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HUNGER AND MIGRATION — Addressing global hunger will help slow migration to the U.S., said David Beasley, executive director of the United Nations World Food Program, Jeff Brumley at Baptist News Global reports. "People don’t want to leave home. But if they don’t have food for their children or any degree of safety or security, they’ll do what you would do for your family — they’ll go find it," said Beasley, a former Republican governor of South Carolina. CHILDREN AND FAMILIES — The Biden administration’s family reunification task force is expanding its effort to reunite families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under Trump's "zero-tolerance" family separation policy, Ben Fox reports for the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News reports that the administration will begin accepting new applications this week for the Central American Minors (CAM) program "which U.S. officials have portrayed as a safe and legal alternative to the often dangerous trek migrant children undertake to reach the southern border." BORDER DATA — Per data obtained by NBC News, the number of undocumented immigrants apprehended while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border is down slightly compared to this time last month. Julia Ainsley reports that the decrease "is largely due to increased enforcement by Mexico along its southern border and newly started flights from the U.S. that expel immigrants to Mexico and Guatemala before they can claim asylum, according to one former and two current senior Department of Homeland Security officials." However, "Mexico may soon be reaching its capacity to stop Central American migrants from crossing its border with Guatemala, as well as reaching its capacity to receive those migrants sent back from the U.S."
RECONCILIATION — Including immigration provisions in budget reconciliation is Democrats’ "best and likely last chance this Congress to deliver immigration reform," Marianne Levine and Sabrina Rodriguez write for Politico. In order to gain the parliamentarian’s approval for such provisions, they "essentially need to demonstrate that their proposal would have a significant effect on federal spending, revenues or debt." Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) is making the case: "There’s a lot of applications, there's a lot of fees coming into the federal government to be processed by federal employees ... so we think it’s more than appropriate." LABOR GAPS — September is National Workforce Development Month, and as The National Law Review writes, manufacturers can leverage immigration to fill labor gaps and address the prevailing skills shortage. "Historically, immigration has been a key ingredient to economic growth and development and provided an alternate source of labor to employers in need. Manufacturers can look to immigration to supplement its existing workforce and fill the skills gap, both for high-level professionals and skilled labor," they write. "With this focus on innovation, our skilled workforce needs are evolving … In support of that, training programs need to upskill workers in areas that make these technologies possible," per the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association. Thanks for reading, |
