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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Who Enforces Immigration Policy Anyway?
  
  The lack of a major overhaul in the United States’ immigration system for roughly thirty years has created an ecosystem where states have attempted to insert their authority over immigration, especially when it comes to enforcement. So, when it comes to certain functions of immigration policy, it is worth asking “Whose role is it anyways?” Read More »
   
• Senate Rejects Harmful Immigration Amendments to Inflation Reduction Act
  
  The Senate passed a historic budget reconciliation package, known as the “Inflation Reduction Act,” that rejected a series of harsh immigration enforcement provisions and approved a myriad of federal programs climate change, tax enforcement, and healthcare. Senate Democrats held firm on voting against a mandatory extension of Title 42, as well as several other harmful immigration amendments. Read More »
   

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• The Atlantic published a piece this week revealing the secret history of family separation— detailing the U.S. government’s cruel plan to intentionally separate families at the U.S. southern border and how immigration advocates raised concerns around separation of children from their parents months before the policy was implemented by the Trump administration. 

  Documents uncovered earlier by the American Immigration Council demonstrate how ill-organized, harmful, and cruel the Trump administration’s efforts were in carrying out its policy of family separation at the border, even after court orders required families be reunified. Litigation brought by the Council seeks to bring justice to these families—while they grapple with the long-lasting trauma and repercussions of this shameful policy. 

  Read more: Government Documents on Family Separation: Tracking the Policy’s Evolution, Implementation, and Harm

  Read more: Separated Family Members Seek Monetary Damages from United States

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The American Immigration Council released a new fact sheet explaining how people may find themselves facing deportation from the United States, how the removal proceeding may look, what types of relief can be sought after a removal order is issued, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s role during the removal period.

The explainer is key to understanding deportation in the immigration enforcement process and who it may impact. 

Read more: The Removal System of the United States: An Overview

 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“We urge the Biden administration to move as quickly as possible to readmit all those who were sent to Mexico under both the reinstated Remain in Mexico program and the original program. Thousands of people are still waiting in Mexico for a fair shot at seeking asylum. Every day that we wait to bring them back is another day in which their lives and safety remain at risk. We look forward to working with the Biden administration to ensure that the renewed wind-down process runs smoothly and that no one falls through the cracks.”

– Kate Melloy Goettel, legal director of litigation at the American Immigration Council

 FURTHER READING 

• NPR-Morning Edition (LISTEN): The Trump-era immigration policy 'Remain in Mexico' is ending
   

• The Atlantic: The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy
   

• Daily Kos: Afghan groups, evacuees welcome legalization bill: 'The United States must keep its solemn promise'
   

• Collective Impact Forum (LISTEN): How to Collaborate in Polarized Times

 SAVE THE DATE 
 

• Interested in fighting for an end to immigration detention? Don't miss our Immigration Justice Campaign's Webinar on Wednesday, Aug. 17. We’ll share stories from our work and explain how you can get involved.
  
  Register for "Immigration Detention: How It Works and How You Can Help End It"

         

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