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NOORANI'S NOTES

 

 

In a last-minute attempt to get immigration pieces into
the reconciliation bill, a trio of House Democrats on
Thursday pushed to broaden protections for undocumented
immigrants, reports Jazmine Ulloa of the Boston Globe
.  

As it stands now, the bill would provide temporary protections and
work permits to roughly 7 million people living in
the U.S. without authorized status and who entered the country before
Jan. 1, 2011. That includes 1.6 million "Dreamers" who arrived as
children, "and 3.6 million daycare workers, janitors, and farmworkers
doing essential jobs during the pandemic."  

Welcome to Friday's edition of Noorani's Notes. Tomorrow,
an exhibit about the U.S.-Mexico border
 will
open at the National Building Museum in D.C. Looking forward to checking
this out. If you have a story to share from your own community, please
send it to me at [email protected]
.  

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USAID VISION - In a Thursday speech, U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power "has laid out her
vision for the agency - one focused on increasing local partnership
and participation and making development more inclusive of marginalized
groups," reports Adva Saldinger of Devex
. Power
aims to "make aid more accessible by diversifying the types of partners
USAID works with, more equitable by focusing on the needs of those who
are most marginalized and incorporating their voices, and more
responsive by better listening to partners in the countries where the
agency works," writes Saldinger. As part of this
vision, Power a announced
 a "$300
million initiative to empower local organizations in El Salvador,
Guatemala, and Honduras to address the drivers of irregular migration to
the United States." 

BORDER - Per a court filing Wednesday, the parents of 270 migrant
children separated at the U.S-Mexico border by the Trump
administration have not been located, down from 303 in
September, reports Priscilla Alvarez of CNN
. Meanwhile,
Adolfo Flores of BuzzFeed News
 reports that
immigration attorneys "say they won't be complicit in the relaunch of
the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as MPP or the 'Remain
in Mexico' program, which they say is not only dangerous but takes
away the due process rights of immigrants and
asylum-seekers." Finally, The Texas Tribune's
 Jolie
McCullough reports that trespassing charges filed against migrants
at the Texas border as part of Gov. Greg Abbott's border crackdown
 "were dropped
last week because court documents filed by the local county attorney
failed to point out on what property the men were allegedly
trespassing." 

'PARALYSIS' - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) drafted
a nine-page plan in July to end the use of Title 42, the "Trump-era
pandemic policy to rapidly expel migrant families with
children," reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
. But
because Biden appointees were divided on how to wind down the policy,
it stood in place. Since July, U.S. immigration officials have
used Title 42 to expel more than 44,000 migrant parents and children
traveling as families without giving them the opportunity to request
asylum. "From the very beginning, there have been battles within the
administration about how to handle the border between those who are more
progressive and those who are more enforcement-minded on the
issue," said one person involved in the administration's
discussions. "These battles have led to paralysis, which has allowed
things to get worse in several ways."  

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ICE FLIGHTS - For Capital & Main
,
Angelika Albaladejo documents a series of shocking examples
highlighting the dangers immigrants face on U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) flights. The U.S. government relies on a
few private air charter companies to transport hundreds of thousands
of immigrants between detention centers or deport them. During Barack
Obama's second term and Donald Trump's early years in
office, nearly 100 dangerous incidents - from cabins filled with
smoke to crash landings where shackled detainees struggled to
escape - were recorded in government documents. ICE "has long
pleaded with its contractors to address poor upkeep of planes and
insufficient training, which have injured immigrant detainees, guards
and crew," writes Albaladejo. "Despite such problems, ICE has increased
its reliance on private jets over the years." 

**AFGHAN RESETTLEMENT** - The Catherine McAuley Center
 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has welcomed the first of
an expected 125 Afghan evacuees, reports Elijah Decious of The Cedar
Rapids Gazette
. "Iowa
has been a leader in refugee resettlements since the 1970s," said
Stephanie Moris, director of the Refugee Alliance of Central Iowa. "For
the most part, our resettlement agencies feel very welcome to new
Iowans."  (Sneak peek: I wrote about Iowa's inspirational history of
refugee resettlement in my forthcoming book, "Crossing Borders
." Thank you for pre-ordering
!) Related: Jeff Brumley
of Baptist News Global
 highlights the
robust security vetting taking place for Afghan evacuees, citing the
Council of National Security and Immigration (CNSI's) recent letter
to governors . 

Here's today's collection of local stories: 

* With the help of fellow Virginia Commonwealth University dentistry
students, Nadia Abdul-Ghafoor "has put together over 100 bags of
toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss and mouthwash" that will be donated to
Afghan refugees temporarily housed at the Fort Lee, Virginia, military
base. (Joan Tupponce, VCU News
) 

* Members of the Greater Phoenix Jewish community have donated
clothing, household items, and money to Valley Beit Midrash's Welcome
Tent initiative, "which was created to fill in the 'gaps' left by
the large service agencies for Afghan refugees." (Nicole Raz, Jewish
News
) 

* Hearts & Homes for Refugees, based in New York's Hudson Valley
region, has been providing Afghans with the support they need to
resettle and is currently asking for donations to expand its work in
developing sponsorships. (The Hudson Independent
) 

Thanks for reading,

Ali

 

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