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Your weekly summary from the Council
LATEST ANALYSIS
- Biden Administration Doubles Down On Title 42 As Del Rio Expulsions Draw to A Close
In September, nearly 15,000 Haitians arrived near Del Rio, Texas seeking asylum in the United States. But rather than allowing them to seek protection, as is their right under U.S. law, the Biden administration instead began a process of mass expulsions to Haiti. Read More »
- DHS Infringed on First Amendment Rights by Collecting Intel on Portland Protestors
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internal review found that DHS officials improperly developed intelligence reports about individuals arrested in Portland, Oregon during the 2020 civil unrest following George Floyd’s murder. The internal report reveals that the dossiers were unwarranted because the offenses at issue were “unrelated to homeland security.” Read More »
- The Biden Administration Let Over 200,000 Green Cards Go to Waste This Year
The Biden administration failed to issue more than 200,000 permanent resident visas (or “green cards”) that were allotted in fiscal year 2021 for immigrants sponsored by U.S. employers or family members. Roughly 150,000 visas for family-based immigrants and as many as 80,000 visas for employment-based immigrants had gone unused by September 30, which was the last day of the 2021 fiscal year. Read More »
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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The Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough rejected two proposals to provide permanent status for certain undocumented people in budget reconciliation, but negotiations continue as Senate leadership seeks a potential path forward. Many people wonder why immigrants do not just come to the United States legally or simply apply for citizenship while living here without authorization.
This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council provides information on how the U.S. immigration system works and why a path to citizenship is unavailable for undocumented immigrants.
Read more: Why Don’t Immigrants Apply for Citizenship?
ACROSS THE NATION
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The American Immigration Council and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)— through their joint initiative the Immigration Justice Campaign— continued to call on the federal government to consider the release of people in immigration detention, with the provision of community-based support services as needed.
In a follow-up letter sent to DHS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the organizations reiterated the need for a meaningful system to receive and adjudicate requests for release from ICE custody.
Read more: Council and AILA Follow Up with DHS Regarding a Functioning System of Discretionary Release from ICE Detention
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“We’ve lost hundreds of thousands of visas that were meant for people to come here through the employment-based system or to join family members that, because of federal bureaucracy, were not processed in time, which is absolutely unjustifiable.”
– Jorge Loweree, policy director at the American Immigration Council
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