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NOORANI'S NOTES

 

New data from a Human Rights First report
 released
Thursday shows that nearly 7,600 migrants expelled from the U.S.
under pandemic-era Title 42 have been subject to kidnappings and
other attacks, reports Annika Kim Constantino for CNBC
. The
number comprises of families, adults and children whom cartels and
Mexican authorities "kidnapped, sex trafficked, extorted or robbed." 

Per U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, since March 2020, more
than 1 million migrants have been expelled under Title 42,
including more than 690,000 under the Biden administration alone.  

Meanwhile, between 2016 and this year, federal asylum officers filed
more than 160 reports "of mistreatment that asylum seekers described
experiencing from border officials and while in U.S. custody," reports
Eileen Sullivan of The New York Times
. Human
Rights Watch
 obtained
internal DHS reports via a Freedom of Information Act request.  

"The documents make clear that reports of grievous CBP abuses -
physical and sexual assaults, abusive detention conditions and
violations of due process - are an open secret within DHS," said
Clara Long, an associate director at Human Rights Watch.  

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RECONCILIATION - More than 40 House Democrats "called on Senate
leaders to disregard Parliamentarian
Elizabeth MacDonough's findings that broad immigration relief does
not belong in a reconciliation package," reports Suzanne Monyak
of Roll Call
. MacDonough already has
rejected two attempts by Senate Democrats to establish a path
to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants via the
reconciliation bill, citing that it doesn't comply with the 
budgetary parameters, Monyak notes. A team at The Washington Post
 summarizes
the current status of immigration in the
reconciliation package: "[C]urrent negotiations are focused on
reforming the green card visa system to make it more accessible to
certain undocumented groups."    

CLIMATE MIGRATION - The Biden administration  recently released
a series of reports
 warning that
the "effects of climate change will be wide-reaching and will pose
problems for every government," per Nikki Carvajal for CNN
. One
 focuses
specifically on the impact climate change has on migration. "Extreme
weather events and conflict are the top two drivers of forced
displacement globally, together responsible for the annual movement of
nearly 30 million people from their homes," the report's
authors write. The newly published migration narratives report
 we
mentioned yesterday also points to climate change as an increasingly
likely driver of migration. 

U.S. FARMWORKERS - The farmworker shortage in the
U.S. has more and more farmers relying on seasonal foreign
workers - and advocating on their behalf, reports Daisy Contreras
for PRI's The World
. "I
don't know what we would do if we didn't have the H-2A program.
There's just no one out there that wants to do that kind of work,
regardless of the wage," said Armand Eckert, 71, who has been
in his family's southern Idaho farming business for more than six
decades. With many roles going unfilled, "[m]any farm groups are asking
lawmakers to expand the guest worker program so that it now includes non
seasonal [year-round] work," such as on dairy and mushroom farms,
Contreras explains.

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RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS - The U.S. has begun discharging thousands of
Afghan evacuees from military bases and resettling them across the
country, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
. Government
data shows that in the past few weeks, 6,000 Afghan evacuees have left
temporary housing sites at U.S. military installations with support
from nonprofit refugee resettlement agencies. Also, take a moment
to listen to San Vo's open letter to refugees and Afghan
veterans in The Los Angeles Times
. It's very touching. 

Meanwhile, the local support continues: 

* Hello Neighbor , a nonprofit
organization in Pittsburgh, recently received a federal grant to help
resettle refugees, including Afghan evacuees. (Briana Smith, KDKA
) 

* In support of Operation Allies Welcome, Marine Cpl. Miguel
Sanchez has connected with Afghan families and children in Fort
Pickett, Virginia, by playing music - "a universal language." (Cpl.
Eric Ramirez, DVIDS
)  

* Former military interpreters and veterans are hosting a donation drive
via the Las Vegas nonprofit Freedom Support Alliance
 - which was founded by
"HK," an Afghan native who became an interpreter for U.S. Special
Forces. (Kim Passoth, KVVU-TV
) 

* The Rose Community Foundation  and Colorado
Gov. Jared Polis (D) have launched the Colorado Afghan Evacuee Support
Fund
 - with a
goal of $5.7 million to support "housing, job resources,
transportation resources, legal aid to assist with immigration visas and
medical needs." (Angeline McCall, KUSA
) 

* To welcome new arrivals, residents of the Ocean State "penned 165
letters for Afghan evacuees as part of the 'Dear Rhode Island'
program" launched by Jessica David of the nonprofit What Cheer Writers
Club . (Edward Fitzpatrick, Boston
Globe
) 

BORDER REFLECTIONS - At the end of September, some of my colleagues
at The Forum visited the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. In a Des
Moines Register
 op-ed, Bibles,
Badges, and Business mobilizer Jason Lief writes that his
conversations at the border reflect challenges "more complex than
building a wall." And in a post for the Evangelical Immigration
Table
, Hannah
Daniel reflects on what two pastors at the border taught her about
faith and serving the vulnerable - despite the challenges of our
immigration system. 

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

 

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