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Your weekly summary from the Council
John,
The 4th of July is an excellent time to bring our friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers together. Creating moments where we connect as people—be it as a grill-master, sports enthusiast, parent, or more—helps foster the kind of relationships we need to work together to solve important problems.
Let the 4th of July be one of those moments for community building. Connect neighbors and friends who might otherwise not be exposed to one another and share stories from your different backgrounds.
As I recently wrote in an article for the Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley, evidence shows that “Americans are increasingly less trusting of national leaders and more trusting of people closest to them at the community level.” This makes our time together even more important and gives us a chance to “build bridges and relationships through activities that leave politics behind and help us to find common ground.”
Spend this holiday connecting with new neighbors and colleagues, because these relationships are key to building the collective future we want and need.
Sincerely,
Wendy Feliz, Director of the Center for Inclusion and Belonging
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FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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The Supreme Court found that people pursuing protection claims—in what is known as withholding of removal—who reenter the United States after a prior deportation are not entitled to bond hearings.
Withholding of removal is a form of protection that prohibits the U.S. government from deporting someone to a country where they will be persecuted or tortured.
This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council provides an overview of withholding of removal, including the basics of seeking protection in the United States, eligibility requirements, the application process, and data on applicants.
Read more: The Difference Between Asylum and Withholding of Removal
ACROSS THE NATION
- Media reports this week indicated that the Biden administration will continue to use the unlawful Title 42 expulsion policy to block and expel adult asylum seekers for at least two more months and may use punitive measures such as ankle monitors and expedited removal in processing families.
The American Immigration Council and a coalition of 100+ organizations sent a letter to President Biden expressing concerns over the expulsion of asylum seekers and urged the president to immediately end the use of Title 42. In the letter, the Council and coalition partners also urged the end to other punitive measures against asylum seekers and proposed community-based case management services to support asylum seekers.
Read more: Coalition Letter Urges Immediate End to Title 42 Expulsions and Other Deterrence Strategies Against Asylum Seekers
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Texas Governor Greg Abbott plans to strip licenses of any shelters in the state that continue to hold migrant children. This could have a devastating impact on the thousands of children who would be removed from the care of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
“Shutting down state-licensed shelters would reverse the progress the administration has made and could force them to transfer thousands of children back to emergency shelters.”
– Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel at the American Immigration Council
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