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NOORANI'S NOTES

 

The humanitarian crisis in Del Rio, Texas, feels like a long time
ago. But it wasn't.  

According to Department of Homeland Security data, "the majority of the
border-crossers who reached the Del Rio camp have been returned to Haiti
or turned back to Mexico," Nick Miroff reports in The Washington Post
.  

"It would be helpful to understand the real number of Haitian migrants
who have arrived and how their cases were resolved and with what
criteria," said Andrew Selee, president of the Migration Policy
Institute.  

Meanwhile, the administration "said it has provided $5.5 million to
assist Haiti returnees, who are given a cash handout of about $100 when
they land." Not exactly addressing the root causes of migration here,
folks.  

And as migration from the south continues, thousands
gather in Necoclí, Colombia, before they
traverse Panama's dangerous Darién Gap - a well-worn path
that has been heavily traveled for months, The New York Times
 reports. The
photos alone are incredible. 

"When one of the most impenetrable stretches of jungle in the world is
no longer stopping people, it underscores that political borders,
however enforced, won't either," said Dan Restrepo, former national
security adviser for Latin America under President Barack
Obama. (Restrepo's recent Twitter thread
 on
the topic is worth a read.)  

"To reject the Haitian people is to reject Christ," Nathaniel Manderson
writes in an op-ed for Salon
. "The
U.S. has so much potential and so much possibility to show love, grace
and mercy." 

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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AFGHAN RESETTLEMENT - While plenty of communities are preparing for
the arrival of Afghan evacuees, the actual resettlement flow has yet
to build. The New York Times'
 Miriam
Jordan and Jennifer Steinhauer report that some 53,000 Afghans are
currently living on military bases across the country and another
14,000 are awaiting transfer to the U.S.
from bases abroad. A combination of vaccination efforts,
quarantines, immigration processing and a shortage of housing is
causing the delay in community resettlement. Still, there's
hope: Abdulhadi Pageman, a former Afghan Air Force pilot, said of
the families waiting to resettle: "These children are the future of the
United States. They will be scientists, engineers. You just have to be
patient." In related news, the Times'
 Madeleine
Ngo highlights the Vietnamese Americans who empathize with the
Afghans' plight and are mobilizing to help.  

**JOB CREATION** - ICYMI: Amazon, Facebook, Pfizer and
Chobani are among a group of major companies collaborating
with the Tent Coalition for Afghan Refugees "to generate jobs and
provide training and other resources" for Afghan evacuees, as Paola
Peralta reports for Employment Benefit News
.  

Here's today's list of local welcome stories: 

* Christine Nguyen and a dozen other members of Sacramento's
Vietnamese American community have written hundreds of letters to
welcome arriving Afghan refugees. (John Bartell, ABC 10
) 

* In collaboration with Khan Ohana Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
several volunteers are cooking traditional Afghan meals for incoming
refugees to feel "loved and welcome." (Tim Stanley, Tulsa World
) 

* The Independence Fund  and Loyal
Source  launched the Independence Fund
Help Line, a free call center service to support Afghan refugees, U.S.
veterans, and family members navigate life post-Afghanistan withdrawal.
(ABC 7 DC
) 

* A group of Afghan students in Fairfax County, Virginia, are
"creating guides for teachers and students and also helping to collect
donations for families in need," in an effort to help newly
arriving Afghan refugees adjust to life and school in the U.S. (Jess
Arnold, WUSA 9
) 

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HONEYBEE EXPERT - Troy Kinsey of Bay News 9
 tells
the story of Worrel Diedrick, a Jamaican-born entomologist "known for
his paradigm-shifting research on honeybee health" who applied to the
National Interest Waiver program to secure a green card for specialized
work. As Kinsey notes, "the program allows undocumented immigrants with
advanced degrees who are engaged in endeavors of 'substantial merit
and national importance'" to bypass the substantial green card
backlog. Farmworkers "need the honeybee - they'll pay big bucks to
get honeybees, and right now honeybees are on the decline when we need
them the most," Diedrick explained on a tour of the North Florida
research farm where he works. The Council on National Security and
Immigration's (CNSI) latest paper
 speaks to the need
for high-skilled immigration in maintaining the country's global
competitiveness.  

CHILDREN OF THE CIRCUIT- In a powerful interactive piece for The
Washington Post
,
Kevin Sieff tells the story of 17-year-old Antonio, "one of the most
prolific juvenile smugglers along a section of the border that's full
of them."  Many of these young smugglers are boys who grew up near
the U.S.-Mexico border, Sieff writes, and they earn about $100 for each
migrant they get across the Rio Grande. "For many, it's a part-time
job, a hole in the border economy that they can fill." Because the U.S.
Department of Justice cannot prosecute Mexican minors for smuggling
migrants, they continue to work the system, he adds. Known as
"Niños de circuito," or 'children of the circuit,' young
smugglers like Antonio have two options as their 18 birthday
approaches: continue doing dangerous cartel work or work toward a
high school diploma via a government program. Read this
story to the end.  

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

 

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