ethnicities. The data sharing agreement will allow ICE to find “the location of aliens”, according to...
U.S. Supreme Court removes restrictions on deporting migrants to third countries
June 27th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a lower court order that had required the federal government to give migrants facing deportation to so-called “third countries” a meaningful opportunity to explain whether they risk being subjected to torture in their new destination. The ruling by the nation’s highest...
“No Kings” protest sweeps U.S. as Trump expands deportation crackdown nationwide
June 20th, 20250 DEARBORN – In a dramatic display of public dissent, hundreds of protesters filled the streets of Dearborn on Saturday as part of the national “No Kings” movement, denouncing President Trump’s increasingly authoritarian policies and his latest order to expand federal deportation operations in major U.S. cities. The demonstrations...
Majority of Americans say Japanese internment was “shameful”
May 9th, 20250 By Christopher Alam A YouGov poll finds most Americans disapprove of the country's wartime internment of Japanese, though they remain divided on the question of reparations. Photo Credit: The National Archives Collection. Seventy years after the U.S. government forcibly interred more than 120,000 people of Japanese...
U.S. travel detentions: Who’s safe?
May 9th, 20250 By Selen Ozturk High-profile deportations, detentions and denials of U.S. travelers are making Americans nationwide wonder who’s safe to enter and leave the country. With these increased stops and searches at U.S. borders and airports, electronic device searches are at an all-time high. Customs and Border...
Student crackdown intensifies: Mahmoud Khalil’s case takes alarming turn as federal lawsuit filed in Michigan
April 18th, 20250 A sweeping federal crackdown on international students has intensified, with the U.S. government canceling the visas of approximately 1,000 current and recent foreign graduates from American universities. Among them is Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident and Columbia University graduate, whose potential deportation...
Can Trump deport one million undocumented immigrants in a single year?
April 18th, 20250 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post has revealed that President Trump is pursuing an ambitious goal of deporting one million undocumented immigrants within his first year back in office, according to a senior federal officials familiar with the plan. A senior administration official told the paper that Trump’s team has adopted an...
Federal crackdown continues on pro-Palestinian protesters: Visa cancellations hit international students at Michigan universities
April 11th, 20250 ANN ARBOR –As part of a federal crackdown on pro-Palestinian student voices at U.S. universities, at least five universities in Michigan have reported the cancellation of student visas by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The University of Michigan stated that visas for four international students were revoked, including...
Judge blocks deportation of pro-Palestinian Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri
March 21st, 20251 On Thursday a federal judge ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar who was detained by the Trump administration and accused of spreading anti-Israeli propaganda in the latest battle over speech on U.S. college campuses. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Indian...
Trump’s war on immigrants a threat to public health
January 26th, 20250 By Edward Kissam President Trump’s inaugural speech Monday signaled his continued commitment to characterizing immigrants as criminal invaders and an impediment to his campaign mantra of “making America great again.” Following his speech, Trump signed a slew of executive orders — declaring a national emergency...
Trump’s promise to deport undocumented immigrants threatens Michigan’s agriculture sector, signals higher prices for fruits and vegetables
November 15th, 20240 The return of former President Trump to the White House in January has raised growing concerns over his plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States. Immigration advocates have sounded the alarm, warning of social and economic repercussions across various states, including Michigan. According to the Pew...
Avoiding scams that target immigrants
May 26th, 20230 By Jennifer Leach When there are big changes that lead to confusion, scammers prosper. Pretty much always. So, as Title 42, the pandemic-era law related to immigration, expired last week, the resulting “what happens next” will almost certainly lead to notarios hoping to ride that question all the way to the bank. So how do......
