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New York Times: Vietnamese Americans mobilize to help AfghansMany Vietnamese Americans — seeing Afghans hastily fleeing their country — recalled their own experiences leaving their home country after U.S. troops quickly withdrew at the end of the Vietnam War. This shared experience spurred Vietnamese Americans to mobilize for arriving Afghans by offering housing, organizing fundraisers and…
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Miami Herald: Registration begins for diversity visa lotteryThe U.S. government announced that registration starts Oct. 6 for the 2023 fiscal year Diversity Immigration Visa Program. The program will allot up to 55,000 immigration visas to applicants from countries with low immigration rates to the United States over the past five years. Please feel free to…
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Washington Post: Mexican minors smuggling migrants into U.S.Mexican minors are prolific smugglers of undocumented migrants into the United States. Because the U.S. Justice Department doesn’t arrest and prosecute Mexican minors caught escorting migrants across the border, this makes them valuable to criminal groups that control the trade.
Read MoreAfghans Resettling
AP: Poll finds overwhelming U.S. support for resettling Afghan alliesA new poll finds widespread U.S. support for resettling Afghans who worked with the U.S. and Afghan governments, with 72 percent favoring the granting of refugee status to Afghans passing security checks. A Catholic Charities official in Oklahoma City said he is receiving hundreds of offers…
Read MoreImmigration System is Broken
National Catholic Register: Broken immigration system needs to be fixedThe U.S. immigration system is broken. Failure to secure our borders and seek just reform in how migrants are treated make laws ineffective and policies inadequate. Fixing this means adapting to changes in the human situation, such as globalization, which culturally, economically and politically links us to…
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Reuters: Judge allows challenge to arrests made by private ICE contractorA federal judge denied a bid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to dismiss a claim that its use of a private contractor to make immigration arrests violates federal law. The judge said it is unclear whether ICE is following federal policy that only immigration officials can…
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Forbes: Impediments block undocumented immigrant access to COVID-19 vaccinesAbout 25 percent of potentially undocumented immigrants in the United States are being vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a recent survey. This is about half the rate for U.S. adults. Barriers to vaccination include the fear of being deported and lack of access to many government programs.
Read MoreMissing immigrants
BuzzFeed News: Volunteers search desert for lost immigrantsAguilas del Desierto (Desert Eagles) is composed of volunteers who spend their weekends searching the Arizona desert for missing immigrants. Many volunteers were once undocumented immigrants and know from experience the struggles people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border face.
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WKBW: Buffalo groups raising funds to support 350 AfghansA consortium of five groups is raising money to support 350 Afghan evacuees coming to Buffalo, N.Y., while their asylum cases are being decided. Unlike refugees and Special Immigrant Visa holders from Afghanistan, these evacuees will not have access to federally funded services and progra
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WKBW: Buffalo groups raising funds to support 350 AfghansA consortium of five groups is raising money to support 350 Afghan evacuees coming to Buffalo, N.Y., while their asylum cases are being decided. Unlike refugees and Special Immigrant Visa holders from Afghanistan, these evacuees will not have access to federally funded services and progra
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