by Fran Metz | Dec 9, 2025 | immigration & culture, Immigration & Race, Immigration History
Here’s a question that should make you uncomfortable: If your government started rounding up your friends tomorrow—loading them onto buses, sending them to camps surrounded by barbed wire and guard towers—would you get on the bus with them? Most of us like to think we... 
by Fran Metz | Jun 16, 2025 | Immigration to the US, Trump
In the performative theater of modern U.S. immigration policy, few figures have shouted louder about “illegals,” “chain migration,” and “undesirables” than Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Mark Rubio, and Kristi Noem. They’ve authored or supported some of the... 
by Paloma Collazo-Vargas | Jun 18, 2024 | Immigration History, LGBTQ+, UNHCR
As we all know, Immigration law is a complex field, often laden with bureaucratic hurdles and legal intricacies. For the LGBTQ+ community, these challenges can be even more daunting due to unique social, cultural, and legal issues. Despite significant progress in... 
by Adam Solow | Oct 30, 2023 | immigration & culture, Immigration & Race, Immigration History
The history of the Jewish people is marked by a series of profound and often tumultuous events. Among these, the three Roman-Jewish Wars (66-73 CE, 115-117 CE, and 132-136 CE) stand out as pivotal moments in Jewish history, setting in motion a chain of events that... 
by Adam Solow | Oct 10, 2023 | immigration & culture, Immigration History
A Roman Amphitheatre in Malaga, Spain. The Roman Empire: Evolving Immigration Laws With the transition from the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire in 27 BCE, the management of immigration underwent significant changes. Augustus, the first Emperor, introduced various...