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Your weekly summary from the Council LATEST ANALYSIS
The Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) went on trial in a federal Texas court. The lawsuit represents the first time that a use of the president’s immigration parole authority has been challenged in federal court. A ruling against the program wouldn’t just throw the over 200,000 people with CHNV parole into chaos but might throw a legal shadow over other parole programs expanded by the administration. Read More »
When Fortune released this year’s Fortune 500 list—the magazine’s iconic ranking of the year’s top-grossing U.S. companies—one fact remained unchanged from previous years: the profound role that immigrants and their children have played in establishing many of this country’s most successful and influential companies. Read More » ACROSS THE NATION
44.8% of these “New American” companies were founded by immigrants or their children. Big-name companies like Apple, Costco, Hasbro, and Lululemon all have immigrant roots. QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Congress should fund legal service providers and community-based groups that work to help immigrants navigate our court system. Basic things like making a plan for how to get to court and finding a lawyer to prepare for their case, so they get a fair shot.” FURTHER READING
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