Post Tagged with: "border"

U.S. Border Arrests at an 11-year High: Due Process Concerns as U.S. Seeks to Expedite Migrant Deportations

By Emma Hurst, Staff Writer In September 2019, there were 52,546 arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border, the lowest it has been this year.[1]  The number of arrests decreased 64% since May, just five months prior.[2] However, within the fiscal year that concluded in September, border arrests reached an 11-year high […]

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Brexit and the Expected Issues of an Irish Border

By: Isabella Simon, Staff Writer Brexit has been a messy divorce between the United Kingdom (“UK”) and the other 27 European Union (“EU”) countries, and politicians across Europe are doing everything they can to sign the papers and move on. The UK, comprised of four countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and […]

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Donald Trump’s Wall and the Patriot Act

  By Stephanie Shriver-Byrne, Staff Writer People vote for presidents for many reasons, including but not limited to, political party identification, ideology, policy positions of the candidates, and individual characteristics of the candidate.[1] Donald Trump won the presidential election on  Nov. 8, 2016. The first point of President-elect Trump’s 10-point […]

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