NOORANI'S NOTES

 

 

Let's start with something great.  

Yesterday, we noted the story of football star and Liberian
immigrant Kwity Paye. (Start your day with this NFL Films
 video. I'm not
crying, you're crying .)
Well, Paye got drafted 21st by the Indianapolis Colts
and he had this to say to his mom
. 

Back to the news.  

Per an anonymous White House official, the number of
unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. Customs and Border
patrol (CBP) custody has dropped nearly 84% since last month's
peak, Priscilla Alvarez reports for CNN
. 

As of Wednesday, there were 954 children in CBP facilities, down from
a peak of 5,767 on March 28. The average time kids are spending in
CBP custody is now 28 hours, down from 133.  And the average time it
takes to reunite children with a sponsor has been reduced to 29 days,
down from 40 days on February 22. 

 These are positive developments - but as Alvarez notes, the
government is still contending with growing numbers of children in
government custody.  As of April 27, there were more than 22,276
children in Health and Human Services (HHS) care. 

For more on the administration's progress and the next steps
it needs to take, tune in to a a live discussion on Facebook
 reviewing Biden's
first 100 days at 2 p.m. ET today.  

Welcome to Friday's edition of Noorani's Notes. If you have a
story to share from your own community, please send it to me
at [email protected]
.   

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**IN AGREEMENT** - According to a new poll
 conducted
by Civiqs for The Immigration Hub
, a vast majority of
Americans (85%) agree the U.S. should engage other countries to
address the root causes of migration, reports Rafael Bernal of The
Hill
. The
poll found that 86% of Democrats, 87% of Republicans and 81% of
independents approve of such an approach. As for the border, the poll
found "more support for a high-tech approach to border security than for
beefing up traditional enforcement and building a wall, but with
substantial differences in support depending on partisanship and from
region to region." 

**GENERATIONAL DIVIDE** - Protests in Minneapolis following the
murder of George Floyd revealed a generational divide in
immigrant communities across the Twin Cities, Stephen Groves
and Mohamed Ibrahim write in the Associated Press
. Jaylani
Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on
American-Islamic Relations explained that many
older immigrants "grew up in countries where speaking out against the
government resulted in punishment, and some are so focused on making a
living after escaping war-torn countries that they do not have time or
energy for anything besides their families' immediate well-being." In
contrast, "[y]ounger Black immigrants who were born in America or came
at a young age often know firsthand both their parents' struggles and
America's history of racial injustice." Said 21-year-old Fatumata
Kromah, who experienced racism after moving to Minnesota from
Liberia: "[T]his was not the American dream I was promised." 

**DEPORTATION CASE** - In a 6-3 decision Thursday authored by
Justice Neil Gorsuch, the U.S. Supreme Court "sided with a Guatemalan
national who sought to take advantage of a 2018 Supreme Court ruling
that made it harder to carry out deportations in certain
circumstances," Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson reports for Bloomberg
Law
. The case
involved the process for notifying immigrants of their deportation
hearings: Government officials must now provide a single "notice to
appear" form for immigrants facing a deportation hearing, instead of
multiple forms that make requirements unclear. The relief "is
intended for longtime immigrants whose deportation would cause harm to
U.S. citizens." (Agusto Niz-Chavez supports his long-time partner and
their three young children, who are American citizens.)  

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**ARTICLE I **- "One urgently needed aspect of immigration law
reform that deserves bipartisan support: creation of
independent, Article I immigration courts," writes author and law
professor Alison Peck in an op-ed for The Hill
. Peck
points out that immigration courts are currently part of the Department
of Justice rather than the federal judiciary, meaning immigration
judges "are actually lawyers who work for the attorney general who can
decide on any immigration case, at any time" and "enjoy none of the
protections from politics that Americans expect of the federal
judiciary," which was particularly evident during the Trump era.
"Creating an independent Article I immigration court system wouldn't
change the underlying immigration laws or DHS's right to enforce
them," Peck concludes. "It would simply ensure that all individuals
before the courts of the United States receive a fair hearing sheltered
from the shifting winds of politics." 

**FOR YOUR WEEKEND** - Over at The Dispatch Podcast
, 
Sarah Isgur and Steve Hayes talk to former President George W. Bush
about immigration and his new book, "Out of Many, One: Portraits of
America's Immigrants." For a preview, here are his comments on the
situation at the border
, and FYI,
we're hosting a conversation with President Bush, "Immigrants and the
American Future," in partnership with the George W. Bush Institute and
the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist
Convention. Registration is free and open to all
. Looking for more weekend
content? Euan Kerr of MPR News
 gives
us the 411 on "Limbo," a new movie about refugees. "... I wanted to
make a film about the refugee crisis without making a refugee film,"
said writer/director Ben Sharrock.   

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

 

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