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New Policies Will Be Made to Deal With the Immigration Crisis at U.S. Borders

New Policies Will Be Made to Deal With the Immigration Crisis at U.S. Borders

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Posted by Aiden Huang. Colgate Class of 2023 Source: Parti, T., & Hackman, M. (2022, April 18). “U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Top One Million in Six Months”. WSJ.  The immigration crisis due to the pandemic and the recent wars has put huge pressure on U.S. borders. Since October, the U.S. has arrested more than a million illegal immigrants — the fastest pace of illegal border crossing in about two decades. On the other hand, only 11,397 people were permitted to enter…

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Thousands of Afghans in U.S. Get Deportation Protections

Thousands of Afghans in U.S. Get Deportation Protections

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Source: Hackman, M. (2022, March 16). Thousands of Afghans in U.S. Get Deportation Protections. Wall Street Journal. When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, a humanitarian crisis ensued and all Afghan nationals with connections to the United States faced threats to their safety. While more than 70,000 Afghans were evacuated alongside thousands of Americans in August of 2021 and granted a temporary legal status called parole, more than 2,000 Afghans that were already in the…

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Trump administration has expelled 10,000 migrants at the border during coronavirus outbreak, leaving less than 100 in CBP custody

Trump administration has expelled 10,000 migrants at the border during coronavirus outbreak, leaving less than 100 in CBP custody

Post by Wheeler Young. Colgate Class of 2021. “Trump administration has expelled 10,000 migrants at the border during coronavirus outbreak, leaving less than 100 in CBP custody,” Washington Post, April 9, 2020. According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration, under its broadened jurisdiction in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, has deported nearly ten thousand illegal immigrants since March 21. According to United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the emergency public health circumstances have given CBP a greater…

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As Trump Barricades the Border, Legal Immigration Is Starting to Plunge

As Trump Barricades the Border, Legal Immigration Is Starting to Plunge

Post by Logan Sundberg. Colgate Class of 2022. As Trump Barricades the Border, Legal Immigration Is Starting to Plunge”, by Solan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times, February 24, 2020. The article discusses the impacts that President Trump’s recent policy changes have had on legal immigration. In general, Trump is starting to see the results of his previous policy changes regarding immigration. The article cites that legal immigration has fallen more than 11%, with a projected 30% plunge in 2021. The…

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