“US President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US embassies around the world to stop scheduling appointments for student visas as it prepares to expand social media vetting of such applicants.” Source: BBC article More than 1.1 million international students from over 210 countries were enrolled in US colleges in the 2023-24 school year, according to…
Read More Caribbean Student Enrollment in U.S. Colleges: 2000 to 2024On April 2, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a comprehensive tariff policy that includes a 10% baseline tariff on all imports from countries outside of Canada and Mexico, effective April 5, 2025. This move appears to be a part of a broader effort to address the U.S. trade deficit and promote domestic manufacturing. Additionally, targeted…
Read More U.S. Imports from the Caribbean in 2024: A Look at the Dollar Value of TradeAn article from The New York Times dated March 14, 2025, discusses the Trump administration’s plans to implement a new travel ban affecting citizens from dozens of countries, including four from the Caribbean. The initiative follows an executive order signed by President Trump on January 20, 2025, which directed cabinet members to compile a list of countries…
Read More Caribbean Nations Caught in Draft US Expanded Travel BanUnited on Crime In a recent show of regional solidarity, CARICOM leaders agreed to work together to combat crime, including an ambitious proposal to designate criminal gangs as terrorist organizations (see here, here, and here.) This move appears to signal a growing recognition of the urgent need to tackle escalating violence in the Caribbean through…
Read More CARICOM: United on Crime, But Fractured on Recent UN Ukraine Vote?Introduction In a recent report released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), data from November 2024 reveals that 42,339 individuals from CARICOM member and associate member states are currently marked for deportation (download PDF document from FOX NEWS). On a related note, if you are interested in going down a few rabbit holes when…
Read More Over 42,000 CARICOM Citizens Listed for Deportation by the USA