Your weekly summary from the Council

 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Federal Court Orders Biden Administration to Temporarily Halt Title 42 Wind Down 
  
  A federal court in Louisiana issued an order on Wednesday temporarily preventing the Biden administration from winding down Title 42, the controversial public health policy that allows immigration officials to rapidly expel asylum seekers and migrants from the border. The order is in effect for the next 14 days, with a hearing set for May 13 to determine the potential fate of Title 42. Read More »
   
• Biden Administration Creates New Parole Program for Ukrainians 
  
  The Biden administration announced a special parole program for Ukrainians that began April 25. The Uniting for Ukraine program is a first step toward the administration’s commitment to welcoming up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of the country, which began in February. The program is a streamlined process for Ukrainian citizens to request permission to travel to the United States and apply for Humanitarian Parole once at a port of entry. Read More »
   
• Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in ‘Remain in Mexico’ Case 
  
  Over three years after the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) went into effect, the Supreme Court finally heard oral arguments in a case about the program, also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. Rather than debate the legality of the program itself, Tuesday’s arguments were about a different question altogether: whether the Biden administration has the legal authority to end it. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appeared before Congress in a series of hearings this week to address next year's budget for the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement initiatives.
  
  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council explains how much enforcement initiatives have cost throughout the decades and what outcomes—if any—they produced. 
  
  Read more: The Cost of Immigration Enforcement and Border Security

 ACROSS THE NATION  

• The American Immigration Council submitted a comment to the Department of Education recommending that higher education institutions report data on undocumented students to the National Center for Education Statistics using the student’s self-reported race and ethnicity.
  
  The DOE proposed changes in February 2022 directing colleges and universities to report DACA recipients under the category of "nonresident," and report undocumented students without DACA as "Race/ethnicity unknown."  
  
  Watch: Council and Partners Submit Comment on Department of Education's Proposed Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Guidance

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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“Historically, refugees acclimate well to their new lives in the United States. They are dedicated employees, start businesses at high rates, and are more likely than other groups to apply for citizenship, according to the American Immigration Council. But their odds of a smooth adjustment depend greatly on how we—as government, community, business leaders, and caring individuals—support them in their transition to become residents and eventually Americans.”

–  Spencer J. Cox, Governor of Utah, in "The U.S. needs to prepare for more refugees. Our Afghan experience has shown us what we can do better," Fortune Magazine

 FURTHER READING 

• TIME: The Battle Over ‘Remain in Mexico’ Shows How U.S. Immigration Policy Has Reached ‘Peak Confusion’
   

• The Los Angeles Times: Mayorkas prepares to end Title 42 pandemic policy at border despite backlash, setbacks
   

• The Hill: Mayorkas fields onslaught of GOP attacks over border
   

• BuzzFeed News: The Biden Administration Plans To Put Some Deportations On Hold As Immigration Courts Face A Staggering Backlog

         

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