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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• The True Impact of Biden’s Asylum Transit Ban

On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that the Biden administration’s asylum transit ban was illegal and should be vacated. To anticipate what might happen if it is struck down—and what the consequences will be if it’s allowed to remain in effect—it’s important to understand how the transit ban has actually worked. Read More »

• America Is Falling Behind in the Global Talent Competition

The Canadian immigration minister announced a new initiative to attract high-tech talent to Canada—from the United States. The Tech Talent Strategy targets foreign-born workers who have come to the U.S. to study or work but who may have difficulty receiving or renewing U.S. work visas to stay. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW 

• This week, the Department of Justice sued Texas over Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of a floating barrier in the Rio Grande. The buoys are part of Texas’ hardline efforts to deter migration; other tactics include a razor wire fence along the U.S.-Mexico border and denying people water in over 100-degree heat.
  
  The lawsuit cites the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899. This act prohibits the “creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States.” It also says Abbott failed to secure the required permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
   
  This represents the latest standoff in Abbott’s longstanding campaign against migrants. This blog from the American Immigration Council highlights some of these efforts over the years. 
  
  Read more: Florida and Texas Escalate Their War on Migrants

 ACROSS THE NATION 

• The American Immigration Council—along with partners Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Mayer Brown LLP and others—filed a lawsuit challenging the government's policy of turning back asylum seekers at ports of entry along the southern border who cannot secure a CBP One app appointment, denying them access to the U.S. asylum process. 

The exclusive use of the CBP One app to seek asylum is a cruel measure to keep our southern border closed to the most vulnerable asylum seeker, and restricts access to asylum to those who have both the economic means to afford a functioning smartphone and internet access, but also the tech savviness necessary to navigate the app.

Read more: Challenging CBP One Turnback Policy

 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“We are in a moment where extremists, so-called leaders, have a blueprint to attack hard-won freedoms and rights and to do it state-by-state as part of their national agenda… 

Across our nation, extremist so-called leaders demonize, target, and attack immigrants… It is inhumane, outrageous and un-American.”

– Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States at the UnidosUS conference in Chicago

 FURTHER READING 

• The Associated Press: As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden’s US-Mexico border policies grow

• PolitiFact: Foxx gives inaccurate explanation of U.S. asylum process

• San Antonio Express News: Commentary: Abbott’s performative cruelty at the border

• The Hill: Biden’s post-Title 42 immigration policy is a bandage over a bullet wound

• The Washington Post: Opinion DeSantis promoted the Bud Light boycott. Now he’s mad it worked.

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