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Before we get to the news, let's celebrate the U.S. Olympic medal
winners who are immigrants or the children of immigrants like Suni
Lee, Athing Mu and Paul Chelimo, just to name a few. In the
future, hopefully DACA recipients like Luis Grijalva
 will
be able to represent the USA as well once Congress passes a permanent
solution. 

Back to regularly scheduled programming: On Thursday, the Biden
administration flew nearly 200 Central American and Mexican
families to southern Mexico. The expulsions "aim to disrupt a
pattern of repeat crossings" using pandemic-related Title
42 restrictions, Ted Hesson reports for Reuters
.  

Over at The New York Times
, Miriam
Jordan and Edgar Sandoval report on how
quickly border apprehensions become expulsions. And The Washington
Post's 
Philip
Bump digs into the data to explain why the increase in migrants at
the border is not responsible for an increase in U.S. COVID-19 cases. 

Welcome to Monday'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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HONG KONG - The Biden administration on Thursday offered
 temporary
"safe haven" to Hong Kong residents in the U.S. via Deferred Enforced
Departure
 (DED)
for up to 18 months. The move "[allows] potentially thousands of
people to extend their stay in the country in response to Beijing's
crackdown on democracy in the Chinese territory," a team at Reuter
s reports.
As the Forum's fact sheet
 explains, DED is
a temporary immigration benefit allowing certain individuals from
designated countries to stay in the United States. Sen. Ben Sasse
(R-Nebraska), who introduced legislation to grant asylum to Hong
Kongers, said via statement
: "We
need to offer full asylum to Hong Kongers who flee Chairman Xi's
brutal oppression. America needs to stand firmly behind victims of
communism and show the world that we will always stand for freedom
across the globe." 

**'HONOR THAT DEBT'** - The U.S. has evacuated less than one
percent of the 80,000 Afghans who have sought safety under the Special
Immigrant Visa
 (SIV)
program, report Dan De Luce and Abigail Williams of NBC News
. Given the
numbers, a planned evacuation for these Afghan allies "will likely
drag on even after the last American troops withdraw from the country by
the end of August," with some Afghans having to wait more than two
years to leave. On Friday, 16 veteran organizations representing more
than three million members signed a letter
 urging
President Biden to speed up evacuations: "We
must immediately evacuate all those who fought alongside us and have
requested our help. As veterans, we believe we owe these Afghans a debt
of honor; as our armed forces withdraw from Afghanistan, we must honor
that debt." 

NEW DATA - The Center for Migration Studies of New York
(CMS) released new data
 last
week estimating that 10.35 million undocumented immigrants and 8.1
million immigrants who are eligible to naturalize live in the United
States. Some more key findings: The percentage of undocumented
immigrants that has lived in the U.S. for 15 years or more increased
from 25% to 43% between 2010 and 2019. The report emphasizes that
noncitizens, particularly the undocumented, face challenges because of
their status (20% of the U.S. undocumented population lives at or below
the poverty line and 50% do not have health insurance) that could be
addressed by expanding legal pathways and promoting citizenship. CMS
also partnered with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.
(CLINIC) on a new paper
 addressing
how - and why - to broaden access to legal status and
citizenship.  

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**TEXAS SHELTERS** - At least 36 Texas-based shelters housing
migrant children in federal care are expected to run without
state oversight in September because of an order
 from
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
. Gov.
Abbott has moved to revoke licensing from and shut down any facility
that houses children without legal status, but state authorities issued
an emergency rule in July that allows such facilities to keep
operating even without a license. "While it now appears that Texas
shelters for immigrant children will not be forced to close their doors,
we remain concerned about the impact de-licensing these shelters could
have on children's safety and well-being," said Leecia Welch, an
attorney at the National Center for Youth Law. ICYMI: Bishop Mark J.
Seitz of El Paso and Bishop Edward J. Burns of Dallas penned an op-ed
for The Dallas Morning News
 urging the
governor to reverse course.  

BIPARTISANSHIP

** **- "The recent protests in Cuba give us a glimpse of what people
in repressive countries are fleeing - and they can offer us a new
perspective on the immigration debate in the
U.S.," writes Orlando, Florida Police Chief and Law Enforcement
Immigration Task Force  Co-chair, Orlando
Rolón, in an op-ed for The Orlando Sentinel
. "In
short, they underscore why we have to find a balance between security
and human compassion." And the only way to do that is with both the
Biden administration and Congress working together, he writes. "For
centuries, Americans have helped persecuted people rebuild their lives
safely and without hostility. In moving to restore America's
leadership on this front, I hope the Biden administration receives
bipartisan support to do what is right and make meaningful immigration
reform a reality."  

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

 

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