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Behind closed doors, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he is
concerned about lifting Title 42 on May 23, reports Alayna Treene of
Axios
. 

Previously, Mayorkas has said that a strategy is in place for when the
policy is repealed. Yet, critics note there has not been much clarity on
border management plans, given the anticipated increase in migrants
seeking asylum. 

Over at CNN
,
Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves, and Amir Vera report that a few hundred
vulnerable migrants waiting in Reynosa, Mexico, for Title 42 to roll
back have been permitted to enter the U.S. this week, per sources on the
ground. They were among the more than 7,000 migrants in the area waiting
for the policy to lift.   

According to one source, an estimated 95 families were allowed entry,
including children with special needs and pregnant women with children.
Some had been waiting more than a year. 

Meanwhile, more than 20 states [all with Republican attorneys general]
have asked a federal judge in Louisiana to immediately block the Biden
administration from ending Title 42, CNN
's
Priscilla Alvarez reports. The states argue "that the administration had
begun to process migrants under immigration law instead of through the
public health authority." 

(Note: The New York Times
'
Annie Karni and Luke Broadwater report that a new GOP memo, prepared by
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), "shows how Republicans plan to weaponize the
issue of immigration as part of their midterm campaign strategy" in an
oversight hearing next week.) 

On Title 42, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) told Politico
:
"Everyone is looking for a quick and easy solution, and it's that kind
of thinking that has, in my view, created a situation where we don't
address the root causes ... We've had Title 42 for over two years in
place. Has that deterred migration? Has any of that stopped asylum
seekers? Has any of it curbed the numbers? No." 

She's exactly right.  

We are talking about people asking for an opportunity to seek asylum and
a better life. If we do not repeal Title 42, migrants will continue to
be exploited and the cartels will just keep making money. An endless
cycle. Title 42 clearly isn't the answer; we need to seriously talk
about the border and broader immigration solutions, as noted in our
latest press statement
.
And as Katherine Tully-McManus notes in Politico
's Huddle this morning, a press
conference next Wednesday, including Reps. Jesús "Chuy" García
(D-Illinois) and Dan Newhouse (R-Washington), will move in the direction
of targeted reforms. 

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**'UNITING UKRAINE'** - On Thursday, the Biden administration
announced

a new humanitarian parole program called "Uniting Ukraine" to help
streamline the process for Ukrainians seeking asylum in the U.S., report
CNN
's
Arlette Saenz, Priscilla Alvarez, and Kate Sullivan. "This new
humanitarian parole program will complement the existing legal pathways
available to Ukrainians, including immigrant visas and refugee
processing," President Biden said. The program also requires sponsorship
by a U.S. citizen or individual, nonprofit, or resettlement
organization. For more on the program's logistics, see Ben Fox's
piece in the Associated Press
.
Still, as our policy expert Danilo Zak told WORLD Magazine
's
Addie Michaelian, there are better options for protection than
humanitarian parole
,
which is only temporary; its use is "an indictment of our refugee
resettlement system."  

**NETWORK** - For WDET
,
Laura Herberg reports that some Afghans in Metro Detroit hotels have
been waiting months for permanent housing. The new Detroit Refugee
Network, which comprises corporate and community leaders, could help, as
Mike Householder of the Associated Press

reports. The network hopes to raise more than $1 million to provide
Afghan and other refugees with housing, education, transportation, legal
support, and utility assistance. "Everyone wants opportunity. And in
Detroit, we are here to help [refugees] and those who want to pursue
that American dream," network co-chair Dr. Sonia Hassan said at an
Afghan welcome event. 

Elsewhere in local welcome: 

* "We really want to ensure that all of our community is able to access
the foods that are meaningful and nutritious and familiar to them," said
Ashley Newell with Food Bank of the Rockies, whose volunteers recently
packed up 1,200 boxes worth of food for Afghan refugees in Denver.
(Jennifer McRae, CBS4
) 

NEW AMERICANS - An annual report from the Department of Homeland
Security finds that a little over 700,000 immigrants were granted lawful
permanent residence in the last fiscal year, compared with "more than a
million people who became lawful residents in each of the previous six
years," Reid Wilson reports for The Hill
.
More people from Asian countries moved to the U.S. than people from
North American countries, per the data. But despite the net positive
migration seen last year, "We would require as a country that million
[new resident] level every year to maintain economic growth," notes
Phillip Connor, a senior demographer with FWD.us. "Instead, we have a 50
percent reduction in it, so we are really in a challenge globally." 

MIXED-STATUS FAMILIES - "Mija," a feature documentary by Isabel
Castro, explores what it means to grow up as an American child with
undocumented parents and still try to achieve the American dream,
reports Graciela Mochkofsky of The New Yorker
.
"All sorts of things fall on the shoulders of those kids who can
navigate the system," said Roberto Gonzales, a professor of sociology at
the University of Pennsylvania. "There is an enormous responsibility to
be successful." The film will be released in theaters and on Disney+
later this year. I'm looking forward to watching. 

Thanks for reading, 

Ali

 

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