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Issues before U.S. Supreme Court
ABA Journal: Two issues key in Supreme Court review of ‘Remain in Mexico’ policyIn reviewing whether the Biden administration can end the “Remain in Mexico” policy, the Supreme Court is being asked to examine two issues: whether the law requires policy continuation given the government’s incapacity to detain all migrants; whether the government adequately explained its decision…
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Atlanta Journal Constitution: Educating immigrants could help solve worker shortageDocumented immigrants in Georgia could help solve the state’s worker shortage if they have greater access to education and training programs, say advocates. They favor legislation expanding in-state tuition access, such as a bill that would remove the one-year residency requirement for refugees moving into the state.
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ABC: Endangered Afghans trapped in U.S. immigration processingAn Afghan living in the United States has a fiancé and 40 relatives living in hiding in Afghanistan because they worked for U.S. organizations. Applications for humanitarian parole were filed almost a year before the United States pulled out of the country, but processing stopped after the withdrawal and his…
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Catholic Star Herald: Catholic Charities staffer named N.J refugee coordinatorPatrick Barry — the son of a Cambodian refugee and a former staffer of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Camden, N.J. — has been named the state’s refugee coordinator. He said major goals will be to form new partnerships to serve the refugee communities and to…
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CBS: Catholic leaders criticize efforts to close Florida shelters for migrant childrenCatholic leaders, business owners and Cuban Americans criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order to close shelters for unaccompanied migrant children. Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, CLINIC board member, called the order a new low and political theater.
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Boston Pilot: An Advent plea for immigration reformDuring Advent, many immigrants are asking: How long and until when do we have to wait for immigration reform? They seek regularizing their migratory status, pathways to citizenship, a more efficient system to reunite families and an end to jailing immigrants seeking a better life.
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Washington Post: Utilities agree to end sharing data with ICEA national group of utility companies agreed to stop providing sensitive data on millions of people to Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies after concerns were raised about misuse. The data on 170 million people came from cable, phone and power bills.
Read MoreReturning Migrants
VOA/AP: First migrants returned under restarted ‘Remain in Mexico’ policyU.S. authorities began resending migrants back to Mexico under the restarted “Remain in Mexico” program. The migrants were greeted by Mexican officials who gave them documents and U.N. officials who tested them for COVID-19 and took them to shelters.
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KVUE: Honduran children reunited with aunt in U.S.A Honduran woman living in the United States was distraught that her sister and her three children were in a Mexican shelter for migrants after they were expelled at the U.S. border. As unaccompanied minors are not expelled, the children were sent alone across the border and are now…
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View this email in your browserCatholic The Mexican bishops criticized their government’s willingness to restart the “Remain in Mexico” program. Mexico should be promoting and protecting migrant rights, they said.
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