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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday put some meat on the
existing bones of a border strategy, Ellen M. Gilmer reports in
Bloomberg Government
.
The strategy, as laid out in a memo from Mayorkas
,
comprises more personnel and resources, improving processing, upping the
consequences for unlawful entries, assisting nongovernmental
organizations, disrupting criminal entities and smugglers, and working
with other countries to manage migrant flows. 

"Many elements of this plan are already being implemented as we manage a
historic number of encounters, including a record number of noncitizens
trying to enter the United States multiple times," Mayorkas wrote in the
memo. "Others are elements that we are prepared to implement once the
Title 42 termination goes into effect." 

Today, Mayorkas begins a string of hearings on the Hill.  

Sources also said the administration would comply should a court order
keep Title 42 in place, per Priscilla Alvarez of CNN
.
But, in the words of one official, "we really disagree with the basic
premise." 

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**'RAÍCES Y ALAS'**- Today, approximately 400 Hispanic Catholic
leaders will be on the Hill advocating for immigration reform as part of
the "Raíces y Alas" (Roots and Wings) conference convened by the
National Catholic Congress of Hispanic Ministry. Representing one of the
35 dioceses across 30 states participating, Antonio Guzman-Diaz, the
Archdiocese of Detroit coordinator of Hispanic ministry, told Crux's

John Lavenburg: "We always start from the faith perspective because as
Catholics we are called to make sure we raise the voice of those in need
and that we share the gifts that we are given by God." (Reporters, note
a related press conference
.)

**'REMAIN IN MEXICO'** - Suzanne Monyak of Roll Call

digs into the multiple layers of arguments the Supreme Court heard
Tuesday over the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols
,
or "Remain in Mexico," program. One of them involves the federal
government's authority over immigration. "I think it's a bit much
for Texas to substitute itself for the [Homeland Security] secretary and
say that, 'You may want to terminate this, but you have to keep it
because it will reduce to a slight extent your violations of the
law,'" Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said. Justices also noted
"that Texas' interpretation, if adopted, would mean every presidential
administration has violated federal immigration laws since the contested
provisions was passed more than 25 years ago, including former President
Donald Trump." 

**NASHVILLE** - There's good reading in the Tennessean opinion pages
this week. Columnist David Plazas helps bring to light

a bill the state legislature has passed that would allow recipients of
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to apply for professional
licenses. The bipartisan effort "combined compassion and common sense to
address the state's worker shortage while navigating the incendiary
politics around immigration." Meanwhile, Brad Schmitt writes

of three brothers who came to the U.S. as refugees from Cuba in 1962.
With the help of Catholic Charities, they stayed for more than a year
with a couple who "treated us like family." "We were sent together to
the most wonderful home and the most loving people you could ever find
in your life," Carlos Fernandez said. "The Rowans, that family was like
a godsend." 

**UKRAINE** - According to a Gallup poll released Tuesday, Americans
overwhelmingly support the resettlement of Ukrainian refugees, Cassandre
Coyer reports in the Miami Herald
.
The 78% support represents "the highest level of support for refugees
ever recorded in the country since 1939," Coyer writes. The support is
bipartisan, including 61% of Republicans surveyed. The poll lands as the
U.N. refugee agency increased its predicted number of refugees from the
conflict to 8.3 million, as Rachel Treisman of NPR

reports. That number would represent roughly 20% of Ukraine's prewar
population.  

**SEPARATED** - In August, Nilab, age 19, had to choose whether to
flee Afghanistan alone or stay behind with her family - and risk her
life. She chose to leave and now is trying to build a new life in
Connecticut. Camila Vallejo of Connecticut Public Radio

tells the story of Nilab's challenges - including her longing for
her family, still in danger in Afghanistan. But neighbors have taken her
under their wing: "Lina and Mario Rinaldi have become her extended
family," Vallejo reports. "For five months, the Italian couple made sure
she always found food on the table, had a ride to English class and
more." Vallejo notes that an Afghan Adjustment Act

would help offer certainty to evacuees such as Nilab - and that other
legislation could help people like Nilab's family escape. 

Local welcome continues elsewhere as well: 

* A support committee of "[c]hurch members, former World Relief support
[workers], fellow Afghans and antsy high-schoolers" gathered at Spokane,
Washington's airport last week to welcome a newly arriving Afghan
family. (Amber D. Dodd, The Spokesman-Review
) 

* "We had staff literally at the airport seven days a week. Greeting
refugees, helping them come to their first apartment in the U.S. here in
Syracuse, making sure those apartments were available and that we had
food, clothing, and all the things you need to do to get off to a good
start," said Michael Melara, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of
Onondaga County in New York. (Amanda Hull, CNY Central
) 

* The Ethiopian Community Development Council in Central Wisconsin
helped 53 Afghans resettle over the winter. Now, after a pause, the
agency is poised to welcome up to 40 more Afghans, as well as other
refugees. (Renee Hickman, Wausau Daily Herald
)

Thanks for reading, 

Ali

 

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