Your weekly summary from the Council

 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• House GOP’s Immigration Framework Recreates Trump’s Border Wish List

  As midterm election season heats up, House Republicans on the “American Security Task Force” have produced a new framework for what they say is a plan to “secure the border.” But focusing on deterrence-based tactics, the framework ignores common-sense solutions to addressing migration at the border. Read More »
   

• Recent Supreme Court Ruling Limits Advocates’ Relief on Asylum Seekers’ Case
  
  A federal court decision this month confirmed what advocates feared: that a recent move by the Supreme Court would undermine the fight against illegal government practices, like turning back asylum seekers at the border. Read More »
   

• Urgent Immigration Measures Rest with the Senate After August Recess
  
  When Congress members return from their August recess, they will find several immigration measures urgently awaiting their attention. In addition, a bill to provide permanent protections for Afghans who were evacuated from Afghanistan was introduced in the House and Senate. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• Since April, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has sent more than 6,000 asylum seekers on 30+ hour rides to Washington D.C. and New York City—without coordinating with authorities in destination cities. The people sent on these buses are waiting for their U.S. immigration court hearings and are legally allowed to be in the United States while they present their asylum claims.  

  This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council provides an overview of the asylum system in the United States, including how asylum is defined, eligibility requirements, and the application process. 
  
  Read more: Asylum in the United States

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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“America has a severe shortage of health care workers, a situation exacerbated by our aging population and the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the American Immigration Council, health care job postings in Illinois’ large metro counties increased almost 60% between 2017 and 2021. The increase was even larger in smaller regions; postings were up 245% in small/medium metro counties and 105% in rural counties.”

– Sura Alsaffar, in "I’m an experienced doctor. Let me practice medicine and provide care for those who need it" in the Chicago Sun-Times.

 FURTHER READING 

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

• USA TODAY: ‘I don’t know if I will be deported’: Young immigrants prepare for DACA to end 
   

• Bloomberg News: Cruise Lines’ Crew Shortages Lead to Canceled Trips, Less Pizza 
   

• Houston Chronicle: Editorial: Yes, fentanyl is killing Texans. No, Abbott’s Operation Lone Star won’t save them.

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• The American Immigration Council’s New American Fellows program awards six immigrant artists with grants to produce original artwork based on immigration data, sparking important conversations and active community participation. 

  RSVP for the showcase on Saturday, Sept. 17 in Brooklyn, NYC

         

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