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Your weekly summary from the Council
LATEST ANALYSIS
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Settlement
Thwarts
ICE’s
Ability
to
Conduct
Warrantless
Sweeps
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A
federal
court
has
required
U.S.
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
(ICE)
to
adopt
new
policies
related
to
warrantless
arrests,
re-train
its
officers,
and
release
people
from
detention
if
ICE
violates
the
settlement.
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More
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The
New
Public
Charge
Standard
Will
No
Longer
Penalize
Medicaid
and
SNAP
Recipients
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to clarify the meaning of the “public charge ground of inadmissibility” on February 24. The new guidance will be welcome news for immigrants as well as state governments and immigrant-serving organizations across the country that have worked to combat fear and misinformation around public charge. Read More » [[link removed]]
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Canada’s
New
Immigration
Targets
Show
How
the
United
States
Is
Falling
Behind
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The Canadian government released its 2022-2024 immigration targets earlier this week. Should it reach these targets, the number of new immigrants entering Canada would reach levels not seen in more than a century. Read More » [[link removed]]
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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Following
Russia’s
military
invasion
in
Ukraine,
escalating
violence
has
created
a
humanitarian
crisis
forcing
an
untold
number
of
people
to
flee
their
homes
and
making
it
impossible
for
Ukrainians
living
abroad
to
return
safely.
The
American
Immigration
Council
estimates
that
there
are
34,000
immigrants
from
Ukraine
in
the
U.S.
today
who
could
benefit
from
temporary
humanitarian
protections.


Temporary
Protected
Status—a
form
of
immigration
status
provided
to
people
of
certain
countries
experiencing
temporary
conditions
that
make
it
difficult
or
unsafe
to
return—could
be
a
lifeline
to
those
thousands
of
Ukrainians
already
in
the
United
States.


This
fact
sheet
from
the
American
Immigration
Council
provides
an
overview
of
how
TPS
designations
are
determined,
what
benefits
TPS
confers,
and
how
TPS
beneficiaries
apply
for
and
regularly
renew
their
status.


Read
more:
Temporary
Protected
Status:
An
Overview
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ACROSS THE NATION
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The
American
Immigration
Council,
along
with
177
organizations,
urged
the
Biden
administration
to
designate
Temporary
Protected
Status
to
Ukraine.
In
a
letter
sent
to
President
Biden,
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security,
and
the
Department
of
State,
the
organizations
advocated
for
Ukrainian
citizens
currently
living
in
the
United
States
whose
departure
or
return
home
is
untenable
at
this
time