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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Immigration Policies Based on Deterrence Don’t Work
  
  Over the last two months, the Biden administration has been pressured to carry out another crackdown at the border as the number of families and children arriving rise. But officials making these calls must grapple with one simple fact: enforcement through deterrence doesn’t work. Read More »
   
• Republicans Introduced 11 New Anti-Immigration Bills. Here’s What’s at Stake If They Pass
  
  A group of Republican lawmakers recently introduced a slew of anti-immigration bills in the House of Representatives and Senate. The bills primarily target people’s rights to seek asylum in the United States, as well as re-up a laundry list of anti-immigration initiatives from the Trump administration. Read More »
   
• Ban on J-1 Exchange and Other Employment-Based Visas Set to Expire
  
  A ban blocking certain employment-based visas implemented and extended by former President Trump expired on March 31. The ban has likely prevented hundreds of thousands of people from participating in the American economy. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• The nation has turned its attention to the rise in adult apprehensions at the southern border. 

  This rise is partly the result of people trying to re-enter the United States after being expelled under Title 42. The Trump administration invoked this little-known provision of U.S. health law to achieve its long-desired goal of shutting the border. 

  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council explains how Title 42 has been implemented, its impact, and whether it has served its public-health purpose. 

  Read more: A Guide to Title 42 Expulsions at the Border

 ACROSS THE NATION 

• The Biden administration allowed the Trump-era ban blocking certain employment-based visas to expire on March 31. The ban prevented those seeking to come to the U.S. under certain nonimmigrant visa categories from entering the United States, arguing that the impact of COVID-19 on the economy required limiting foreign workers. 

  This special report from the American Immigration Council examines major changes to the U.S. immigration system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, including various visa bans and the unique challenges they created for noncitizens and government agencies. 
  
  Read more: The Impact of COVID-19 on Noncitizens and Across the U.S. Immigration System

 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“This [Trump-era work-based visa ban] was a thinly veiled anti-legal immigration measure and not a meaningful effort to respond to the COVID-19 economic fallout as it was billed.”

– Jorge Loweree, policy director with the American Immigration Council

 FURTHER READING 

• Bloomberg Law: Federal Agencies Seek Workers for Humanitarian Relief at Border
   
• The Atlantic: The Real Border Crisis
   
• 2021Talks (Listen): Republicans chastise Biden’s border policies
   
• CNN: Violations at ICE facility in 2020 threatened the health and safety of detainees, watchdog report says

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