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The only real solutions for challenges at our border, and for
immigration reforms Americans need, are solutions from Congress. 

So it's good to hear that Sens. Thom Tillis (R- North Carolina) and
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) want to gather a bipartisan group of senators
to restart the conversation on immigration reform after their two-week
recess from Congress, as Jordain Carney reports in The Hill
.
 

"Yes ... we want to sit at a table and ask members who have immigration,
bipartisan immigration bills, to come and propose those bills to us and
see if we can build a 60-vote plus margin for a group of bills. It may
not be possible, but I think it is," said Durbin. Added Tillis: "The
only way that we're going to get real progress is [to] have a
four-pillar discussion - so immigration reform, DACA, border security
and then I think asylum reform is pretty important particularly with
that's going on with Title 42." 

More on the border aspects below. 

In the meantime, Irina Ivanova of CBS News

reports on something we've been pointing out for a while: A key aspect
of current labor shortages is the huge declines in immigration in recent
years, starting under the Trump administration and speeding up with the
pandemic.  

The gap - 2 million people, by one measure

- is especially tough on the health care, food services, and leisure
and hospitality industries, Ivanova reports. In health care, "one in
five nurses, one in four health aides, and nearly one in two
housekeepers and gardeners is an immigrant," according to recent
research
.
Other demographic trends aren't helping. 

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**DIVIDED** - After months of contentious internal debate (the New
York Times
'
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Michael D. Shear and Eileen Sullivan have the goods
on the back and forth), the Biden administration is preparing to lift
Title 42. For ABC15
,
Luzdelia Caballero reports on conversations between local officials on
both sides of the border. One of their common concerns? The smugglers
who are driving so much of the traffic. Leo Lama, with Homeland Security
Investigations in Tucson, told Caballero, "They don't discriminate on
nationality. They don't care about what you've done or where you
come from. They just care about whether you can pay them." Also worth a
read: Arizona Republic

columnist Robert Robb on why, while the border needs solutions, Title
42 isn't the answer.  

**THE KEYS** - Recall that back in September over 10,000 Haitian
migrants arrived in Del Rio, Texas, hoping for protection in the United
States. Even though many of them had left a decade ago, between
political turmoil and natural disaster, they knew their home was
descending into chaos. Under Title 42, the Biden administration promptly
expelled the majority of them. As living conditions and political
instability in Haiti have gotten worse, smugglers have begun to
sell migrants on trying to make it to the Florida Keys by sea, Tim
Craig reports in The Washington Post
.
More than 800 have arrived in 2022 so far, and Coast Guard intercepts
are on pace to be 15 times higher this fiscal year than two years ago.
Agencies on the keys are strained by the increase, while many residents
are "try[ing] to be compassionate and helpful when a migrant vessel
shows up." 

**SOCCER** - Let's be honest, given Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) desire
to keep unaccompanied immigrant youth out of the state, Florida is not
exactly carving out a reputation for being the most welcoming place. In
Delray Beach, Sergeant Danny Pacheco created the Delray Kicks to help
local police build bonds with the area's many immigrants, often wary
of law enforcement. NBC News

reports that Pacheco and his fellow police officer coaches wanted to
make sure kids knew they had a safe and welcoming place to play while
also extending that care off the field, helping with homework, English
lessons, or even purchasing groceries. Reminds me of my friend, Luma
Mufleh. As a refugee herself, she decided to launch a school for
refugees, wrapped around the idea of playing soccer. Read about Luma's
remarkable work in her new book, Learning America: One Woman's Fight for
Educational Justice for Refugee Children
.  

**'GO TO DAYTON'** - Selin Hussainzada had to leave family members
behind in order to escape a fallen Kabul last summer. Now she is among
136 Afghan evacuees who are starting new lives in Dayton, Ohio, the
Dayton Daily News

reports. "Go to Dayton," a colleague from Kabul told her during her
temporary stay at a military base in New Jersey - and members of the
community, including many faith groups, have helped Hussainzada and
others land on their feet. "With everything going on in the world, it
feels good to help someone else," says Amy Forsthoefel, who has helped
Hussainzada. "Everybody stepped up." Now Hussainzada is working for a
translation service and considering law school, though she worries about
her family still in Afghanistan.   

Elsewhere locally: 

* All 91 Afghan evacuees resettled in Charleston, South Carolina, now
have housing, and many have jobs. "It's wonderful to see how welcoming
Charleston has been," says Julia Poppell, Charleston area manager for
Lutheran Services Carolinas. (Adam Parker, The Post and Courier
) 

* During Mission Month, students and faculty at Manhattan College in
Riverdale, New York, are helping an Afghan family of seven get settled.
(Pete McHugh, Manhattan College
) 

**ARRIVING UKRAINIANS** - The U.S. has begun to admit more Ukrainian
refugees under humanitarian parole at the southern border in Tijuana,
Mexico, reports Elliot Spagat of the Associated Press
.
According to city officials, on Thursday, a government shelter in
Tijuana grew to around 1,000 refugees. Many Ukrainian refugees are
likely to land in Philadelphia because of its exiting Ukrainian American
community, as Jeff Gammage reports in the Philadelphia Inquirer
.
And for another perspective on welcoming refugees from Ukraine and
elsewhere, read World Vision President Edgar Sandoval Sr.'s Fox News

essay.

Thanks for reading,Ali

 

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