|
Your weekly summary from the Council
LATEST ANALYSIS
- Mexico’s Supreme Court Declares Immigration Checkpoints Unconstitutional
Mexico’s Supreme Court released a decision that struck down the policy of stopping and searching individuals to check their immigration status as racist and discriminatory—and therefore unconstitutional. Such searches have been part of Mexico’s broad attempt to crack down on migration through its territory, largely due to pressure from the United States to attempt to slow migration to our southern border. Read More »
- Federal Judge Blocks Termination of Title 42: What You Need to Know
Just three days before Title 42 was set to end on May 23, a federal judge in Louisiana blocked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from ending the controversial policy. With the court order in place, Title 42 is unlikely to be lifted for months, possibly years. Read More »
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
-
The decision to block the end of Title 42 will cause immeasurable harm to thousands of vulnerable people seeking protection in the United States and forces the Biden administration to maintain a counterproductive policy that has caused chaos along our southern border.
This updated fact sheet from the American Immigration Council explains how Title 42 has been implemented, its impact, and whether it has served its public-health purpose.
Read more: A Guide to Title 42 Expulsions at the Border
ACROSS THE NATION
-
This American Immigration Council filed a lawsuit challenging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ and the National Archives and Records Administration’s unreasonable delay in processing naturalization applications that were filed in 2020 and has prevented U.S. lawful permanent resident applicants from becoming U.S. citizens.
Applicants for U.S. citizenship have been waiting for two years because thousands of paper-based immigration records are stuck in man-made caves that USCIS says it can’t access.
Read more: Challenging USCIS and NARA To End Naturalization Application Delays
MAKE A CONTRIBUTION
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Immigrants nearing the end of their long journey to U.S. citizenship—who want to fully commit to American ideals and principles—should not be shut out of the system because the government has failed to effectively resume full capacity of its operations and access essential records... Becoming a U.S. citizen matters to the individuals who want to fully commit to America, it empowers immigrants to achieve full belonging in their communities, and it matters to the country who will benefit from that commitment.”
– Leslie K. Dellon, senior attorney at the American Immigration Council
FURTHER READING
|
