News in Brief Trump Takes Aim at the H-1B Visa Program The president signed a new executive order yesterday targeting the controversial guest worker program. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief How Much Money Does the Government Have for Trump’s Wall? Twenty million dollars: That’s enough to cover the cost of seven miles of wall. By T. Christian Miller… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What Does a Law and Order Administration Look Like in Practice? On the campaign trail last fall, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump fashioned himself as “the law and order candidate” — someone… Janie T. Carnock
News in Brief Jeff Sessions Outlines New Immigration Policy in Department-Wide Memo In conjunction with a fiery speech delivered at the United States-Mexico border by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on… Morgan Baskin
Social Justice Latino Immigration Is Linked to a Reduction in Homicides Don’t believe the scare stories, a new study warns. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief U.S. Immigration Agency Will Lose Millions Because It Can’t Process Visas Fast Enough Lost amid the uproar over the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants is a change coming to the… Marcelo Rochabrun
News in Brief New York Becomes First State to Ensure Detained Immigrants Have Legal Representation New York became the first state to ensure that all immigrants in upstate detention facilities have legal representation… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Twitter Is Suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to Prevent the Unmasking of a ‘Rogue’ Account Twitter is suing Customs and Border Protection to oppose an agency summons demanding that Twitter turn over personal… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Cosas del Estado: How Immigration Raids Lead to an Avoidance of Care Since Donald Trump took office on January 20th, 2017, communities throughout the United States have braced themselves for… William D. Lopez
Economics Over 730 Companies Join the List of Vendors Interested in Trump’s Border Wall Customs and Border Protection will now sift through those vendors’ proposals. Morgan Baskin