Abdallah Fayyad

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Policy Team Correspondent at Vox

Articles

The most surprising things from Trump’s first 100 days

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Sean Collins |Andrew Prokop |Abdallah Fayyad |Christian Paz

During his campaign, President Donald Trump was exceedingly clear about his plans for a second term. He released policy videos, made sweeping proclamations on the stump, and his allies published reams of ideas, perhaps none as infamous as Project 2025. Americans were told he would embrace tariffs, enact sweeping deportations, shrink the federal workforce, rapidly bring peace to Ukraine, get rid of “woke” military leaders, boost US business, and outlaw taxes on tips, among other things.
Why some unions support Trump’s tariffs

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Abdallah Fayyad

President Donald Trump’s tariffs have drawn a lot of opposition — from economists, businesses, Wall Street, and the majority of Americans. Yet Trump has received support from a seemingly unlikely source: Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, who staunchly backed former Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign and previously called Trump a “scab.”Within Our MeansA newsletter about ending poverty in America, from correspondent Abdallah Fayyad.
Trump is punishing immigrants for following the rules

3 weeks ago | vox.com | Abdallah Fayyad

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, went into a US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Vermont on Monday for his scheduled naturalization interview. But instead of being granted citizenship, he was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which started the process to deport him.
There’s no “right way” to immigrate anymore

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Abdallah Fayyad

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, went into a US Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Vermont on Monday for his scheduled naturalization interview. But instead of being granted citizenship, he was arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which started the process to deport him.
The far-reaching effects of Trump’s tariffs on low-income people, explained

1 month ago | vox.com | Abdallah Fayyad

President Donald Trump’s tariff plan has rattled Wall Street, alarmed the United States’ trading partners, and made Americans afraid of checking their retirement accounts. It’s also been extremely confusing: After announcing that he would implement steep tariffs across the board (for reasons that didn’t make much sense), Trump walked back some of the tariffs before they were set to go into effect.
The far-reaching effects of Trump’s tariffs on low-income people, explained

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Abdallah Fayyad

President Donald Trump’s tariff plan has rattled Wall Street, alarmed the United States’ trading partners, and made Americans afraid of checking their retirement accounts. It’s also been extremely confusing: After announcing that he would implement steep tariffs across the board (for reasons that didn’t make much sense), Trump walked back some of the tariffs before they were set to go into effect.
Trump’s power to declare national emergencies is a national emergency

1 month ago | vox.com | Abdallah Fayyad

When President Donald Trump announced his tariffs last week, he also declared a national emergency. According to the White House, the emergency in question is “the large and persistent trade deficit,” or the fact that the United States imports more goods than it exports. If you’re confused about why that’s an emergency, you’re not alone. So are experts.
Trump’s tariffs are a mess. But are tariffs always a bad idea?

1 month ago | vox.com | Abdallah Fayyad

Today is “Liberation Day,” according to President Donald Trump — the day he announces a slate of new tariffs. This is just the latest update to tariff policies that have already caused a good deal of whiplash since Trump took office in January. He threatened to impose tariffs on Colombia and canceled his plan to do so all in a single day. He rolled out a tariff plan for Canada and Mexico, only to postpone implementing it shortly after some tariffs went into effect.
What should a prison look like?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Abdallah Fayyad

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The arrests of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk are part of a shameful history

1 month ago | vox.com | Abdallah Fayyad

On Wednesday, masked plainclothes immigration officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen on a student visa, outside Tufts University, where she’s studying for a PhD. Video of her arrest, showing her being taken while walking down a street, has gone viral. Ozturk is now being held in a Louisiana detention center. This comes after a series of similar actions by the federal government.