By: Emma Eckenhausen “Honestly, I had never heard of Liberia,” said Arin Garcia Yepes, a Colombian migrant deported by the United States to Liberia on August 20, 2026. Garcia Yepes is among a growing number of Latin American migrants who have been removed to African countries where they are not citizens and often have […]
By: Alexis Castillo The NCAA’s Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) policy is not currently accessible to the roughly 14,000 international student-athletes competing at the Division I level. Most of these athletes attend U.S. colleges and universities on F-1 (student) visas, which grant them access to standard student benefits and compensation from passive NIL deals, not […]
BY NICOLE DOWNEY- As an amendment to the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, the Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot policy went into effect in 1995 under the Clinton administration. Officially named as the U.S.-Cuba Immigration Accord, this policy allows Cuban migrants who make it to U.S. soil the chance to pursue a fast track to permanent residency. Though […]
BY LINET SUAREZ- The Canadian Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration recently passed a controversial new law that is challenging conventional notions of citizenship. The new law was first introduced in February 2014 as the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act.[1] The new law modifies residency requirements, increases fees for applications for citizenship, and expands the age range […]
