Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 2:22 PM

Noorani's Notes: The Decline, The Impact

  On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced a deal that would give the United States the ability to send asylum seekers from the border to Honduras, “a nation with one of the highest murder rates in the world,” writes Nick Miroff in The Washington Post.…

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September 25, 2019 at 2:04 PM

Noorani's Notes: Five Mothers

  President Trump and Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele will meet today in New York City, and efforts to curb levels of immigration from El Salvador are expected to be top of the agenda. Kirk Semple at The New York Times reports: “Mr. Bukele may use the occas…

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September 24, 2019 at 3:04 PM

Noorani's Notes: One Week

  According to a new study, deportations do not lower crime rates in the United States, The Marshall Project’s Anna Flagg reports. Since 2017, the Secure Communities deportation program — which began under President George W. Bush and was then expanded and lat…

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September 23, 2019 at 2:17 PM

Noorani's Notes: "I'm afraid..."

  In communities across the country, the immigration debate isn’t about politics and policy. It’s about culture and values. It’s also about institutions — including American corporations — stepping up and leading.  Earlier this month, “numerous companies orga…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

September 20, 2019 at 9:02 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, September 20, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, September 20, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-september-20-2019/ Best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULLETI…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 20, 2019 at 2:38 PM

Noorani's Notes: Poultry Capital of the World

  Some good news to end the week: “The Trump administration reversed itself Thursday and said it will again allow immigrants who are facing serious illnesses to remain in the U.S. to get medical care without fear of deportation,” Monique O. Madan reports in th…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 19, 2019 at 2:37 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "I Feel More Free..."

  More than one million cases are now backlogged in immigration courts across the country, according to the latest data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. Michelle Hackman in The Wall Street Journal reports that the num…

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September 18, 2019 at 2:28 PM

Noorani’s Notes: To Wait

  With the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule set to go into effect on October 15, health providers are preparing for a surge in uninsured immigrant patients too scared to seek government assistance. Nowhere is this concern more pronounced than in Tex…

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September 17, 2019 at 2:24 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Going to the Vet

  Since June, more than 12,000 asylum seekers have been returned to Juarez, Mexico, under the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) – also known as the “remain in Mexico” program – and it’s expected that 70,000 will be sent there by the end…

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September 16, 2019 at 2:19 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Rodeo Without Borders

  Democratic presidential candidates have criticized president Trump’s immigration policies, and offered some specific proposals. “What most of them haven’t done, however, is explain how they plan to fix an immigration system badly in need of reform,” writes B…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 8:14 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, September 13, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, September 13, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-september-13-2019/ Best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULLETI…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 2:45 PM

Noorani’s Notes: About Those Likes

  Refugees around the world anxiously await the announcement of the Trump administration’s annual target number of refugees, due by October 1, but Harvest Prude at WORLD Magazine reports that the number could be as low as zero. To illustrate the crisis, Prude…

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  Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 3:43 PM

Courts, Not Cartels, Should Determine Asylum

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release       Contact: Dan Gordon, 202-383-5996 Sept. 12, 2019 Courts, Not Cartels, Should Determine Asylum WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court issued an unsigned order Wednesday that allows the government t…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 12, 2019 at 2:07 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Dorian Family Separation

  Last night the Supreme Court issued an unsigned order that effectively shuts down the southern border to nearly all Central American asylum seekers, Robert Barnes reports for The Washington Post. Ian Millhiser at Vox writes that the decision “stays a lower …

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September 11, 2019 at 2:20 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Golden Rule

  Last Friday, news broke that the administration was considering drastic cuts to refugee admissions numbers. A meeting was to have taken place yesterday, with the president to make a decision. In response, Leith Anderson, president of the National Associatio…

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  Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 10, 2019 at 8:44 PM

Former Ambassador, Other Leaders Voice Support for Refugees

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release        Contact: Dan Gordon, 202-383-5996 Sept. 10, 2019 Former Ambassador, Other Leaders Voice Support for Refugees A recording of today’s call is available here. WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former ambassado…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 10, 2019 at 2:12 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Trump's Metric

  Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Noorani’s Notes. Questions abound as tent courthouses for migrants are set to open along the Texas border in Brownsville and Laredo, reports Molly Hennessy-Fiske at the Los Angeles Times. The tent courts – which were built at…

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  Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 9, 2019 at 8:29 PM

Businesses Support Immigrants and Integration Via New Roundtable

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release       Contact: Dan Gordon, 202-383-5996 Sept. 9, 2019 Businesses Support Immigrants and Integration via New Roundtable WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the launch today of the Corporate Roundtable for the New …

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 9, 2019 at 2:35 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Hungary for Immigrants

  The Trump administration is considering further cuts to the U.S. refugee program, potentially capping the total number of refugees admitted each year at 15,000 or lower. “The issue is expected to come to a head on Tuesday, when White House officials plan to…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 9:48 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, September 6, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, September 6, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-september-6-2019/ Best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN …

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  Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 4:51 PM

Proposed Rule Would Undermine U.S. Workforce

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release       Contact: Dan Gordon, 202-383-5996 Sept. 6, 2019 Anticipated Proposed Rule Would Undermine U.S. Workforce WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is expected to issue…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

September 6, 2019 at 2:20 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Easy Prey

  Two Honduran migrants, Michael Rodriguez and Douglas Oviedo, are building their own migrant-run shelter in Tijuana to help others awaiting U.S. immigration court hearings in Mexico, reports Gustavo Solis reports in the San Diego Union-Tribune. “Dubbed, ‘Casa…

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September 5, 2019 at 2:26 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "They cried inconsolably"

  127 military construction projects stand to lose funding to pay for the $3.6 billion border wall construction. The Washington Post’s Paul Sonne and Seung Min Kim look at the details: “The Pentagon is defunding Hurricane Maria recovery projects at military in…

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September 4, 2019 at 2:25 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "Can I please have my wife?"

  Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced plans yesterday to siphon $3.6 billion from 127 military projects, including upgrades to military bases here and abroad, in order to build the President’s border wall, report Jennifer Scholtes, Sarah Ferris and Jacqueli…

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September 3, 2019 at 2:28 PM

Noorani’s Notes: The Fellowship

  I hope everyone had a restful Labor Day. I know I did. Needed that. Onward to the Tuesday edition of Noorani’s Notes. Yesterday, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it would re-open pending cases of those applying for health-re…

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August 30, 2019 at 2:27 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "We need your trust"

  Nationwide, there are over a million more job openings than there are available workers to fill them. As a result, “in some states critical to the 2020 election, business leaders are pushing for more immigration to create bigger labor pools.” In Iowa, for in…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 9:15 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, August 29, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Thursday, August 29, 2019 is now posted. We'll publish our next bulletin on Friday, September 6, 2019.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-thur…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 2:22 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "A Shield"

  The Trump administration yesterday announced a new policy ending automatic U.S. citizenship to some children born to U.S. military members and government employees living abroad. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) spokesperson Meredith Parker…

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August 28, 2019 at 2:23 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "Don't Worry, I'll Pardon You"

  President Trump is so eager to deliver on his signature promise to build a 500-mile wall on the U.S.-Mexico border – of which just 60 miles have been completed – that he is pushing aides to get it done by any means necessary, including fast-tracking contract…

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August 27, 2019 at 2:38 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Courage

  A new lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of 19 states, including California and Massachusetts, is aimed at preventing the indefinite detention of migrant children, Patrick McGreevy and Taryn Luna report in the Los Angeles Times. “The latest legal acti…

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  Cathleen Farrell, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 26, 2019 at 6:03 PM

Judges, Not Politics, Should Control Immigration Courts

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release       Contact: Cathleen Farrell, 202-403-4190 Aug. 26, 2019 Judges, Not Politics, Should Control Immigration Courts WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today a new Trump administration policy goes into effect that exe…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 26, 2019 at 2:38 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Rational Policy

  The Trump administration is seeking to give the Department of Justice (DOJ) unprecedented power over immigration courts, writes Richard Gonzales at NPR. Under a new policy, which goes into effect today, the director of the Executive Office for Immigration Re…

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August 23, 2019 at 2:52 PM

Noorani's Notes: Hoosier Journey

  Welcome to the Friday edition of Noorani’s Notes. Recent Trump administration hardline immigration policies face fresh court challenges, The Economist reports. These moves have all inspired — or are about to trigger — legal challenges: (1) barring foreign n…

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August 22, 2019 at 2:49 PM

Noorani's Notes: DACA Uncertain

  Nearly 2,200 Central American migrants who have been awaiting their U.S. immigration hearing dates in Mexico have turned instead to the U.S. State Department’s “Assisted Voluntary Return” program, per Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Daniel Trotta at Reute…

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  Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 8:50 PM

Rule Would Undermine Protections for Migrant Children

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release       Contact: Dan Gordon, 202-383-5996 Aug. 21, 2019 DHS Announces Rule That Would Undermine Protections for Migrant Children WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Department of Homeland Security announced it…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 2:55 PM

Noorani's Notes: The U Visa Catch

  In their eagerness to issue the new “public charge” rule, the Trump administration apparently wrote it in such a way that it treats immigrants married to U.S. citizens more harshly than those married to noncitizens. One example: immigrants who are married to…

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August 20, 2019 at 2:36 PM

Noorani's Notes: “No Comment”

  The context for President Trump’s biggest issue, immigration, is completely different in 2019 than it was in 2015. The National Review’s Michael Brendan Dougherty writes, “Today it’s nativism rather than uncontrolled migration that is prominently associated …

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August 19, 2019 at 2:15 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Bake Sales

  Stephen Miller’s trajectory from a high school student in Santa Monica, California, to an influential anti-immigrant hawk in the Donald Trump White House traces larger public policy changes and forces at play in recent decades, Jason DeParle writes in the Ne…

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August 16, 2019 at 2:38 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Climb the Ladder

  Welcome to Friday’s edition of Noorani’s Notes. The U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday that the Trump administration is responsible for providing the most basic sanitary supplies to children in immigrant detention — including “soap, towels, showers, dr…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 9:29 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Thursday, August 15, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Thursday, August 15, 2019 is now posted. We'll publish our next bulletin on Thursday, August 29, 2019.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-thur…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 2:30 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Filing Suit

  Cordelia Scaife May, a Mellon family heiress, “was far and away the most important donor to the modern anti-immigration movement during her lifetime,” write Nicholas Kulish and Mike McIntire in an exhaustive investigation for the New York Times. May died 14 …

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August 14, 2019 at 2:11 PM

Noorani’s Notes: "The Kiddo"

  The Wall Street Journal editorial board came out against the Trump administration’s “public charge” rule – which, when it goes into effect, will allow the government to deny legal status to immigrants if they need government benefits such as food stamps. Not…

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August 13, 2019 at 2:14 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Personal Care

  The Trump administration’s new “public charge” rule, scheduled to go into effect 60 days after being published, would “dramatically change the lives of immigrants and the course of immigration to the U.S.,” I told PBS NewsHour’s Laura Santhanam for her detai…

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  Cathleen Farrell, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 12, 2019 at 4:57 PM

Public Charge Rule Will Have Chilling Effect on Immigrant Families

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release       Contact: Cathleen Farrell, 202-403-4190 Aug. 12, 2019 Public Charge Rule Will Have Chilling Effect on Immigrant Families WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration will publish its final “publi…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

August 12, 2019 at 2:38 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Play On

  Before we get started with today’s Notes, some breaking news: The Trump administration filed its “public charge” final rule with the Federal Register this morning. Our initial explainer on the implications of this rule is here. More tomorrow. On Friday, lea…

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August 9, 2019 at 2:22 PM

Noorani’s Notes: “Their doors are locked”

  The Trump administration is defending Wednesday’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in Mississippi, even as “images of weeping children arriving home to find their parents missing” lead to public outrage and concerns by state officials and…

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August 8, 2019 at 2:25 PM

Noorani’s Notes: The Children

  In what is being called the largest workplace raid in a decade, 680 immigrants were arrested yesterday at numerous chicken processing plants in Mississippi. Just as President Trump visited El Paso and Dayton, the Mississippi raids occurred in small towns whe…

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August 7, 2019 at 2:36 PM

Noorani’s Notes: Alamance County

  In the aftermath of the El Paso shooting this weekend that was motivated by white nationalist and anti-immigrant invective, Latinos throughout the country find themselves confronting basic questions about their role and safety in American society, The New Yo…

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August 7, 2019 at 2:42 AM

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