• Refugees and Asylum Seekers Generate Billions of Dollars More Than They Cost the U.S. Government 
   
  A report released this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that refugees and asylees have generated tens of billions of dollars more in local, state, and federal tax revenues over the last 15 years than they have cost in direct government services—ultimately representing a net fiscal gain at all levels of government.

• The Biden administration is reportedly weighing more restrictive options at the border. Coverage has centered around a presidential authority—Section 212(f) of the INA— which the Trump administration invoked in 2018 in an unsuccessful attempt to limit migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border if they did not enter through a port of entry. The administration is also reportedly considering adopting a “Last in, First Out” approach to asylum claims from the border. 
   
  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council provides an overview of the current asylum process and explains why it is in fact legal to seek asylum in the United States regardless of how a person enters the country.  
   
  Read more: Asylum in the United States 

• New research from the Council highlights the key role that immigrants are playing in southern Utah’s workforce and as taxpayers, consumers, entrepreneurs, international students, and more.  
   
  This research brief uses American Community Survey data to show the demographic and economic contributions that immigrants are making across the region. The report focuses on seven southern Utah communities, including Beaver, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Kane, San Juan, and Washington counties.  
   
  Read more: New Americans in Southern Utah 

The Atlantic: Something’s Fishy About the ‘Migrant Crisis’ 

Austin American-Statesman: I know what it is to be an asylum seeker. Let’s do more to help them. 

Atlanta News First: How could newly naturalized citizens impact Georgia’s 2024 election results? 

NBC News: Right-wing immigration misinformation crosses over to Spanish amid border bill debate 

Houston Public Media: Nearly 800,000 Texas immigrants could gain citizenship in time to vote in the 2024 general election 

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