[[link removed]] Your weekly summary from the Council.
LATEST ANALYSIS
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Mass Deportations Will Undermine Our Safety [[link removed]]
President-elect Trump’s mass deportation plan will target thousands of people who richly contribute to their families, communities, and our local economies often for decades. While Trump and his advisors claim they will start with “criminal immigrants,” their plans will include millions of people who pose no public safety risk at all—just as we saw during his first administration.
H-1B Modernization Rule Provides Some Comfort But Also Raises Concerns [[link removed]]
By issuing a final rule, the Biden administration has made it more difficult for the Trump administration to reverse some agency practices with which it disagrees.
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
In just weeks, plans for a large-scale deportation effort could begin, with devastating impacts to our families, communities, and economy.
We must act now to protect people from this indiscriminate mass deportation regime. Please join us in urging President Biden to take immediate protective measures before the new administration takes office.
Use this form to tell your members of Congress to urge Biden to act now.
Read more: [[link removed]] [[link removed]] Urgent from the Immigration Justice Campaign: Last Requests for the Biden Administration [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has designated Temporary Protected Status for Lebanese nationals living in the United States. The designation went into effect late last month.
TPS is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of certain countries experiencing problems that make it unsafe to be deported there. In Lebanon’s case, Israeli airstrikes in the country have displaced over one million people in less than three months.
This updated fact sheet from the Council provides an overview of TPS, including a list of which countries currently have TPS and when their designations end.
Read More: Temporary Protected Status: An Overview [[link removed]]
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“When you’re talking about mass deportations, we’re not talking about deporting violent criminals, we’re talking about deporting people, the majority of whom have been here more than 15 years... almost all of them are working or in school.”
– Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director of the American Immigration Council for CBS News [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
Wired: Far-Right Sheriffs Want to Carry Out Donald Trump's Mass Deportations. That’s Not Possible [[link removed]]
New York Times: On Issue After Issue, Trump Promises the Moon. No Word on the Rocket. [[link removed]]
Newsweek: Most Voters Disagree With Donald Trump on Birthright Citizenship: Poll [[link removed]]
NBC News: ICE faces budget shortage that could delay Trump's mass deportation plans [[link removed]]
Reuters: Trump says he will use military for deportations to fullest extent of law [[link removed]]
Forbes: Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Why His ‘Day One’ Plan Is A Legal Longshot [[link removed]]
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