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The Biden administration is reportedly considering extending the Title
42 repeal date, which is currently set for May 23, per Hans Nichols and
Jonathan Swan of Axios
. 

The preliminary talks to delay lifting Title 42 come as several
Democrats like Sen. Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire) continue to voice
concerns, especially with midterm elections around the corner, reports
Paul Steinhauser of Fox News
.  

"My trip to the southern border reinforced my concerns about the
administration preemptively ending Title 42," said Hassan after touring
the border earlier this month. "Border agents were very clear with me
that the end of Title 42 will lead to a steep increase of attempted
crossings that they will not be able to effectively handle because they
don't have enough resources." 

As Axios reported, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) pointed to the bigger
picture: "Let's work together on addressing this as lawmakers. Title
42 shouldn't be used as a substitute for real immigration policy."  

My take in The Daily Beast
:
"The president needs to stop hoping the issue of immigration will
disappear. He should take credit for the solutions that are in place,
and not let Congress off the hook for advancing the solutions we
desperately need."  

In related news, the Boston Globe
's
Marcela García gets into the economic impacts of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
's
(R) pushback on Title 42 and Democrats' general lack of a "meaningful,
coherent response on immigration."  

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**ASYLUM TREATMENT** - The U.N.'s refugee agency announced today
that over 5 million people have now fled Ukraine since the start of the
Russian war, per Monika Scislowska and Rafal Niedzielski of
the Associated Press
. On
March 3, 22-year-old Ukrainian ballroom dancer Kateryna was in Mexico
performing with her dance partner and boyfriend Nikolas Constantine, a
U.S. citizen, when Russia attacked her home country. Kateryna decided to
request asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, but was instead detained in a
holding cell for two weeks before being sent to a Louisiana ICE
detention facility, per Kate Morrissey of the San Diego Union-Tribune
.
Following outreach efforts to Rep. Julia Brownley (D-California) and the
San Diego Union-Tribune, Kateryna was released. Meanwhile, The New York
Times
'
Miriam Jordan reports that Ukrainian children and their caregivers are
being separated at the border - despite legal documentation confirming
their relationship. 

CUBAN ARRIVALS - President Biden will meet with Cuban officials
tomorrow in D.C. to discuss managing an increase of Cubans seeking
asylum in the U.S. via land and sea, reports Matt Spetalnick for Reuters
.
According to a DHS spokesperson, the Cuban government has not been
accepting deportation flights carrying Cubans from the U.S. for more
than six months. As of March 26, there were an estimated 40,000 Cubans
in the U.S. with a final deportation order. Cuba "blames the United
States for the uptick in irregular migration, saying Cold War-era
sanctions and a decision to close the American consular section in
Havana encourage Cubans to seek riskier routes off the island." 

**COMFORT FOOD** - Formerly Afghan refugees themselves, established
restaurant owners in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., are
banding together to support Afghans resettling in the area, reports
Brett Anderson of The New York Times
.
"One by one, the restaurants have taken it on themselves to cook for the
new arrivals, raise money to help them resettle and provide them jobs,"
writes Anderson. The Mantu, Lapis, and The Helmand - just to name a
few - "represent generations who have fled wars since the 1970s, and
the cuisine of a region that has been interconnected with the rest of
the world for centuries." 

Locally: 

* The Charlottesville, Virginia-based nonprofit International Neighbors
recently collected 33 car seats for local Afghan refugees. (Anne-Parker
Coleman, CBS 19 News
)  

* Brayton Elementary School students and teachers have been writing
letters to a new Afghan family who recently resettled in Williamstown,
Massachusetts. A benefit concert for new Afghan arrivals is also
scheduled for Friday at the First Church of Christ in Pittsfield.
(Hannah Van Sickle, The Berkshire Edge
) 

* Spearheaded by sophomore Lamia Ayaz, a group of high schoolers in
Howard County, Maryland, have raised more than $1,200 for Afghans
temporarily living in nearby hotels. (Héctor Alejandro Arzate, DCist
) 

**DOCUMENTED DREAMERS** - "Documented Dreamers" like University of
Iowa students Kartik Sivakumar and Pareen Mhatre have faced several
challenges trying to keep their legal status, Hannah Pinski reports for
The Daily Iowan
.
For Dreamers like them, turning 21 means no longer being eligible for
protection under their parents' visas. For Sivakumar, that meant
self-deporting to India before being able to come back to the U.S. on a
student visa. Mhatre also aged out of the system last April, but after
an opportunity to testify in front of U.S. Congress with Improve the
Dream , she was granted a
student visa. "[I]nstead of playing with politics - because that
affects people's lives - see what can happen if we try to compromise
and pass something that will even help, you know, a smaller portion of
people," Mhatre said. For more on the current state litigation around
DACA and Dreamers, see our latest explainer

by the Forum's Samantha Howland Zelaya. 

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