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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Leaked Photos Reveal Inhumane Conditions in Border Processing Centers
  
  New leaked photos of Border Patrol stations in Yuma, Arizona show Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) inhumane treatment of people apprehended at the border— revealing that years of overcrowded, unsanitary, and cruel conditions continue despite multiple deaths, legal challenges, and the Biden administration’s promise to create a humane immigration system. Read More »
   
• Supreme Court Hears Arguments Addressing the Legality of Detention Without Bond
  
  This week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two related immigration cases. Each asks whether certain noncitizens are entitled to bond hearings before a judge after the government has detained them for a prolonged amount of time. Read More »
   
• New Documents Reveal Details About Border Patrol’s Deadly High-Speed Pursuits
  
  As the border has become harder to cross over the last few years, smugglers have increasingly turned to the use of vehicles to smuggle migrants. But along with this rise has come an increase in Border Patrol chases when smugglers attempt to flee—and a significant jump in deadly crashes. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in two immigration involving people who have been ordered removed from the United States but are seeking withholding of that removal because they fear persecution in their home country. 
  
  For individuals who are afraid of persecution in their home country but ineligible for asylum, an alternate path to protection exists, one that is harder to win and offers fewer benefits: withholding of removal.
  
  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council provides an overview of withholding of removal, including the basics of seeking protection in the United States, eligibility requirements, the application process, and data on applicants. 
  
  Read more: The Difference Between Asylum and Withholding of Removal"

 ACROSS THE NATION  

• The American Immigration Council, along partners, filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking records on preapproval authorization requests that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were required to submit to supervisors when they sought to arrest individuals who did not meet the criteria outlined in the Biden administration’s interim enforcement priorities.  

  Obtaining this information will reveal what this preapproval process looked like and how ICE justified its actions internally. These records are crucial for advocates and the public to understand the nature of immigration enforcement in the first year of the Biden administration and whether the agency adhered to the guidelines. 

  Read more: ICE Continues to Ignore FOIA Request for Records on Enforcement Actions Outside the Scope of Priorities

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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“..Records [on enforcement actions outside the scope of priorities] are key to our understanding of how ICE justified deviating from its own guidelines.

“The information also can help see who ICE is targeting for arrest under the guidelines that went into effect on November 29.”

– Raul Pinto, senior attorney at the American Immigration Council

 FURTHER READING 

• KSAT: How did a little-known provision in federal law upend the immigration system?
   

• Courthouse News: ‘Calm before the storm’: Remain in Mexico 2.0 on track to repeat failings of first

         

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