Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.
Under the purview of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, arrests of undocumented migrants with no criminal record have more than tripled. The trend—scarcely surprising with its figures and estimates—was quantified by NBC News, which analyzed publicly available data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The surge, writes, NBC, appears to be caused by
A foreign nurse working in the United States has settled with MedPro, a healthcare staffing agency that Eden Selispara says treated her like an ‘indentured servant.’ The 33-year old Philippines national had been working overseas in Abu Dhabi when she was picked up by MedPro. Each year, staffing agencies provide visas to thousands of foreign
A Chicago city alderman questioned whether local law enforcement violated its own sanctuary ordinance after a police raid targeting counterfeit clothing took an illegal immigrant into custody. The Chicago Tribune reports that Alderman Danny Solis, who represents the city’s predominately Hispanic Pilsen neighborhood, said on August 1st that police violated Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance. Chicago,
Eight years after a groundbreaking civil rights case, $266 million has been allotted for the betterment of Native American farmers and ranchers. The class action leading settled for a total of $680 million, according to The Washington Post. But much of the award when unused—far fewer people filed claims than expected, leaving the remaining amount
The Department of Homeland Security is poised to begin investigating immigrants who arrived to the United States on valid visas but stayed past their authorization’s expiry. A report compiled by the Department shows that over 600,000 visitors overstayed tourist, work, business and student visas in 2017. These violations, writes the Miami Herald, represent but a
A white supremacist rally in Washington, D.C. fell flat on Sunday, with only several dozen racists in attendance. Intended to celebrate the first anniversary of last year’s violent march in Charlottesville, VA., far-right demonstrators found themselves far outnumbered by counter-protesters. Police formed a tight cordon around the smaller group, separating the two sides and preventing
On Friday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos formally moved to end protections that shield vulnerable students from the unscrupulous tactics of for-profit colleges. In a written statement posted on the department’s website and partially reprinted by The New York Times, the agency shared its plan to eliminate the ‘gainful employment’ rule. Created under the Obama administration,
An attorney for a Nebraska man accused of running an immigrant-driven “slave labor” operation is asking judges to bar federal officials from using the term in court. The suspected ringleader, Juan Pablo Sanchez Delgado, asked authorities to show mercy toward 16 of his family members and business associates. The group, faced with federal conspiracy charges,
President Donald Trump has cast his support behind a Texas-led lawsuit which aims to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Often referred to by its acronym, DACA, the initiative lent renewable residency and work permits to immigrants who arrived to the United States as children. Put into effect by Barack Obama, the program
On Thursday, a federal judge blocked the deportation of eight asylum-seekers who’d been removed from the United States after their claims of suffering from gang violence and domestic abuse were canned by the Trump administration. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said it was unacceptable that the case’s two plaintiffs—a mother and daughter—had been placed on