Jul 31, 2019 | Civil Rights
Policy Summary On July 23, 2019, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that the Bureau had reorganized its categories that it had used to describe and monitor violent extremism groups in...
Jul 30, 2019 | Immigration
Policy Summary As of July 15, the Trump Administration has revised US asylum laws and put forward an asylum ban policy. Migrants coming from Central America who have passed through other countries en route to the US may no longer be able to apply for asylum due to new...
Jul 30, 2019 | Immigration
Last week, Secretary Kevin McAleenan, Head of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that the DHS will be claiming legal power to expedite deportation of undocumented immigrants who cannot prove they have been living in the US for 2 continuous years. He cited...
Jul 24, 2019 | Technology
Policy Summary On January 4, 2018 the Federal Communications Commission under the leadership of Trump appointee Ajit Pai implemented the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order”. This order reversed the net neutrality rules that were codified in 2015 under the stewardship...
Jul 22, 2019 | Health & Gender
Policy For the third year in a row, the Trump administration is withholding funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The UN Population Fund is an agency that deploys into war zones and natural disaster-wrecked areas providing health services to the vulnerable. The...
