Migration News

Migration News: March 11, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Fri, 21 May 2021 10:02:47 -0400

Migration News

Advocates Say Biden Administration Is Violating Pact On Detaining Migrant Children
Franco Ordoñez, NPR
Immigration advocates credit the Biden administration with acting quickly to move tens of thousands of migrant children out of jail-like detention facilities on the U.S. southern border and into safer emergency shelters. But the…

Migration News: May 20, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Thu, 20 May 2021 14:17:22 -0400

Migration News

Despite Concerns About Border, Poll Finds Support For More Pathways To Citizenship
Joel Rose, NPR
Across the political spectrum, Americans are worried about the rising number of migrants apprehended after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. But whatever their misgivings about the…

Migration News Update

Adeline Daniels — Thu, 20 May 2021 11:44:30 -0400

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Thank you for joining us each day to catch up on the most important updates to immigration policy and refugee resettlement in the United States and beyond. While we have appreciated the chance to share the top headlines with you, we regret to announce that after Friday, May 21st, we will be discontinuing the Daily Digest…

Migration News: May 19, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:08:51 -0400

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For Migrant Children in Federal Care, a ‘Sense of Desperation’
Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times
In a federal shelter in Dallas, migrant children sleep in a windowless convention center room under fluorescent lights that never go dark. At a military base in El Paso, teenagers pile onto bunk cots, and some say they have gone…

Migration News: May 17, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Mon, 17 May 2021 14:13:38 -0400

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California Sen. Alex Padilla On Essential Worker Immigration Bill
Michel Martin, NPR
More than 100 days into Joe Biden's presidency, immigration remains a pressing issue for his administration and for the country as the number of migrants apprehended at the southern border exceeded 170,000 in April for the second consecutive month.…

Migration News: May 14, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Fri, 14 May 2021 14:34:32 -0400

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Biden meeting with DACA recipients to highlight immigration priorities
Mike Memoli, NBC News
President Joe Biden plans to welcome six recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to the Oval Office on Friday as his administration signals his immigration reform plan remains a legislative priority. In his address…

Migration News: May 13, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Thu, 13 May 2021 16:31:11 -0400

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Democrats unveil bill to expand immigrant health care access
Caroline Simon, Roll Call
A group of Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday are introducing legislation that would make health care coverage more accessible to immigrants, citing the ongoing pandemic and its impact on immigrant frontline workers. The bill would lift a current…

Migration News: May 12, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Wed, 12 May 2021 14:46:54 -0400

Today in Immigration

Border arrests rose slightly in April, but fewer minors crossing without parents eases pressure on Biden administration
Nick Miroff, The Washington Post
Immigration arrests and detentions along the U.S.-Mexico border rose slightly in April to 178,622, the highest one-month total in two decades, according to U.S. Customs and…

Migration News: May 11, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Tue, 11 May 2021 17:34:16 -0400

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Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman and Martha Mendoza, AP News
The Biden administration is holding tens of thousands of asylum-seeking children in an opaque network of some 200 facilities that The Associated Press has learned spans two dozen states and includes five shelters…

Migration News: May 10, 2021

Adeline Daniels — Mon, 10 May 2021 17:03:59 -0400

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Biden finally raised the refugee cap. Now comes the hard part.
Nicole Narea, Vox
After months of indecision and blowback from within his own party, President Joe Biden has finally raised the cap on refugee admissions for 2021 to 62,500 — but he has made clear he doesn’t think the US will actually admit that many people. “The sad…