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LATEST ANALYSIS
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Immigrants Contribute Billions to Federal and State Taxes Each Year [[link removed]]
Without fail, each Tax Day a prevalent myth resurfaces that conceals the truth about immigrants’ contributions to federal, state, and local taxes. Bolstered by social media and other outlets, it misleadingly asserts that immigrants, particularly those who are undocumented, evade taxes. The facts don’t back up these claims.
USCIS Re-Issues Temporary Rule to Extend Work Permits for 800,000 Immigrant Workers [[link removed]]
Thousands of immigrant workers with pending work permit renewals, and their employers, breathed a sigh of relief. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a temporary rule that automatically extends the validity period of their work permits for up to 540 days, or about a year and a half.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Congress is currently considering legislation to reauthorize a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Two of the proposed bills include a provision that authorizes intelligence agencies to conduct searches without warrant of their databases related to immigrants traveling to the U.S., which would likely cover millions of people applying for immigration benefits every year.
The American Immigration Council sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives discussing the potential harmful impacts of the proposed amendment. The letter highlighted that this amendment is unnecessary given the multiple mechanisms already used to vet people entering the country and would only further exacerbate visa processing backlogs.
Read more: Council Urges House of Representatives Against Expanding the Warrantless Surveillance of Immigrants in FISA Reauthorization Vote [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“If it’s a close election [in Arizona], there’s a very big possibility that if you ignore the naturalized citizen population, you could lose.”
– Steven Hubbard, Senior Data Scientist at the American Immigration Council [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
New York Times: New Migrants Get Work Permits. Other Undocumented Immigrants Want Them, Too. [[link removed]]
The Hill: House’s ‘Three Amigos’ urge Biden, Mayorkas to move on work permits [[link removed]]
Maine Biz: New Americans play ‘crucial role’ in economy of Androscoggin County, report says [[link removed]]
Washington Blade: Five transgender, nonbinary ICE detainees allege mistreatment at Colo. detention center [[link removed]]
WTTW Chicago PBS: Afghan Evacuees’ Resettlement in Chicago Offers Lessons for Caring for Future Humanitarian Arrivals: Report [[link removed]]
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