Sep 27, 2017 | Immigration
Presidential Announcement Announced on September 25, 2017 Policy Summary On Sunday evening, September 24, President Trump announced his latest revisions to the travel ban via Twitter in a proclamation, removing Sudan and adding the countries of Chad, North Korea, and...
Sep 25, 2017 | Editorials & Op Eds
The past week has seen a flurry of activity–or at least revelatory media reports–in almost all of the federal and congressional investigations into Russia and President Trump. Most notable have been a new wave of reports on former Trump campaign chairman Paul...
Sep 24, 2017 | Immigration
Refugee Impact Report Rejection Summary On Tuesday, September 12, the Trump administration announced that it is considering limiting the number of refugees admitted into the country to less than 50,000 in 2018. Should this consideration come to fruition, it would be...
Sep 24, 2017 | Foreign Policy
Acquisition Rejection Rejected on September 13, 2017 Summary On Wednesday, September 13th, a federal board blocked the 1.3 billion dollar Chinese acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor, an American company based in Oregon. The board cited national security concerns...
Sep 24, 2017 | Foreign Policy
Nuclear Agreement Indecision Summary On September 18th, President Trump announced that the world would know “very soon” about the future of the JCPOA, commonly know as the Iran Deal. This agreement, negotiated by former Secretary of State John Kerry, stalled and...