News in Brief How Trump’s Executive Order Has Fostered a Culture of Fear The Trump administration’s travel ban is estimated to directly affect about 90,000 people who have valid visas to… Francie Diep
News in Brief How Trump’s Travel Ban Has Left One Family Divided President Donald Trump’s travel and refugee ban affected all sorts of people: technology workers and college kids; folks… Francie Diep
News in Brief Here’s Proof That Immigrants Are Not a Drain on the Safety Net A leaked draft of a potential executive order suggests that the Trump administration may not be done with immigration. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief What Are the Limits of Executive Action Under Trump? A preview of the historic test of the separation of powers to come. Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
News in Brief What to Make of Trump’s First Week in the White House? What to make of Donald Trump’s first week in the White House? Disorganized mess or devious genius? Seth Masket
News in Brief Trump’s Immigration Order Is a Major Blow to American Universities Of America’s 975,000 international students, roughly 16,000 have been prohibited by executive order from entering (or re-entering) the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Trump Claims Sanctuary Cities Are Havens for Violent Criminals — Research Suggests He’s Wrong Given how many mayors of major cities have pledged to defy the president’s mandate, a prolonged, highly public… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Medical Consequences That Stem From a Fear of Deportation A new study finds a spike in low birthweight babies among Latinas in Iowa following a huge raid.… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Suspected of Corruption at Home, Powerful Foreigners Are Finding Refuge in the United States Officials fleeing prosecution in Colombia, China, South Korea, Bolivia, and Panama are taking advantage of lax enforcement of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Coming to and Caring in America We can’t separate the conversation on care from that on immigration. By Mariatu Santiago (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)… Pacific Standard Staff