Ryan Farrick is a 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.
On Wednesday, President Trump threw his weight behind a bill that would slash legal immigration to the United States in half within a decade. While the proposal isn’t likely to gain enough traction to pass into law, the commander-in-chief’s support showcases the latest item on the administration increasingly anti-immigration agenda. The effort, introduced to Congress
Last week, the Trump administration told a U.S. appeals court that federal laws protecting workers were never meant to shield gay Americans from discrimination. The Department of Justice laid out its fiery rationale in a friend of the court brief submitted to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan last Wednesday. Reuters coverage of
Chicago is due to pay nearly $40 million to settle a class-action lawsuit which alleges the city ignored its own rules when issuing citations related to red-light cameras. Mayor Rahm Emanuel agreed to the $38.75 settlement, which alleged that Chicago failed to give adequate notice to the recipients of speed- and red-light camera violations. “We’re
The Trump administration signed off on a Monday deal to give some Texas counties the power to probe the immigration status of detainees held in local jails. U.S. immigration authorities approved the treaty, which endows select sheriffs’ offices in 18 of Texas’ 254 counties to assume a handful of federal powers. Under the confines of
Mere days after the Senate failed to approve any significant action on a possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act, President Donald Trump is threatening to cut government payments to insurers unless Congress acts quickly. The commander-in-chief posted the public threat on Twitter over the weekend, writing, “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved
ABC news uploaded a video Friday showing how 16-year old Cruz Valazquez Acevedo was encouraged to take a drink of a deadly drug by U.S. Border Protection agents. The teenage boy had just crossed into the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, when he was stopped at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Somewhere, on the
‘America’s toughest sheriff,’ Joe Arpaio, was found guilty of criminal contempt for instructing his subordinates to detain individuals without cause. According to Politico, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton said the evidence in Arpaio’s case showed ‘flagrant disregard’ for the law. In 2011, the notorious Arizona sheriff was ordered to stop detaining people without probable
A proposal from the Trump administration could revoke Obama-era public land restrictions on fracking. The suggestion comes from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management and was published in the Federal Register earlier in the week. According to The Hill, the repeal would entail a complete overhaul of 2015 standards on the ‘disclosure of fracking
Fifteen protesters, including four DACA recipients, were arrested outside the Texas state capitol while staging a demonstration asking legislators to extend citizenship to illegal immigrants. The protest, organized by immigration advocacy group Cosecha, took place Wednesday. Nonviolent demonstrators raised signs, shouted slogans, and blocked traffic near the capitol as well as the office of Texas’
The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday which would provide $790 billion for defense, as well as preliminary funding for Donald Trump’s oft-promised border wall. If approved by the Senate, the spending package would head to the Pentagon for appropriation. Most of the money is earmarked for national-defense purposes. The lion’s share of the