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The Biden administration's family reunification task force has
identified 284 migrant children separated under the Trump
administration's "zero tolerance" policy and is in the process of
reuniting them with their families, reports Oriana Gonzalez of Axios
. From
July 1, 2017, to Jan. 20, 2021, almost 4,000 children were separated
from their parents, Gonzalez notes.  

"A DHS spokesperson told Axios that, as of Monday, the task force has
reunited 63 families, bringing the total of reunited children to 2,234
- the other 2,171 were reunified through non-governmental
organizations," writes Gonzalez.  

"We encourage families who were separated under the prior
administration's 'zero-tolerance' policy and seeking reunification
to self-identify and register through our official websites,
Together.gov and Juntos.gov," said Michelle Brané, executive director
of the family reunification task force. 

For more on the logistics of reunification and the role of
nonprofits in the effort, see Jasmine Aguilera's piece for TIME
Magazine
.  

This urgent work is still politically complicated. An early report that
the Biden administration was considering paying up to $450,000
to each person separated under "zero tolerance" has triggered
vehement opposition from Republicans and right-wing pundits, Jeremy W.
Peters and Miriam Jordan report for The New York Times
.
To date, no official agreement has been made and lawsuits are still
pending. 

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**SOUTHERN BORDER**- As the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) a.k.a
"Remain in Mexico" policy was reimplemented yesterday, Arizona Gov. Doug
Ducey (R) tweeted
that the
border town of Yuma is "facing an escalating humanitarian and border
crisis," Mark Phillips reports for ABC 15
.
Since last Thursday, per Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines, at least
5,000 people have crossed from Mexico and waited for border patrol to
pick them up "because they're worried because of that policy being
reimplemented not letting them crossover into the United States." Gov.
Ducey has now called on "the National Guard, his Director of Homeland
Security, and the State Police to come up with a plan to assist Yuma as
it deals with its latest round of border crossers," notes Phillips.

**CBP MISCONDUCT** - There were 201 arrests of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) agents and officials for misconduct in fiscal year
2020, reports Rick Jervis for USA TODAY
.
Less than 2% of those complaints "resulted in agents being removed from
their posts and less than 4% lost their jobs," per an internal CBP
report released Thursday. The report follows advocates' demands for the
agency to provide more transparency and accountability, notes Jervis.
"CBP prides itself on integrity, but there can be no integrity if the
agency is not willing to address systemic impunity, beginning with their
allowance of Border Patrol to investigate its own agents in use-of-force
incidents," said Alliance San Diego
Executive Director Andrea Guerrero. "That is, at a minimum, a conflict
of interest and, more often, obstruction of justice." CBP is likely to
be under new leadership, with Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus's
nomination slated for a Senate vote this week.

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'OUR FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN' - Since the U.S. military withdrawal
from Afghanistan, the International Bar Association's Human Rights
Institute has been on a dangerous mission to evacuate Afghans,
especially professional women, reports Deepa Fernandes of The San
Francisco Chronicle
. "Our
future is uncertain," said a judge who was evacuated with her
family and is now living at a temporary shelter in Greece. "We hope
to end up in a situation where we can plan for our children's
educations and futures, and even have the possibility of finding
meaningful work for ourselves." Separately, a group of Afghan artists
and creatives wrote a bold open letter to world leaders asking for
refuge from the Taliban, reports Sarvy Geranpayeh for The Art
Newspaper
. 

In local news: 

* Bay Area communities and businesses have stepped up
to provide Afghan refugees temporary homes, cultural and
financial assistance, and home-cooked Afghan meals. (Mike Cerre, PBS
News Hour
) 

* Virginia resettlement agencies have welcomed 4,000 Afghan refugees
to the state this year, with more to come. (James Jarvis, InsideNova
) 

* Tim Stiven, a history teacher at San Diego's Canyon Crest Academy,
"has been raising money through a GoFundme page to support girls in
Afghanistan who want to continue their schooling with the country under
Taliban rule." (Luke Harold, Del Mar Times
)

Thanks for reading, 

Ali 

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 A National Geographic
 photo
compilation from Nina Strochlic and edited
by Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel features "photographers [who] followed
Guatemalan farmers, LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, and Afghan evacuees" to
illustrate the stories of migration in 2021.  

 

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