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LATEST ANALYSIS
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STEM-Related Petitions Increase Following USCIS’ Updated Policy Guidance [[link removed]]
A recent analysis by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) found that the number of petitions by, or on behalf of, foreign-born workers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) increased following a pair of guidance clarifications the agency made in January 2022.
Border Patrol and Ohio Law Enforcement Engage in Racial Profiling in Northern Ohio, New Report Finds [[link removed]]
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality and the American Immigration Council published a report analyzing data suggesting that the collusion between U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Sandusky Bay station and Ohio law enforcement led to racial profiling.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Judicial Review of Mixed Questions, Even Those That Are Fact Intensive [[link removed]]
The Supreme Court issued an important victory for noncitizens seeking cancellation of removal and judicial review this month.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Last week, a federal appeals court extended a temporary block on Texas' SB4 law, which would allow local law enforcement to arrest and detain people suspected of entering the United States without authorization.
The 2-1 ruling is the second time the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has put a temporary hold on the Texas law. Last Tuesday's late-night ruling comes after the Supreme Court momentarily allowed the law to take effect, sparking confusion along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Read more: Showdown Between Texas Authorities and the Federal Government Headed to the Supreme Court [[link removed]*1toplit*_ga*MTUyMTE2OTU3OS4xNjk0NzIwNjUz*_ga_W0MSMD2GPV*MTcxMTY0MjcxOS4xMTIuMS4xNzExNjQ0NTU2LjAuMC4w]
ACROSS THE NATION
New research from the Council shows that immigrants in Massachusetts made up over 17% of the state’s healthcare workers despite accounting for only 9.9% of the overall population.
In an aging population, immigrants are already helping Massachusetts meet its demand for healthcare workers. Immigrants represented 14.8% of registered nurses, 17.5% of health technicians, 24.1% clinical lab technologists, and 24.6% of licensed practical nurses from 2015 to 2019.
This new report highlights the contributions that immigrants make in high-demand healthcare occupations that require a professional or occupational license.
Read more: The Growing Demand for Healthcare Workers in Massachusetts [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“At stake here [with Texas’s SB4 law] is whether states can set up their own parallel immigration systems, deciding who can enter the United States and how, and even more remarkably, who can be deported, and all without any oversight by federal immigration authorities, and frankly, in direct conflict with federal immigration law.”
– Emma Winger, Deputy Legal Director at the American Immigration Council [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
NPR Nevada: How newly naturalized U.S. citizens in Nevada can sway the 2024 election [[link removed]]
Associated Press: Tyson Foods isn’t hiring workers who came to the U.S. illegally. [[link removed].]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The crisis on the US border [[link removed]]
Politifact: Migrants in parole program do not receive free flights to the US [[link removed]]
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