On Jan. 22, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed a constitutional precedent that should have never been challenged: the Supremacy Clause. It states that federal law “shall be the supreme law of the...
Madison Sam, Contributing Writer
• September 28, 2022
“Where are you from?”
“Oh, I’m from New York. I was born there,” he says. Added as an afterthought, he then says: “well, I lived in Peru.”
“Where’s Peru?”
I find it completely...
Ritisha Sharma, Intersections Editor
• September 15, 2021
There are currently over a million people from India who are stuck in an employment-based green card backlog. This backlog has created an eight-decade wait period that is projected to outlast the lifetimes...
Amy Stambaugh, Contributing Writer
• September 16, 2020
America is facing a reckoning. Inequality in the U.S. has reached levels not seen since before the Great Depression. A 2016 Brookings Institute analysis found that the average white family had more...
When Delmer Joel Ramirez Palma showed up to work his construction job at the Hard Rock Hotel on Oct. 12, he hardly could have imagined what the next few days would have in store for him. Ramirez Palma...
Cliff Soloway and Lauren Allen were among those arrested on Sept. 8.
Yoel Alonso Leal is a Cuban political dissident, husband and father. Since November of last year, when United States Immigration...
Recent changes in the political climate have led to increased uncertainty for Tulane's immigrant population about its future legal status. An interdisciplinary collaboration of several campus organizations...
During the 2016 election, the world witnessed a heightened discussion on the issue of immigration in the United States. In response to this new wave of polarization, many activists groups involved with...
Matt Saletta, Associate News Editor
• February 8, 2018
Walking across New Orleans, it is easy to spot the plentiful ties the city shares with France. French fleurs-de-lis can be found capping fence posts, emblazoned on the city's flag and featured on the Saint's...
In September 2017, President Trump announced the termination of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Thus began the nightmare for the 689,800 DACA recipients currently living in the U.S. As Tulane...
Security has become a massive concern for many Americans. As shown by the Trump presidency, people will predictably advocate for whatever makes them feel more secure. Yet when it comes to policies promoting...
When President Trump announced the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Tulane undergraduate and DACA beneficiary Jane* said she had little time to feel or panic. Survival was the only thing...
