President Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele will meet today in New York City, and efforts to curb levels of immigration from El Salvador are expected to be top of the agenda.

Kirk Semple at The New York Times reports: “Mr. Bukele may use the occasion to press his own wish list, including help with promoting more investment and the continuation of a humanitarian program that protects nearly 200,000 Salvadorans living in the United States. … There is a lot at stake for El Salvador. Its enormous diaspora in the United States, by far the largest among Central American nations, sends billions of dollars a year back to El Salvador in remittances, helping to prop up the Salvadoran economy.”

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CHRISTIAN VALUES – South Tulsa Baptist Church pastor Eric Costanzo urges fellow Christians to welcome refugees into their communities and implore government leaders to enact compassionate policies in an op-ed for The Christian Post. “If senators from both parties and commanding officers from multiple branches of the military can come to an agreement on continuing to resettle refugees generously and responsibly, certainly Christians and churches can work towards the same. We should be the most willing to overcome differences of opinion and partisanship for the dignity of hurting people.” Yesterday, a group of five Episcopal bishops from across the country also took to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on the importance on the U.S. refugee resettlement program, David Paulsen reports in Episcopal News Service.

COURT CONFUSION – In an interview with Gus Bova for the Texas Observer, National Association of Immigration Judges president Ashely Tabaddor discusses how the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy is hurting the chances of asylum seekers to get a fair day in court. “Some judges have serious concerns about whether the people have been given adequate information about the logistics of where they need to be and when. Whether they’re actually understanding what’s happening.”

FIVE MOTHERS – Five migrant mothers who were separated from their children after seeking asylum are suing the Trump administration, reports Nicole Acevedo for NBC News. “This is one of the first cases seeking compensatory damages from the government for its intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence … One of the mothers suing the Trump administration was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by a psychologist at a detention center in Texas, the lawsuit says, adding that she lives ‘in a constant state of fear and worry’ after her son was sent to an immigration facility in New York while she was still detained at the border.” Trina Realmuto, a directing attorney at the American Immigration Council who is representing the mothers in the lawsuit, told NBC News: “The separations are going to harm them for the rest of their lives.”

SHERIFFS – A group of sheriffs meeting with President Trump on Thursday are expected to urge the administration to take action on immigration reform, Gabby Orr at Politico reports. The meeting comes “as the White House prepares to release draft legislation that aims to fix loopholes in the legal immigration system and enhance border security.” Furthermore, “When the sheriffs participating in Thursday’s meeting arrive for their sit-down with Trump, it’s unlikely everyone in the room will be as enthusiastic as the president about his recent actions on immigration.” An official for one of the organizations noted that many of their members are “middle of the road” when it comes to immigration policy.

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