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Trump’s Mass Cancellation of Student Visas Illustrates the Lawlessness of His Immigration Crackdown

Posted on by Lone Candle

“Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) suddenly terminated about 4,700 records in the database of foreign students with F-1 visas authorizing them to attend American universities. That move, which sowed panic among students across the country, was the result of the Trump administration’s “Student Criminal Alien Initiative.” But contrary to the implication of that label, the initiative affected many people who had no criminal record that would justify revoking their visas. Nor did ICE cite any other specific justification listed in the relevant regulations. Instead, the students were told their records had been terminated for “otherwise failing to maintain status.””

https://reason.com/2025/05/23/trumps-mass-cancellation-of-student-visas-illustrates-the-lawlessness-of-his-immigration-crackdown/

The Alien Enemies Act Doesn’t Say What Trump Claims It Says

Posted on by Lone Candle

“President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born aliens without due process, based on the mere allegation of membership in a criminal street gang.

But the text of the Alien Enemies Act does not allow the president to do anything of the sort. “Whenever there shall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall be perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government,” the act states, the president may direct the “removal” of “all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized.”

The crimes of the alleged members of the street gang Tren de Aragua do not meet this legal standard. There is no “declared war” between the United States and Venezuela, and there is no “invasion or predatory incursion” of the U.S. by “any foreign nation or government.” The gang is not a foreign state, and the gang’s alleged crimes, heinous as they may be, do not qualify as acts of war by a foreign state. Trump’s frequent talk about a rhetorical “invasion” of the U.S. by undocumented immigrants utterly fails to satisfy the law’s requirements.”

https://reason.com/2025/05/26/dont-use-the-alien-enemies-act-on-alien-friends/

Trump issues new multi-country travel ban

Posted on by Lone Candle

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday issued a sweeping new travel ban for people from 19 countries, citing national security risks.

The ban fully restricts people from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the United States. The president is also partially restricting and limiting U.S. entry for nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/trump-issues-new-multi-country-travel-ban-00388047

Cadets who met all Air Force Academy graduation standards denied commissions because they’re transgender

Posted on by Lone Candle

Cadets have finished school and have qualified to join the AirForce, but are not allowed in because they are trans.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cadets-met-air-force-academy-225601194.html

Will Trump’s Order To Lift U.S. Sanctions on Syria Be Followed?

Posted on by Lone Candle

“Sanctions are a complicated bureaucratic knot to untangle. Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, warned on X that “people in [Trump’s] own administration are trying to stop it or slow it down severely.” And a Syrian government minister tells Reason that a U.S. delegation has come with a set of “requests” for Syria to fulfill.

The Caesar Civilian Protection Act, passed after Assad had fought a civil war against rebels to a standstill, punishes foreign investment in reconstructing areas under the Syrian government’s control. There is also a general U.S. trade embargo on Syria passed by executive order. And Sharaa himself is a designated terrorist because of his past fighting for Al Qaeda, which he later violently turned against.”

https://reason.com/2025/05/20/will-trumps-order-to-lift-u-s-sanctions-on-syria-be-followed/

Mike Johnson Is A Lie Factory

Posted on by Lone Candle

Republican bill kicks millions of people off Medicaid. Speaker of House falsely claims that he wants to remove fraudsters from Medicaid when really he just wants the program to help less people. Rather than making the argument for having a less generous Medicaid program, he misleads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLry4cr_MtI

Will Trump’s Regulatory Reforms Do Enough To Unleash Nuclear Energy?

Posted on by Lone Candle

Will Trump’s Regulatory Reforms Do Enough To Unleash Nuclear Energy?

https://reason.com/2025/05/27/will-trumps-regulatory-reforms-do-enough-to-unleash-nuclear-energy/