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Immigration in focus at high level U.S.-Mexico talks on Friday
Reuters
Mexico and the United States will discuss ways of mitigating undocumented immigration in talks later this week, Mexico's president said on Thursday, as the two sides seek to tackle an issue that has posed a challenge for U.S. President Joe Biden. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a virtual meeting on Friday to explore joint approaches to containing a…
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The census shows the US needs to increase immigration — by a lot
Nicole Narea, Vox
The results of the 2020 census are a warning sign that America is on a course for slow population growth. Economists broadly agree that population growth fuels economic growth in wealthy countries. But the recently released census figures show the US population was 331.5 million people, an increase of just 7.4 percent between 2010 and 2020 — the lowest rate since the 1930s. Projections suggest…
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Lawmakers call to defund immigration cooperation program
Suzanne Monyak, Roll Call
More than two dozen Democrats called on House appropriation leaders to slash funding for a divisive government program that facilitates collaboration between local law enforcement officials and federal immigration authorities. Led by Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., the lawmakers warned that continued funding of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program, known as the 287(g) program, will…
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Biden raises refugee cap to 62,500 after blowback
Priscilla Alvarez and Maegan Vazquez, CNN
The Biden administration will raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 people this fiscal year, the White House confirmed, after receiving swift criticism last month when President Joe Biden kept the lower Trump-era cap in place. "I am revising the United States' annual refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year," Biden said in a lengthy statement Monday. "This erases the…
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U.S. Shows Progress in Moving Migrant Children From Border Jails
Eileen Sullivan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs, The New York Times
The Biden administration is starting to see some success in its efforts to shelter thousands of children and teenagers at the southwestern border, with a fraction of the number of children still held in the jails run by the Border Patrol than there were a month ago. The government on Friday reported a more than 80 percent drop over the past month in the…
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Baltimore-Based Lutheran Immigration And Refugee Services Helps Move Unaccompanied Minors From Facilities To Foster Homes
Annie Rose Ramos, CBS Baltimore
For months now, we’ve seen images of federal facilities packed with thousands of unaccompanied minors at a time when there are a record number of children reaching the southern border, most coming from Central America. The sheer volume of children is overwhelming the federal government’s resources with thousands of children…
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Biden's first 100 days: How U.S. immigration policy has — and hasn't — changed
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News
President Biden came into office pledging to usher in a new era of U.S. immigration policy by rolling back his predecessor's hard-line agenda, proposing to legalize undocumented immigrants, expanding legal immigration and making America a safe haven for refugees. During his first 100 days as president, Mr. Biden halted border wall construction and ended some Trump-era…
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Biden should airlift vulnerable people out of Afghanistan before US forces withdrawal, refugee group urges
Charles Davis, Insider
Before the US government leaves Afghanistan, it needs to find a way to protect the many people who will be left behind, even if that requires the same mass-scale airlifts that accompanied the fall of Saigon. That's according to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), a human rights group that lobbies for the displaced. In recommendations…
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4 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into ICE’s Mishandling of Covid-19
Isabelle Niu and Emily Rhyne, The New York Times
The United States currently has the largest immigration detention system in the world. On any given day, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, holds tens of thousands of people in about 200 facilities across the country. And throughout the pandemic, these facilities have become some of the most dangerous places in the United States when it comes to…
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Bipartisan Senate group seeks immigration deals
Alayna Treene, Axios
A bipartisan group of senators that met privately Wednesday agreed to have their staffs draft a document outlining incremental immigration changes so they "can build from there," Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told Axios. Why it matters: The Republicans and Democrats recognize that Congress has failed numerous times to pass comprehensive reform, so now they're looking for a starting point amid a migrant surge at…
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