Trump Policy Analysis Hub

Wage-based selection FINAL RULE effective Feb 26, 2026. $100K fee upheld. Lottery officially dead for FY2027.

Priority date calculator, 75-country pause checker, country dashboard. Philippines, India, China wait times. Is EB-3 still realistic?

$100K payment, wage-weighted lottery, enhanced vetting. Prevailing wage calculator, lottery odds, RFE analyzer, $100K fee checker.

No employer required. Matter of Dhanasar 3-prong test. Eligibility assessment, case strength analyzer, timeline & cost calculators.

Self-petition for scientists, researchers, artists, athletes. 10 criteria checklist, evidence strength analyzer, EB-1A vs NIW comparison.

No cap, no lottery. 8 criteria scoring, evidence builder, O-1A vs H-1B comparison, timeline calculator.

D/S rule ends open-ended stays. STEM OPT under threat. Assess your F-1 risk: status check, travel risk, H-1B transition timeline.

Transfer executives, managers, specialized knowledge. L-1A vs L-1B comparison, blanket eligibility, timeline calculator.

L-1A to green card pathway. Managerial capacity checker, qualifying relationship analyzer, no labor certification required.

63 qualifying professions. No lottery, no cap. Profession checker, document generator, POE vs consular process.

Landscaping, hospitality, seafood processing. Cap tracker, temporary need qualifier, timeline calculator.

Complete F-1 guide: SEVIS compliance, OPT timeline calculator, STEM OPT eligibility, Cap-Gap checker, H-1B transition paths.

90-day marriage requirement, timeline calculator, I-129F checklist, K-1 vs CR-1 comparison, cost estimator.

Start or buy a US business. Treaty country checker, investment calculator, E-2 vs EB-5 vs L-1 comparison.

Invest for a green card. TEA eligibility checker, regional center vs direct, source of funds checklist, timeline calculator.

Now live: $1M Gold Card + $5M Platinum Card. Program launched on trumpcard.gov. Lawsuit filed Feb 3. Eligibility calculator.

Track all federal court challenges. 14th Amendment analysis, case dashboard, constitutional arguments.

DOJ quotas, 2,500+ cases, 95% success rate. Self-assessment checklist, process timeline, risk factors.

All visa types, green cards, work authorization. Breaking news, employment-based, family, students. Bilingual EN/ES.

EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, EB-1C, EB-3, EB-5. Self-petition vs employer-sponsored. Priority dates, pathway comparison.

Every country, every restriction, every overstay rate. 40 countries ranked by severity.

SCOTUS struck down IEEPA tariffs Feb 20, 2026 (6-3). Admin pivoted to Section 122 replacement: 10% ad valorem on all imports (150-day cap, expires ~July 24). $175B+ in refunds at stake. Cars, pharma, electronics, food, energy, USMCA goods exempt.

Rates now 15% for Japan/Korea/EU, 25% base. Average car up ~$6K. USMCA review July 2026. Calculate by brand.

SCOTUS held IEEPA does not authorize tariffs (Feb 20, 2026, 6-3). Admin pivoted to Section 122 (10%/150 days). Full analysis of ruling, refund mechanics, and what remains.

Congress rejected most spending cuts (only 1 of 30 programs eliminated). Actual savings ~$20B (Brookings) vs hundreds of billions claimed. Ends July 4, 2026. IRS revenue loss: $500B+ from DOGE-driven cuts.

Final rule issued Feb 5, 2026 -- effective March 8. Renamed "Schedule Policy/Career." ~50,000 workers stripped of civil service protections. Whistleblower protections and MSPB appeal rights removed. AFGE + AFSCME lawsuit filed.

4th Circuit vacated injunction (Feb 6) — EO enforcement proceeding. EEOC soliciting complaints from white men. Grantmaking EO Aug 2025.

Jan 7 EO: stock buyback ban, exec comp tied to performance. RTX singled out. $1.5T FY2027 budget proposed.

Congress passed $79B budget (rejected 15% cuts). Federal school choice tax credits in OBBBA. DOE functions being transferred.

Consent Matrix, Pathway Selector, Coercion Stress Test. UN Charter, NATO implications.

Three constitutional gates, $909B trade leverage, USMCA July 2026 review.

WHO, Paris Agreement, UNESCO and 63 more. Legal authority, implementation timeline.

Legality test, authority stack, statelessness analyzer. UNCLOS vs. sanctions friction.

Deal closed Jan 22, 2026. "TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC" -- Oracle/Silver Lake/MGX 45%, ByteDance affiliates ~33%, ByteDance ~20%. $14B deal. Montana ban dismissed Feb 20. 5 EOs, 3 deadline extensions.

BREAKING: Anthropic designated under Defense Production Act supply chain authority. Pentagon compels AI model access without guardrails. $200M contract. RSP 3.0 drops hard safety limits. Dec 2025 EO preempts state AI laws via DOJ Task Force.

Reserve holds ~198K BTC. GENIUS Act signed. DOJ crypto team disbanded. SEC rescinded SAB 121. BTC at ~$60K.

Grand jury subpoenas served. Kevin Warsh nominated as replacement. Lisa Cook firing at SCOTUS. IEEPA tariffs struck down 6-3. Senate blocking until charges dropped.

Permits up 55%, record LNG exports (100M metric tons), gas at $2.81/gal. Offshore drilling expansion. Paris exit Jan 27.

"Great Healthcare Plan" unveiled Jan 14: redirect subsidies, MFN drug pricing, transparency. ACA catastrophic plan proposal: $15K/$31K deductibles. SOTU: pledged to "always protect" SS/Medicare/Medicaid. Premiums $888 to $1,904/month without subsidies.