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THE FORUM DAILY
As court cases surrounding immigration enforcement and the government's deportation efforts continue, advocates and immigration lawyers point out a quieter and more concerning pattern of dubious arrests, reports Vernal Coleman of ProPublica.
Recent cases across the country where authorities detained undocumented individuals encountered while serving warrants for others would violate a 2022 court settlement, immigration lawyers and advocates point out. Referred to as "collateral detentions," the settlement known as Nava put stricter guidelines in place for immigration enforcement officers, Coleman notes.
In a story from USA Today, George Petras and Jennifer Borresen recap the actions from the federal government on deportations and the ongoing legal challenges related to some of those actions.
On a smaller scale, Matt deGrood of The Houston Chronicle looks at the increase of local deportation operations and the challenge of tracking regional data.
Separately, concerns regarding the future of migrant children continue, as thousands of children could lose access to legal representation, leaving them to face the immigration system alone, reports Isabel Gil of Michigan Public.
Yesterday, in a statement the Forum weighed in on the increase of immigration enforcement actions and due process as a priority. "In a time of increasing immigration enforcement efforts, proper oversight of DHS functions, legal representation of children, and basic due process protections remain essential, protecting the rights of immigrants and citizens alike and ensuring our nation maintains an immigration system that allows all Americans to thrive," said Jennie.
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Clara Villatoro, the Forum’s assistant VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Soledad Gassó Parker, Dan Gordon, Broc Murphy and Becka Wall. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].
GREEN CARDS – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is directing officers to halt processing green card applications of individuals with refugee or asylum status, report Camilo Montoya-Galvez and Nicole Sganga of CBS News. According to an officer of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the direction would be part of a stricter vetting effort to comply with executive order signed in January, reports Dan Gooding of Newsweek.
VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS – On Monday, the administration invoked "state secrets privilege" and declined to give more information to a federal judge on the deportation of Venezuelans to El Salvador, report Michael Kunzelman and Lindsay Whitehurst of the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Venezuelan deportees face legal limbo in El Salvador due to the lack of Salvadoran law or an international treaty granting the prison jurisdiction over their imprisonment, as reported by Marcos Alemán, also of the Associated Press. Devan Cole of CNN offers a recap on the case.
REFUGEE BAN — A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the administration can partially enforce a refugee ban during the ongoing legal battle over an executive order that suspended the resettlement program, reports David Nakamura of The Washington Post. The court did stipulate that the refugee resettlement of those who were already approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services before the executive order must continue, Nakamura notes.
TARGETS — A U.S. Judge ordered to stop the deportation of Yunseo Chung, a South Korean green card holder who immigrated as a child, report Santul Nerkar and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times. Chung is a college student with legal residency who participated in on campus demonstrations last year, the Times notes. Additionally, a graduate student at Cornell University —whose visa was revoked by the State Department— claims to be targeted due to his political beliefs, reports Gloria Pazmino of CNN.
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Kevin Zaldaña Ramirez, a 20-year-old Salvadoran under Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification, was detained and held for a month in Texas. (Patricia Ortiz, Houston Public Media).
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