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Your weekly summary from the Council


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In
an
urgent
alert
issued
on
Friday,
a
federal
watchdog
agency
urged
ICE
to
immediately
remove
and
relocate
people
detained
at
the
Torrance
County
Detention
Facility
in
New
Mexico—citing
inhumane
and
dangerous
conditions
that
attempt
against
the
safety
and
wellbeing
of
those
held
at
the
center.
The
findings
reveal
the
consistent
pattern
of
cruelty
and
mistreatment
of
people
across
ICE
detention
centers
in
the
United
States
and
highlights
the
need
to
rethink
immigration
detention.


This
new
fact
sheet
by
the
American
Immigration
Council
provides
an
overview
of
the
wide
range
of
programs
that
provide
alternatives
to
detention
(ATDs)
and
run
the
gamut
from
no
governmental
intervention—as
a
means
of
reducing
the
overall
use
of
detention—to
extensive
surveillance
and
restrictions
on
liberties
that
are
focused
on
limiting
the
movement
of
people.


Read
more:
Alternatives
to
Immigration
Detention:
An
Overview
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ACROSS THE NATION
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Sunshine
Week,
a
national
celebration
of
access
to
public
information,
highlights
the
need
for
government
accountability
and
transparency.


The
American
Immigration
Council
filed
two
Freedom
of
Information
Act
(FOIA)
requests
to
investigate
trending
issues
within
our
immigration
system.
One
FOIA
request
seeks
to
uncover
information
on
why
Afghan
nationals
continue
to
face
significant
delays
in
humanitarian
parole
and
refugee
processing.
The
second
FOIA
request
seeks
to
learn
more
about
the
longstanding,
but
little
understood,
role
of
Assistant
Chief
Immigration
Judges
(ACIJ)
and
the
influence
of
these
judges
over
the
immigration
courts.


Read
more:
Government
Transparency
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“After more than a decade inside the immigrant-rights movement, I’ve concluded that changing individual mindsets and societal norms will be key to making progress, at least in the current social and political environment. Philanthropy and the movement for immigrant justice must invest in work that shifts culture at least as much as labor to shape immigration policy itself.
“…These strategies are the building blocks for creating a culture abundant with positive narratives, new norms of civic friendship and problem solving, and deeper engagement among people from diverse backgrounds... Such investment will help break the paralysis of toxic polarization on immigration and potentially re-energize cooperation and mutual care on a host of intractable problems."
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Newsweek
:
Some
More
Welcome
Than
Others:
What
Ukrainian
Refugees
Reveal
About
U.S.
Policies
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VICE:
Ukrainians
Are
Getting
Across
the
US-Mexico
Border.
But
Russians
Fleeing
Putin
Are
Not.
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Capital
&
Main:
Biden
Promised
to
Protect
Sanctuary
Cities.
So
Why
is
ICE
Still
Partnering
With
Local
Cops?
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12
News
KPNX-Phoenix:
Migrant
dies
at
Arizona
border,
latest
in
record-breaking
trend
as
more
people
try
the
dangerous
journey
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