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This past week, Vice President Harris went to El Paso to visit the US-Mexico border for the first time during her current term as Vice President. Prior to this visit, Vice President Harris has been criticized for her handling of the current immigration crisis at the southern border of the United States and these criticismsContinue reading “Kamala Harris visits the US-Mexico Border for the First Time During Her Time as Vice President.”

One of the biggest questions among the sports world during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic was what would happen to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The first obvious step was a delay in the games past the summer of 2020, with many people questioning whether the games should still happen in the first place.Continue reading “The Tokyo Olympics are Still Happening After a Positive Covid-19 Test from a Coach.”

Recently, Vice President Kamala Harris went on her first foreign trip as Vice President to Guatemala and Mexico and many people are questioning the goal of the trip and the comments made by Vice President Harris. Immigration is one area that this administration was heavily focused on during the elections, and even though some policiesContinue reading “Vice President Harris’s Trip to Guatemala Raises Many Questions Regarding this Administration’s Immigration Policies.”

On June 1st, the Biden administration ended a Trump policy that forced Central American asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their immigration cases were processed. Although the enforcement of this policy was suspended at the beginning of Biden’s presidency, the fact that the policy was officially ended is a big win for people whoContinue reading “President Biden terminates the “Remain in Mexico” policy set during the Trump era.”

In 2019, former President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned giving visas to people who would be deemed “financial burdens” on the health care system of the United States. The main stipulation of this order would be to ban visas given to immigrants who did not have/could not afford healthcare. This policy wasContinue reading “Biden Changes Trump-era Policy that Required Immigrants to have Health Insurance.”