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LATEST ANALYSIS
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States Facing Worker Shortages Are Helping Migrants Secure Employment with New Resource Clinics [[link removed]]
Many migrants, after being released from government custody, resettle in interior communities. These individuals and families often need immediate support in the form of housing, food, and clothing. Many also come ready and eager to work. But one of the primary barriers preventing them from doing so and achieving self-sufficiency in the short term is lack of work authorization.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
This week, it was reported that the White House and Senate are considering several extreme immigration policies in exchange for Ukraine funding.
If implemented, many of these proposals could undermine our system of humanitarian protection, eliminate critical legal immigration pathways that allow people to live and work in the U.S. temporarily, and subject many more immigrants to being summarily deported without a hearing, among other things.
These policies would have major consequences for our immigration system while doing little to address the problems we are experiencing at our southern border.
Instead, the White House and Congress should consider recommendations that the Council has put forward to create a humane and orderly humanitarian protection system.
Read more: Beyond A Border Solution [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
Immigrants in the South Bend-Elkhart, Indiana region paid more than $258 million in taxes and had $783.6 million in spending power in 2019.
This is according to the most recent data from the Council and Welcoming America's Gateways for Growth Challenge. The report underscores the vital role immigrants play in the region's labor force, business development, and consumer spending.
Read more: New Americans in Elkhart, Marshall and St. Joseph Counties [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Congress has a role to play in fixing the government’s ability to manage the U.S.-Mexico border and restore integrity to our system of humanitarian protection. In fact, without Congress doing more to fund processing at ports of entry; infrastructure to receive migrants; and efficient and fair resolution of asylum cases, future bottlenecks and panics at the border are guaranteed. That’s what makes it so frustrating that members of Congress are ignoring their duty to be part of the solution...”
Jeremy Robbins
Executive Director of the American Immigration Council
Read more: Congress Should Focus Supplemental Funding Bill on Real Border Solutions [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
El Seminario: What We Know About the Senate Negotiations That Could Wreck Asylum in the US [[link removed]]
NBC Connecticut: Tackling the loneliness epidemic with the Barometer of Belonging [[link removed]]
AP News: Washington's center of gravity on immigration has shifted to the right. Can the parties make a deal?’ [[link removed]]
Fox Savannah: Migrants in Chicago beg Biden for work permits 'We are being forgotten' [[link removed]]
The Orange County Register: Hate crimes are on the rise. We need to help our kids feel safe. [[link removed]]
NPR Santa Fe : Report Show Immigrants Are Crucial To Santa Fe County Economy [[link removed]]
The Yale Law Journal: The End of Asylum Redux and the Role of Law School Clinics [[link removed]]
Psychology Today: Why Holiday Movies Can Combat Loneliness and Stress [[link removed]]
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