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.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reversed a ruling that will make seeking asylum on American soil more difficult for victims of domestic violence. The 31-page decision, reports POLITICO, tightens the criteria for victims of ‘private crime’ attempting to seek asylum in the United States—along with restrictions on men and women suffering from domestic abuse, the
Survivors of the Pulse Nightclub killings in 2016 plan to pursue a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Orlando and the Orlando Police Department. The suit, reports WMFE, accuses law enforcement of violating the civil rights of survivors by not responding to reports of shots fired as quickly as they could have. A complaint
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are expected to transfer 1,600 illegal immigrants into federal prisons, according to a Reuters report released Thursday. Agency officials told Reuters that five federal prisons will ‘temporarily’ take in migrants awaiting civil court proceedings. One facility in Victorville, CA, is expected to house 1,000 people. Union leaders in Texas,
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of separating migrant families caught trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw determined Wednesday that the suit, involving a 7-year old girl separated from her Congolese mother and a 14-year old boy from Brazil, could proceed on grounds of
Several Santa Fe, TX, families have joined a lawsuit against the parents of a teenager accused of killing ten people at an area high school in May. The parents of Chris Stone, reports Click2Houston.com, were the first to file a suit against the parents of Dimitrios Pagourtzis, accusing them of gross negligence for allowing their
A judge ruled that President Donald Trump could potentially be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought forward by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Summer Zervos. Zervos is among a dozen women to accuse the current commander-in-chief of unwanted sexual conduct. Denying each and every allegation, the president’s slammed Zervos’s claim as “100 percent fabricated.” Calling the woman
Tulane University has settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims the school failed to protect her from being raped by two football players in 2014. The case, reports The Advocate, has been ‘cloaked in secrecy’ since the unnamed plaintiff filed a police report in April 2014. Even with the university reporting a settlement,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Monday alert over five deaths related to intragastric balloons. Intragastric balloons—used in the treatment of obesity—have so far been linked to a dozen fatalities worldwide. A nominally invasive device, the balloons encourage weight loss by taking up space in a patient’s stomach. Inserted through an individual’s mouth,
If the United Nations is right, the Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents could be illegal. In announcement made Tuesday, the agency’s human rights organization condemned the practice as a violation of international law. Washington responded almost immediately, accusing the U.N. of ignorance and hypocrisy. Nevertheless, the controversial practice has been
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who attracted national attention for refusing to a bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The decision—which may disappoint some LGBT advocates—is narrow in its application. As the New York Times notes, the majority decision doesn’t explicitly allow businesses to discriminate against