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LATEST ANALYSIS
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Seeking Refuge Across the US, Little Amal Starts Her Journey [[link removed]]
“Don’t forget about us,” is the cornerstone message that will be amplified across the United States this fall as Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl, begins her 6,000-mile journey to 35 different communities. Read More » [[link removed]]
Biden Administration Fights to Keep Private Immigration Jails Open, Despite Promises [[link removed]]
“There should be no private prisons, period, none, period. And we are working to close all of them.” Those are the words of President Joe Biden in April 2021. Now, more than two years later, the Biden administration has successfully advocated to keep private immigration jails open in the state of New Jersey. Read More » [[link removed]]
A Snapshot of Undocumented College Students in the United States [[link removed]]
The school year has started, and many college students are returning to campuses nationwide, including undocumented and DACA-eligible students. Data analyzed by the American Immigration Council reveals that 408,000 of these students are undocumented, representing 1.9% of all college students in the country. Read More » [[link removed]]
USCIS Updates Key CSPA Interpretation to Protect Some Immigrant Youth, But Backlogs Continue to Cause Hardships [[link removed]]
In August, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an update to its policy manual clarifying eligibility for green cards under the Child Status Protection Act for kids who "aged out" due to visa backlogs. The backlogs continue to cause hardships. Read More » [[link removed]]
Fortune 500 Companies with Immigrant Roots Generated More Money Than the GDP of Most Western Nations [[link removed]]
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 » [[link removed]]
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
New research from the American Immigration Council shows that immigrants in Allen County, Indiana paid over $160 million in taxes and exceeded $496 million in spending power in 2019. The new report, New Americans in Allen County, was prepared in partnership with Amani Family Services [[link removed]] , Downtown Fort Wayne [[link removed]] , and Greater Fort Wayne Inc. [[link removed]]
In 2019 alone, immigrants in the county held $496.0 million in spending power and paid $99.1 million in federal taxes and $61.8 million in state and local taxes. Despite making up 6.8 percent of the county's overall population in 2019, immigrants represented 8.8 percent of its working age population, 7.8 percent of its employed labor force, and 5.4 percent of its science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workers in 2019.
Read more: Gateways for Growth [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
On Thursday, the Biden administration proposed to rescind a Trump administration rule, previously blocked in court, that stripped authority from immigration judges to manage their own dockets, eliminated multiple procedural protections for immigrants, and sped up deportations.
In September 2020, the American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, through their joint initiative, the Immigration Justice Campaign, submitted a comment in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed rule detailing the ways in which it would harm access to counsel. The 2020 rule sped up briefing schedules and times for appeal—cutting out critical days and weeks that are often needed to secure pro bono counsel.
This new proposed rule would restore much-needed discretionary authority to immigration judges and erase a last-ditch effort by the Trump administration to turn immigration courts into deportation assembly lines. The rule would also protect immigration judges against future attempts to limit their authority by codifying a number of longstanding immigration court procedures which Attorneys General Sessions and Barr had previously sought to eliminate.
The American Immigration Council applauds this direction and hopes that the Biden administration continues to use the regulatory process to protect due process in immigration court.
Read more: Newly Proposed Appellate Rule Would Overturn Trump-era Restrictions for Immigration Judges and Codify Judicial Discretion [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Immigrants are helping to fill critical roles across Allen County, including in industries like manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture. As the multi-sector strategic planning efforts are underway, the community is taking important strides to ensure that the region is welcoming to all newcomers and that every community member can thrive.”
– Micaela McConnell, senior policy associate of state and local initiatives at the American Immigration Council [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
Harvard University: Addressing the Labor Shortage in Massachusetts: Engaging Untapped Talent [[link removed]]
Common Dreams: Judge Orders Texas to Remove Buoy 'Death Traps' From Rio Grande [[link removed]]
Factchequeando: Cruces fronterizos, detenciones y encuentros: cómo leer las cifras y de dónde salen [[link removed]]
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