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NOORANI'S NOTES

 

The Biden administration announced
 Wednesday that it
plans to craft a new memo ending the Migrant Protection Protocols
(MPP), a.k.a. "Remain in Mexico," Rafael Bernal and
Rebecca Beitsch report in The Hill
.  

In August, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision ordering DHS
to reinstate MPP after the Biden administration initially moved to end
the policy. Biden's subsequent decision to reimplement
MPP "angered some advocates, who argued earlier this month he should
simply issue a new memo" - which is what his administration is
now planning.  

As many as 70,000 migrants were returned to Mexico under the policy
during the Trump administration, Bernal and Beitsch write. And
"[d]omestically, MPP was challenged by immigration advocates, who argued
it was a direct violation of U.S. and international asylum laws, which
give migrants the right to apply for asylum once in a country's
territory." 

In other news, Democrats' latest proposal to include immigration
provisions in the reconciliation package - including a pathway to
citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants - was rejected
by the Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Wednesday,
report Michelle Hackman and Siobhan Hughes of The Wall Street
Journal
.
"[U]nfortunately, we can't find the language to clear for the
reconciliation that might help," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois).
"Not yet. We're going to keep trying." 

Welcome to Thursday'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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**RACE AND ETHNICITY** - The racial and ethnic composition of the
U.S., in spite of Tucker Carlson's best efforts, grows more and more
nuanced every year. NPR's
 Hansi
Lo Wang dives deep into the nation's second largest racial
group from the 2020 Census, "some other race," to find most were
Latino. "What was once the country's third-largest racial category in
2000 and 2010 outpaced 'Black' last year to become the
second-largest after 'White' - and a major data problem that could
hinder progress towards racial equity over the next 10 years," explains
Wang. "It's important to be able to click a box that says who we are,
instead of what we're not," said author and advocate Julissa Arce.
Well worth the read. 

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - Panama is expecting nearly 27,000 migrants,
mainly Haitian, to cross through the Darién Gap this month on
their way to the U.S., per government estimates - more than in
all of 2019, Axios
'
Stef W. Kight reports. "The reality is that people from around the
world are coming to the U.S.-Mexico border because they are driven by
political instability, corruption, natural disasters and economic need
in increasing numbers," Women of Welcome
 Director Bri Stensrud told Jeff Brumley
of Baptist News Global
. "It
is a crisis, but it is a humanitarian crisis," said Matthew Soerens,
U.S. director of church mobilization for World Relief. "There
are [a] lot of families who have come out of desperate circumstances.
That's why they are trying to seek opportunity and hope, and in some
cases protection, in the United States."  

'A REALISTIC CHANCE' - In an op-ed for The xxxxxx
, Forum Senior
Fellow Linda Chavez traces the origins of the Haitian migrant crisis,
and proposes a potential solution: "If we were to adopt a more humane
policy in our treatment of Haitians and others fleeing instability and
poverty in their own country, we could not only benefit those who want
to come here but also boost the U.S. economy," she writes. "Those
seeking a better life in America shouldn't have to trek hundreds or
thousands of dangerous miles over water or land to the U.S. border to
claim asylum. They should have a realistic chance of gaining admission
through a sensible and economically helpful immigration policy that
admits workers we desperately need if we are to grow." 

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LEGAL REPRESENTATION - A new Biden administration initiative
will provide legal representation to certain unaccompanied immigrant
children in deportation proceedings, Hamed Aleaziz reports
for BuzzFeed News
.
The Counsel for Children Initiative "comes months after the Biden White
House dealt with an increase in children arriving at the southern
border, leading to overcrowded detention facilities and a scramble to
find appropriate locations to hold them." The initial rollout is
planned across eight U.S. cities. "By providing noncitizens and their
representatives with more resources, we can better ensure that
respondents understand immigration court proceedings, that legal
representation before the [Executive Office for Immigration Review] will
increase, and that the public will grow more confident in the due
process our Immigration Judges provide," said David Neal, the new head
of EOIR.  

AFGHAN SUPPORT - Sara Aridi of The New York Times
 tells
the story of Batol Khan, who received a Special Immigrant Visa
(SIV) after working in Afghanistan with U.S. and international
agencies. Khan was then connected with Catholic Charities of the
Archdiocese of New York  to help her
resettle. Now, her mother and sister, who recently escaped Afghanistan,
will be joining her in Brooklyn with support from Catholic Charities as
well. "When you're patient and kind with someone who has left
everything behind, the whole experience will be different," Khan said.
"You know that you are in safe hands."  

Here's this morning's sampling of local stories of welcome: 

* The City of Tacoma, Washington, recently sent $25,000 to
Lutheran Community Services Northwest, a local organization
helping Afghan refugees in the area. (AJ Janavel, FOX 13
) 

* Timeless Toys in Chicago "is in the final stretch of accepting and
matching cash and toy donations for refugee families from Afghanistan."
(Alex V. Hernandez, Block Club Chicago
) 

* Catholic Community Services of Utah released an Amazon Wish List
, asking
Utahns to help welcome Afghan evacuees to the
state. (Lauren Steinbrecher, FOX 13
,
Salt Lake City)

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

 

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