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Climate change creates migrants. Biden considers protectionsJulie Watson, AP News
No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically because of climate change. President Joe Biden’s administration is studying the idea, and climate migration is expected to be discussed at his first climate summit, held virtually Thursday and Friday. The day the summit starts, Democratic Sen. Edward Markey of Massachusetts plans to reintroduce legislation…
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Why the White House wanted to avoid the refugee issueNatasha Korecki, Laura Barrón-López and Nahal Toosi, POLITICO
Avoiding an escalation of conservative attacks against President Joe Biden’s immigration policies was one of the factors the White House considered when it initially decided to keep his predecessor’s controversial cap on refugees. Though the issues are separate, administration officials predicted raising the number of refugees, as Biden had promised to in…
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ICE, CBP to stop using ‘illegal alien’ and ‘assimilation’ under new Biden administration order
Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post
The Biden administration has ordered U.S. immigration enforcement agencies to stop using terms such as “alien,” “illegal alien” and “assimilation” when referring to immigrants in the United States, a rebuke of terms widely used under the Trump administration. The change was detailed in memos sent Monday to department heads at Immigration and Customs…
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Climate change is a major factor behind increased migration at U.S. southern border, experts sayHannah Miao, CNBC
Hurricanes Eta and Iota struck Central America last November, bringing torrential rain, flash floods, landslides and crop damage across Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. An estimated 7.3 million people in the region were affected by the twin hurricanes as of December, according to the United Nations. The impact of the hurricanes is one of many…
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Kristi Noem’s posturing on ‘illegal’ immigration spotlights a common misrepresentationPhilip Bump, The Washington Post
South Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) is ambitious. She’s leaned into her hands-off approach to the coronavirus pandemic, earning her outsize media attention given the size of her state, though at some obvious cost to South Dakotans. She embraced former president Donald Trump, endearing herself to his base. And she’s been eager to leverage right-wing…
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Under Trump-era border rule that Biden has kept, few asylum-seekers can seek U.S. refugeCamilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News
Despite campaign promises to restore U.S. asylum, the Biden administration has expelled tens of thousands of migrants, including families with children, through a Trump-era rule that has allowed just 0.3% of those processed under it to seek refuge, according to data obtained by CBS News. Since March 2020, U.S. border officials have used a late 19th-century…
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Biden’s delay on refugees baffles and frustrates alliesSean Sullivan and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post
President Biden sent a stark message in February to foreigners fleeing oppression, persecution and danger: The United States stands ready to help them once again. He pledged an eightfold-plus increase in the annual cap on refugees set during the Trump administration, saying he would aim for a “down payment” on that promise “as soon as possible.” More than two months…
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Number of unaccompanied migrant children in Customs and Border Protection custody falls 45%
Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
The number of unaccompanied minors in US Customs and Border Protection custody, akin to jail-like conditions, has dropped 45%, according to the latest government data, amid an ongoing effort by the Biden administration to find suitable spaces to accommodate kids after facing scrutiny for overcrowded facilities. As of Sunday, there were 3,130 children in the custody…
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Young Migrants Crowd Shelters, Posing Test for Biden
Michael D. Shear, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times
The desperate plea landed this week in the email inboxes of employees in government agencies like the Department of Homeland Security and NASA: Will you consider taking a four-month paid leave from your job to help care for migrant children in government-run shelters packed with new arrivals at the border? The request to much of the federal work force…
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HHS investigating abuse allegations at Texas migrant shelter, White House says
Betsy Klein, CNN
The US Department of Health and Human Services is investigating allegations of abuse at a site sheltering unaccompanied minors in Texas, the White House said Thursday, after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott alleged the state had received tips that children inside the facility were being abused and called for it to be shut down. "The Biden Administration takes the safety and…
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