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NOORANI'S NOTES

 

Yeah, so, we've been doing this daily note since sometime
in late 2017. (Darn you, H, for the idea.) And I am not sure
we have ever had a six weeks like the last six weeks. Big thank
you to the team. If you like what we do, tell a friend.  

Since last week, the administration has deported more than 2,000
Haitians who were apprehended from the camp in Del Rio,
Texas, including a mix of single adults and families, reports Eileen
Sullivan of The New York Times
. Per
the International Organization for Migration, at least 41 children
with non-Haitian passports have been deported to Haiti, reports
Caitlin Hu of CNN
. 

As it ramps up flights to Haiti, the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) announced the temporary suspension of horse patrols, reports
Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill
. This
comes after House Democrats demanded that administration
officials speak with oversight committee members by today about the
Border Patrol's treatment of Haitian migrants, per Luke Broadwater
and Eileen Sullivan of The New York Times
.  

Elizabeth Neumann, a former Department of Homeland Security official
and member of the Council on National Security and Immigration
, told ABC News
:
"[W]e are now on four presidents that have been trying to
address [migration flows] ... We've got to fix it because the
problem is just going to get worse. These are human beings that deserve
to be treated better than we're capable of treating them today." 

Meanwhile, a team at The Wall Street Journal
 offers a comprehensive
picture of the future of immigration from Latin America.
"[W]ith borders opening back up and lockdown measures lifted," they
write, "migrants are on the move, attracted to an improving U.S.
economy."  

Unsurprisingly, the journey itself, starting online via social media
platforms, "reflects the power of Facebook, YouTube and platforms like
WhatsApp, which migrants use to share information that can get distorted
as it speeds through immigrant communities, directing migration flows,"
reports a team at the Associated Press
. 

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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IMMIGRATION REFORM - Should immigration provisions
 not
make it into the final reconciliation package, Democrats may have the
opportunity to resume "bipartisan negotiations on narrow immigration
policies that at least some Republicans might find palatable," writes
Nicole Narea for Vox
. "Our
sense is that there's still a number of Republicans who would be
willing to sit down and strike a deal," I told her. "The challenge for
both parties is to say, is this a problem we actually want to
address?" 

AFGHAN REFUGEES - According to the United Nations' refugee agency,
tens of thousands of Afghans have sought refuge in neighboring
countries just in the past two months, reports Al Jazeera
. Worth
a listen: Quil Lawrence of NPR
 explains
how Afghan allies left behind face an uncertain future, and how those in
the U.S. "may be stuck in immigration limbo for years unless Congress
takes action." Meanwhile, in Houston, about 50 Latter-day Saint
women are working with Refugee Services of Texas
 to collect donations and furnish apartments
for arriving refugees, reports Trent Toone of the Deseret News
. "I
can think of no better way to fulfill the invitation of Christ
in Matthew 25:35-40
,"
said Rebecca McAllister, the volunteer team leader. "These are the least
of all people. They don't have a country to even call their own.
They are hungry. They are strangers."  

These women are not helping Afghan refugees exclusively, but their
spirit of welcome is reflected in this morning's sampling of local
stories (these are just so great):  

* Also in Houston, volunteers at the Interfaith Ministries for Greater
Houston donated six cars to Afghan refugee families. "With reliable
transportation, our newest neighbors can search for jobs, travel to work
and school, make their appointments, shop for groceries and tend to the
needs of their family members quickly and efficiently," said Interfaith
Ministries' president and CEO, Martin B. Cominsky. (Jewish
Herald-Voice
)  

* Military veteran Alaya Shank is among caseworkers in Charlotte,
North Carolina, who are helping refugees "navigate things like getting
a license or purchasing a car" in addition to other requests. (Jamal
Goss, Fox 46 Charlotte
) 

* Sonia Anunciacion, a Minnesotan who still has family in
Afghanistan, has organized five donation drives and fundraisers for
Afghan evacuees at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. (Kent Erdahl, KARE 11
) 

* Brightly Art Studio in Brownsburg, Indiana, is collecting art from
children and adults to provide a warm welcome to refugees at
Camp Atterbury. (Kelsey Anderson, WRTV
) 

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GREEN CARDS

** **- Thousands of green cards are set to expire on Sept. 30, and
big tech companies such as Google and Microsoft are "fuming," reports
Margaret Harding McGill of Axios
.
"The idea that we will leave tens of thousands of these applications
unfilled at a time when businesses around the country are having a hard
time finding qualified workers seems illogical," said Kent Walker,
Google senior vice president of global affairs. "So we're really
trying to encourage people to come together to fix this
issue." Pandemic-related processing delays have only added to the
growing backlog of 100,000 applications. Said Cato Institute research
fellow David Bier: "I would argue that if these green cards are wasted
and nothing is done about it, we are going to see an exodus of
high-skilled immigrants from this country to other countries." 

CENSUS ANALYSIS

** **- A new, county-by-county look at the Census Bureau's
Diversity Index (DI) reveals that the U.S. is "more diverse than
ever, in more places than ever." New American Economy
 found
that 96.1 percent of the nation's counties were more diverse
in 2020 than in 2010. Williams County, North Dakota,
topped the list in terms of absolute increase, with a DI score that
more than doubled. It's an intriguing look at diversification
in places rural, suburban and urban. 

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

 

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