Ben Geier

Bio

Ben Geier is an experienced writer whose work has appeared in Fortune, The Columbus Dispatch, Time Magazine and various other outlets. He's covered every level of government as well as myriad business issues. Ben is based in Brooklyn and is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Here's how Jeff Sessions would impact immigration, work visas and more as attorney general

Out of all of President Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees, Jeff Sessions is perhaps the most controversial. From his perch as attorney general, he’d essentially be the top law enforcement official in the country. Some of his past statements,…

How will Trump change NAFTA? Here's what we know about the president's plan.

Of the many issues President Donald Trump focused on during his campaign, perhaps no other resonated with working class Americans more than his stance on trade. He repeatedly claimed that free trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the…

Nikki Haley: 5 things to know about the UN ambassador's stance on climate change science

It’s no secret that President Donald Trump’s administration is skeptical of climate change science. His head of the Environmental Protection Agency has fought regulation, and mentions of climate change have been scrubbed from the White House…

"Fascism forever"? Here's where Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch actually stands.

President Donald Trump ended months of speculation and picked Neil Gorsuch, a judge on the 10th Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals, to be his nominee to fill the late Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court. The seat has been empty for…

Is Trump against free trade?

Since the 1980s, there's been one idea nearly everyone in Washington accepted, regardless of political party: Free trade is good. That all changed during the last election, though. Both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders criticized the prevailing…

These possible changes under President Trump will affect student loan debt

For Americans under the age of 30 – as well as a good number of older people – one of the most important political issues doesn’t involve immigration, national defense or even taxes. It is, instead, something a bit more personal: student debt. With…

Here's how Trump's agenda could dramatically increase the budget deficit and national debt

For the past few decades in Washington, the budget deficit and the national debt have been two of the most hot-button topics in the world for both major political parties. With Donald Trump’s administration now two weeks old, here’s a quick look at…

These 5 companies would be hurt by Trump entering a trade war with China

President Donald Trump has already pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He’s also promised to "renegotiate" the North American Free Trade Agreement, and he’s proposed a 20% tax on products coming across the Mexican border. All of these…

Can an executive order be vetoed? Yes, but it rarely happens.

In the first week of his term, President Donald Trump signed a number of executive orders, most notably one which restricted entrance to the United States for refugees and immigrants from a number of Muslim-majority countries. This executive order…

Here are the checks and balances on President Trump's power — and how he's already undermining them

The president of the United States does not have the same power as a dictator or an autocrat. Strictly speaking, he or she doesn’t even have the same power as a prime minister in a parliamentary system like the United Kingdom or Canada. President…

Here's what could become of mass incarceration and criminal reform under Trump's administration

One of the hottest issues for progressives in the past few years has been mass incarceration: the idea that America is over-policing and over-imprisoning people for relatively minor crimes, and that young people of color are disproportionately…

Here's how Trump's deportation force will target undocumented immigrants

Less than two weeks into his presidency, President Donald Trump is quickly moving to implement the controversial immigration agenda he outlined during his campaign. He’s enacted a ban on visitation and refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries.…

3 ways border control will change under Trump

During his election campaign, President Donald Trump focused a lot of his energy on immigration. While he’s announced that he is moving forward with his promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, there are other changes afoot for how the…

Here is a breakdown of the finances needed for Trump's wall

One of President Donald Trump’s central campaign promises was to build a wall along the entire Mexican border. Just over a week into his time in office, he's already working to fulfill that promise. But a number of questions remain, including the…

Here's how to get your DACA waiver renewed for the next two years

In case you haven’t noticed, President Donald Trump is in the middle of completely changing the way the United States deals with immigrants and immigration. Though he thus far hasn’t touched the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program set up…

3 ways DREAMers can prepare for Trump's immigration reform

President Donald Trump has a lot of plans for immigration policy, from building a wall along the Mexican border to his executive orders last week closing access to refugees from a number of Muslim-majority countries. One action that may be coming in…

These are some of the possible ways Trump will change the DACA policy

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was one of the most substantive immigration policy achievements of Barack Obama’s presidency. Essentially, DACA allowed some undocumented immigrants who entered the country as minors to receive work permits and…

In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s decision to sign an order to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, focus has shifted to another trade deal that was firmly in Trump’s crosshairs during the election — the North…

How does Trump's TPP withdrawal impact global trade?

On Monday,President Donald Trump announced his plans to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership — the trade deal negotiated by President Barack Obama that faced serious opposition from both sides of the aisle, including a…

H1B, H2B, E3 Visas and Green Cards: What's the difference, and how could they change under Trump?

With Donald Trump now in the Oval Office, the future of the American immigration system is very much up in the air. Trump essentially centered his entire campaign around immigration, focusing not only on curbing illegal immigration and deporting…