February 10, 2014
Nearly three years since the onset of violence in Syria, more than 2.4 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries, many with little hope of…
February 10, 2014
Some of the key measures that the USCIS Asylum Division uses to prevent abuse of the asylum system include:
Mandatory Biographical Checks (Checks Using the…
December 12, 2013
September 1, 2013
The United States and the European Union already have in place stiff financial sanctions against Syria. However, these restrictions on lending to or conducting financial transfers on behalf…
September 1, 2013
The Obama Administration is understandably frustrated by the repeated obstruction of multilateral efforts to end the Syria crisis from Russia and China at the United…
July 31, 2013
Syrian rebels have accused the Assad regime of perpetrating a chemical weapons attack on civilians in a village outside Damascus. This attack – which is said to…
April 30, 2013
Highlighting persecuted journalists for World Press Freedom Day.
March 31, 2013
Updated January 2014.
How much money does U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spend to detain immigrants? ICE’s annual budget for immigration detention is about…