Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security implemented the “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule.” Under the final rule, DHS will look at factors “like an alien’s age, health, family status, assets, resources, and financial status, education and skills, among others, in order to determine whether the alien is likely…
U.S. Preparing to Sign Agreement with Taliban February 29th
February 21, 2020
This month, the U.S. negotiated with the Taliban “on a significant and nationwide reduction in violence across Afghanistan.” Now, after the “successful implementation of this understanding, signing of the U.S.-Taliban agreement is expected… to take place on February 29.” The United States and the Taliban have recently been engaged “in…
9th Circuit Court Affirms Right of Transgender Students to Use School Bathrooms, Locker Rooms, and Showers that Match their Gender Identity
February 20, 2020
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a district court’s dismissal, allowing “transgender students to use school bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers that match their gender identity rather than the biological sex they were assigned at birth.” A “student who had been born and who remained…
U.S. Department of Education Investigating $6Billion of Unreported Foreign Gifts to Ivy League Universities
February 19, 2020
The Department of Educations is launching investigations into both Harvard and Yale Universities as both “potentially failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign gifts and contracts. “Since July, the Department has uncovered more than $6 billion in unreported foreign gifts from countries including Qatar, China, Saudi Arabia, and…