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 LATEST ANALYSIS 

• Abbott’s Anti-Immigrant Blockade Cost the US Billions in Just a Few Days  
  
  Less than a week after the Biden Administration announced the impending end to the COVID-era Title 42 border policy, Texas Governor Greg Abbott escalated his ongoing political fight with the Biden administration over its handling of the border. Read More »
   
• The Biden Administration Needs to Change Course on Green Cards Before It’s Too Late  
  
  The Biden administration failed to issue many of the immigrant visas—more commonly known as green cards—that were allotted last year for immigrants who have been sponsored by a U.S. employer or family member. Read More »
   
• I Visited Biden’s MPP Tent Courts. The Changes Since Trump Don’t Fix the Program’s Flaws. 
  
  More than two years after visiting the Trump administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocols” (MPP) tent courts in Laredo, Texas, I returned to see how they had changed under the Biden administration. While some changes have been made, they haven’t resolved the program’s biggest flaws, such as the danger asylum seekers face in Mexico, low rates of legal representation, and barriers to adequately preparing a case. There is no way to reform MPP—the only way to end these violations of due process and human rights is to end the program. Read More »
   
• Settlement Deadline in Lawsuit Addressing a One-Year Filing Deadline for Asylum Applications  
  
  Immigration law requires that asylum seekers file applications for asylum within one year of last entering the United States. Filing after one year can be the sole reason the U.S. government denies an asylum application. Despite these serious consequences, until recently, officials did not always tell asylum seekers of this deadline.  Read More »

 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW  

• The Biden administration announced a new program on Friday called Uniting for Ukraine, which will allow Ukrainians to enter and seek refuge inside the United States through a streamlined process.
  
  As part of this initiative, the Department of State will also expand refugee resettlement processing and access to visa processing for Ukrainians overseas. 
  
  Read more: Temporary Protected Status: An Overview

 ACROSS THE NATION  

• The Council's Immigration Justice Campaign went to the U.S.-Mexico border this week to witness tent court hearings taking place under the Migrant Protection Protocols (also known as Remain in Mexico program).
  
  This on-the-ground video shows the tent courts and provides an overview of the changes to the program since its implementation under former President Trump. 
  
  Watch: Live from “Remain in Mexico” Tent Court Hearings

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 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 

“There will still be people who are released at the border and put into immigration court proceedings to have their case heard because asylum is a legal process and the Biden administration has no more right than the Trump administration to simply deny people their right under the law.”"

–  Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy counsel at the American Immigration Council

 FURTHER READING 

• NPR-On Point (LISTEN): The legacy of Title 42
   

• Border Report: Record number of migrants freed from detention are self-reporting their whereabouts
   

• Salon: Despite Biden's campaign promises, immigration reform is on the back burner
   

• WBUR: The pandemic forced these immigrant-owned businesses to go digital. It's paying off

         

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