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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• USCIS Faces New Class Action Lawsuit for its Extreme Delays in Processing Waivers
  
  Many families in the United States live in a frightening limbo when processing delays prevent one family member from becoming a lawful permanent resident. A lawsuit was recently filed against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to end the delays, which have increased exponentially to about three years.  Read More »
• Amid a Severe Shortage of Home Health Aides, Immigrants Help Care for Our Seniors
  
  The United States will need to fill nearly three-quarters of a million open jobs for home health and personal care aides every year through 2031. Currently, immigrant workers fill these jobs in outsized numbers. Without more workers joining the workforce, the drastic shortage of aides could leave millions of seniors without the ability to remain in their homes. Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW 

• This week, 20 states—led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton—filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s latest parole program.  
   
  The program established a pathway for up to 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua to apply for permission to travel and work in the U.S. lawfully for limited periods of time. In conjunction with the new U.S. program, the Mexican government agreed to accept the expulsion of up to 30,000 migrants monthly from these three countries under Title-42.  
   
  Immigration advocates have criticized the program, arguing that, while the creation of new legal pathways allowing some people to come to the U.S. in a quick and orderly fashion are generally a good thing, they should not be premised on further limitations on access to asylum at the southern border. Despite these increased enforcement measures, the 20 GOP-run states have filed suit.  

This fact sheet from the American Immigration Council how humanitarian parole works in the immigration context.  

Read more: The Use of Parole Under Immigration Law & Numbers

 ACROSS THE NATION  

• This week, a group of immigrants sued USCIS, seeking an end to processing delays that prevent them from becoming lawful permanent residents.  

USCIS already approved immigrant visa petitions filed by their family members who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. But the plaintiffs in the lawsuit can’t move forward with their lives—or obtain employment authorization or protection from deportation—until USCIS processes the waiver applications they filed at least 12 months ago. The agency previously decided these applications in under five months, but now, the average processing time is over three years.  

The class action lawsuit was filed by the American Immigration Council and our partners.

Read more: Comment on Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum

• As part of a workforce research series, the Council released new data on the crucial role immigrants play in addressing critical shortages in healthcare at the state-level. 
   
  With states battling immense shortages in the wake of the pandemic, these fact sheets highlight how innovative immigration policies can help attract and retain immigrant talent in the healthcare fields.  
   
  Data is now available for Florida, Missouri, Utah, and Virginia.  

Read more: The Growing Demand for Healthcare Workers

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 FURTHER READING 

• The Hill: Texas sues to stop Biden immigration parole program
   

• Yahoo! News: Immigration parole: What is it and who’s getting it?
   

• Forbes: Residual Impact Of Pandemic On Entrepreneurial Choices

         

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