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Your weekly summary from the Council
LATEST ANALYSIS
- USCIS Brings Back Family Reunification Parole Programs for Haitians and Filipino Veterans
The Filipino World War II Veterans Parole (FWVP) program and The Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) program aim to reunite eligible U.S. citizens and residents with certain family members who live abroad and who are waiting in long immigrant visa backlogs. Read More »
- ICE Needs a Consistent System of Discretionary Release from Detention
The Biden administration took a significant step toward reining in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a memorandum that orders the agency to halt all mass worksite raids. The memorandum also orders the agency to shift its focus to employers that break the law—rather than the undocumented employees themselves who are often the victims of labor exploitation.” Read More »
- Biden Administration Halts Mass Worksite Raids By ICE
DHS and ICE need to establish clear guidance for when ICE should release someone from detention. So far, the Biden administration, like past administrations, has failed to issue this essential guidance. This inaction has left thousands of people needlessly detained. Read More »
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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The Biden administration eased land border restrictions with Canada and Mexico for nonessential travelers with visas who have been vaccinated. But the administration continues to use this Trump-era health provision in tandem with the Migrant Protection Protocols to block most people from seeking protection at the border.
Over 1.2 million expulsions have been carried out since the pandemic began, even though ports of entry remain open with nearly 11 million people crossing the southern border every month and thousands flying into the United States every day.
This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council explains how Title 42 has been implemented, its impact, and whether it has served its public-health purpose.
Read more: A Guide to Title 42 Expulsions at the Border
ACROSS THE NATION
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The American Immigration Council and 29 advocacy organizations urged DHS to fully and forcefully acknowledge the humanitarian and legal catastrophe caused by the Migrant Protection Protocols.
In a letter offering factual and legal recommendations on how to end MPP in a second termination memorandum the organizations reiterated the need for a new memo to fully document the myriad ways in which MPP provided neither protection nor adequate protocols to migrants.
Read more: Council and Partners Offer Guidance to DHS on Terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The Biden administration has had nearly two months to issue a new memo that addresses the district court’s concerns and formally terminate the MPP program for good. The fact that it has not done so and is instead moving forward with plans to restart the program in November is a betrayal of the president’s campaign promises and a clear sign that this administration is failing to reenvision border management and the way that we treat people who are seeking protection in the United States.
“We call on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to immediately issue a new memorandum terminating MPP. The longer the administration delays, the more peoples’ lives are at stake.”
– Jorge Loweree, policy director at the American Immigration Council
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