Under Trump, immigration courts are seeing best numbers since 2008

Under Trump, immigration courts are seeing best numbers since 2008

For 17 years, the government had been digging a hole on immigration, steadily building up a massive backlog of 4 million cases in the immigration courts. Since President Trump took office, the government has finally begun to eat into that backlog, cutting it by 115,000 cases since Inauguration Day.

Immigration under Trump is just the tip of the ICE-berg

In the age of President Trump, having a scapegoat is necessary. With a faltering economy and many citizens living in third world conditions, it would be “weak” to accept responsibility, or actually do something about it. Instead, it must always be someone else’s fault. Right now, the scapegoats are immigrants. Sonoma State communications major Daisy (who chose to keep her last name anonymous to protect her family), speaks out about her experienc…