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Trump Stops Sending Foreign Aid
President Donald Trump stops sending aid to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. He claimed that the governments of these countries were doing nothing to stop their citizens from fleeing. -
A Large Number of Migrants at the Southern Border are Arrested
130,000 immigrants were arrested at the border by US officials. They called it a “breaking point” because the number of arrests was at a high rate. -
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2019-2023 Immigration & Policies
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Supreme Court Approves of Public Charge Rule
At the beginning of 2020, the Supreme Court approved of President Trump’s Public Charge Rule; Which means people applying for visas to immigrate to the US will be investigated to see whether they will be dependent on the government or not. This policy was seen as a burden by many visa applicants. -
The USCIS Encorporates the Blank Space Policy
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) started rejecting applications in which certain lines were left, making it harder for immigrants to obtain a visa to get into the US. The USCIS later agreed to stop the Blank Space policy on December 28 of the same year. -
Title 42 is Put Into Place
Title 42 was put into place by President Trump's administration. It basically allows Border Patrol to turn away any immigrant that could be infected with Covid 19 in hopes of preventing any surge of Covid-19 cases. -
The US Citizenship Act of 2021 is Established
Once President Joe Biden came into office, he established the US Citizenship Act of 2021 which focused on bringing immigrant families and embracing diversity by promoting immigrants and refugees which will accelerate the economy. -
The Number of Refugees Permitted Into the US raises in the 2022 Fiscal Year
President Trump allowed a little more than 11,000 refugees to come into the US during the 2021 fiscal year, the lowest amount in American history. President Biden increased the number of refugees to 125,000 for the 2022 fiscal year. -
Title 42 Expires
The Title 42 policy expired and immigrants will now face more severe consequences for trying to cross the border illegally. The US government is to revert back to the old Title 8 policy which requires migrants to apply for asylum to gain entry into the US. Every migrant looking to get asylum must wait out the process even if it can take a long time.