Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 12, 2019 at 3:40 PM

Noorani's Notes: "What You Need to be Warm"

  Faith leaders across the country are taking action ahead of a Christmas deadline for state and local jurisdictions to provide written consent to the resettlement of refugees, Heather Sells reports for CBN News. “This week, faith leaders connected with the Ev…

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  Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 11, 2019 at 11:47 PM

Bipartisan Immigration Bill Passes the House

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release          Contact: Dan Gordon, 617-651-0841 Dec. 11, 2019       Bipartisan Immigration Bill Passes the House WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan bill offering much-needed immigration and agriculture workfo…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 11, 2019 at 3:28 PM

Noorani's Notes: Inspiring Immigration Stories of 2019

  The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on the Farm Workforce Modernization Act — bipartisan legislation that would grant legal status to undocumented farmworkers, modernize the agricultural worker visa program and mandate E-Verify for the sector. …

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 10, 2019 at 3:24 PM

Noorani's Notes: Vaccines

  The Burleigh County Commission in North Dakota voted 3-2 Monday night to continue accepting refugees, Mitch Smith and Miriam Jordan report in The New York Times. The commission capped refugee admissions at 25, about the same number as last year. Brian Bitner…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 9, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Noorani's Notes: Meanwhile in Arizona

  North Dakota’s Burleigh County is set to vote today on whether the county will be the first in the nation to ban further resettlement of refugees, reports James MacPherson at the Associated Press. “Monday night’s meeting will be held in a middle school cafet…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

December 6, 2019 at 11:03 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, December 6, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, December 6, 2019 is now posted. You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-december-6-2019/ Best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN - Fr…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 6, 2019 at 3:38 PM

Noorani's Notes: "Because I believe in God"

  This morning I have an op-ed in the Boston Globe: “In recent months — as the country has been transfixed on the high-stakes drama of the impeachment inquiry — the very fabric of our nation has become altered. Not because of new witness testimony or details p…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 5, 2019 at 3:45 PM

Noorani's Notes: "A Defensive Crouch"

  Texas District Court Judge Keno Vasquez has temporarily blocked the crowdfunded “We Build the Wall” effort to build a portion of the border wall along the Rio Grande,  reports Neil Vigdor at The New York Times. The temporary restraining order follows a lawsu…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 4, 2019 at 3:31 PM

Noorani's Notes: Refugee Admissions

  This fall, President Trump signed an executive order that allows states and cities to veto refugee resettlement — and slashed the annual refugee ceiling to a record low of 18,000 for next year. However, Griff Witte at The Washington Post writes that in “dee…

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  Ali Noorani · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 4:30 PM

Help Us Reshape Our Nation's Immigration Story

National Immigration Forum Dear John, As you are inundated with requests this Giving Tuesday, I hope you will put ours at the top of your pile. We greatly value your support! The decisions that drove our earliest ancestors to America are the same that…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 3, 2019 at 3:31 PM

Noorani's Notes: Left Behind

  Welcome to the #GivingTuesday edition of Noorani’s Notes. If you find these Notes useful, please consider supporting our work at the National Immigration Forum. We are tremendously grateful. Now, to the news… The Department of Homeland Security’s inadequat…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

December 2, 2019 at 3:36 PM

Noorani's Notes: Ballroom Dance Lessons

  Nearly half of undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. arrived here legally and stayed past their visas’ expiration dates, reports Miriam Jordan for The New York Times. “Of the roughly 3.5 million undocumented immigrants who entered the country …

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 26, 2019 at 3:57 PM

Noorani's Notes: Alabama International

  There are 3,650,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey alone – 44% of whom are children, Omer Karasapan writes for the Brookings Institute. And Turkish public opinion, which started off supportive of welcoming refugees, has changed: “A poll in 2016 showed 72 percent …

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 25, 2019 at 3:29 PM

Noorani's Notes: "Proud American"

  After U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a report on arrests of people who requested Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Alex Nowrasteh, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, penned an opinion piece in The …

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 10:29 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, November 22, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, November 22, 2019 is now posted. You can find the online version of the bulletin here:https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-november-22-2019/ The next bulletin will be posted on Friday,…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 22, 2019 at 3:19 PM

Noorani's Notes: Journalist Database

  Sol Trujillo, the chairman of Trujillo Group Investments and the first native-born Hispanic chairman and CEO of a Fortune 150 company, says he believes that America is straying from the ideals written in the Declaration of Independence. In an op-ed for Mark…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 21, 2019 at 3:22 PM

Noorani's Notes: Restrictive

  The Trump administration has officially begun an effort to send some asylum seekers at the border to Guatemala, report Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg, and Kristina Cooke for Reuters. A pilot of the new program, which began this week, aims to process 10 to 15 mig…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 20, 2019 at 3:33 PM

Noorani's Notes: Bad for Business

  At the state and local level, businesses and elected officials continue to say they need more immigrants and refugees in order to grow their workforces and economies. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) embraced a Trump executive order giving cities and state…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 19, 2019 at 3:23 PM

Noorani's Notes: AI Security

  Today the Trump administration will amend the rule permitting asylum seekers to be sent to other countries that have negotiated agreements with the U.S. to accept them, Ted Hesson reports in Reuters. This regulation “states that asylum seekers may be sent to…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 18, 2019 at 3:40 PM

Noorani's Notes: Sesame Street

  During the past year, there have been approximately 50,000 people jailed, on any given day, under the purview of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — and the majority of those in custody have no prior criminal records, reports Abigail Hauslohner …

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 9:48 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, November 15, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, November 15, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-november-15-2019/ All the best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE B…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 15, 2019 at 3:47 PM

Noorani's Notes: DHS Accountability

  A recent Wharton School of Business study found that the data does not support the argument that more restrictive immigration laws benefit U.S. workers. In 2004, the number of available H-1B immigrant visas was greatly reduced, and researchers found that “th…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 14, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Noorani's Notes: "Bologna sandwiches"

  With the Trump administration planning to increase the U.S. citizenship application fee to a staggering $1,170, citizenship applicants are facing a 61% hike in costs, Christopher Ingraham reports for The Washington Post. “In real terms, the proposed changes…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 13, 2019 at 4:01 PM

Noorani's Notes: Wall Webcam

  The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in the case that will decide whether the Trump administration can end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program shielding 700,000 Dreamers from deportation. Adam Liptak of The New York Times br…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 12, 2019 at 3:32 PM

Noorani's Notes: SCOTUS with the Mostus

  There is an immigration crisis in the U.S. and Europe. But the problem is not too many immigrants — it’s too few, argues Charles Kenny in Foreign Affairs. “The next several decades will see populations in Europe and North America age and shrink as people ha…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 11, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Noorani's Notes: Forgotten Filipino Veterans

  As the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments this week regarding the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Jonathan Blitzer at The New Yorker examines the policy’s legal vulnerabilities and th…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 11, 2019 at 3:26 PM

Noorani's Notes: Forgotten Filipino Veterans

  As the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments this week regarding the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Jonathan Blitzer at The New Yorker examines the policy’s legal vulnerabilities and th…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

November 8, 2019 at 10:07 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, November 8, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, November 8, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here:https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-november-8-2019/ All the best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULL…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 8, 2019 at 3:09 PM

Noorani's Notes: Remain Remains Problematic

  Thanks to all those faith, law enforcement, and business leaders from around the country – and Senators Durbin and Gardner – who joined us yesterday in D.C. for Leading the Way: An American Approach to Immigration. It was a robust, meaningful dialogue focuse…

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  Magen Wetmore, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 7, 2019 at 10:18 PM

TODAY: Law Enforcement, Community Leaders to be Honored for Valuing Immigrants

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release           Contact: Charlie DiPasquale, 240-481-6632 Nov. 7, 2019                                               Magen Wetmore, 202-383-5983 TODAY: Law Enforcement, Community Leaders to be Honored for Va…

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  Magen Wetmore, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 7, 2019 at 6:14 PM

Convening Paints Constructive Vision for American Immigration

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release           Contact: Charlie DiPasquale, 240-481-6632 Nov. 7, 2019                                               Magen Wetmore, 202-383-5983 Convening Paints Constructive Vision for American Immigration …

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 7, 2019 at 1:53 PM

Noorani's Notes: #LeadingTheWay19

  Welcome to Thursday’s edition of Noorani’s Notes. Instead of bringing you the latest in immigration news today, we’re making it. Our annual event, Leading the Way: An American Approach to Immigration’s general session kicks off around 8:50 this morning wit…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 6, 2019 at 3:53 PM

Noorani's Notes: Pop Quiz

  The White House has said that Chad Wolf, a longtime Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official, will assume the agency’s top post, Nick Miroff reports for The Washington Post. But his Senate confirmation could be stalled thanks to a complex succession pl…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 5, 2019 at 3:39 PM

Noorani's Notes: "It absolutely makes sense."

  This week the Trump administration is busy drafting new restrictions to prevent asylum seekers from applying for work permits until they have been in the country for at least a year, Julia Ainsley reports for NBC News. “Under previous guidelines, asylum-see…

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November 4, 2019 at 3:43 PM

Noorani's Notes: Minnesota Morning Read

  President Trump on Saturday approved a plan to lower the number of refugees that the U.S. will accept in fiscal year 2020 to just 18,000 — the lowest in thirty years, reports Kenneth Garger at the New York Post. Lara Jakes at The New York Times reports that …

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

November 1, 2019 at 7:28 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, November 1, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, November 1, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here: https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-november-1-2019/ All the best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BUL…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

November 1, 2019 at 2:25 PM

Noorani's Notes: "We're Not Well."

  Tania Romero, a Honduran mother of four, faces deportation –­ and stage 4 oral cancer. Her son, Christian, is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipient and doctoral student at Yale who grew up in the U.S. Christian is campaigning for immigra…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 31, 2019 at 2:43 PM

Noorani's Notes: Repercussions

  As families and insurers scramble to decipher the Trump administration’s proclamation “requiring all prospective immigrants to prove they will have U.S. health insurance within 30 days of their arrival or enough money to pay for ‘reasonably foreseeable medic…

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  Magen Wetmore, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 30, 2019 at 9:00 PM

Bipartisan Bill Offers Immigration, Labor Solutions

National Immigration Forum For Immediate Release        Contact: Magen Wetmore, 202-383-5983 Oct. 30, 2019       Bipartisan Bill Offers Immigration, Labor Solutions WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan bill introduced today presents Congress with a new o…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 30, 2019 at 2:21 PM

Noorani's Notes: Expediting Deportations

  Border Patrol agents arrested more than 851,000 people crossing the southwest border over the fiscal year ending in September — a 12-year high and more than double the number arrested last year, report Michelle Hackman and Alicia Caldwell for The Wall Street…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 29, 2019 at 2:37 PM

Noorani's Notes: Gone Fishing

  After spending much of the last year targeting foreign aid to Central America, two weeks ago President Trump announced that he would restore some assistance to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador as the countries agreed to accept U.S. asylum seekers. Now, …

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 28, 2019 at 2:53 PM

Noorani's Notes: Changing the Future

  New research from a team of economic historians at Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Davis, shows that since the 1880s, “Children of poor immigrants in America have had greater success climbing the economic ladder than children of similar…

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

October 25, 2019 at 8:50 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, October 25, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, October 25, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here:https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-october-25-2019/ All the best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULL…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 25, 2019 at 2:54 PM

Noorani's Notes: "Hitting the Gas"

  The Trump administration is testing a new program which would expedite migrant deportations, Robert Moore reports in The Washington Post. The “secretive” pilot program, Prompt Asylum Claim Review, would give migrants a decision on their asylum application in…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 2:24 PM

Noorani's Notes: "The Sunless World"

  The bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released an extensive 200-page report this morning examining how the Trump administration’s asylum, detention and family separation policies are violating basic constitutional and civil rights, Claire Hansen wri…

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October 23, 2019 at 3:04 PM

Noorani's Notes: "Redefine the Politics"

  Migrants who agreed to wait in Mexico for their U.S. asylum hearings are now being told they may no longer be eligible for asylum at all, Dara Lind reports in ProPublica. Contradicting Trump policies have left asylum seekers and immigration officials confuse…

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October 22, 2019 at 2:26 PM

Noorani's Notes: Homes and Healing in Akron

  More than 90% of African migrants would again make the perilous journey to Europe despite the risks, UN News reports. Interviews with 1,970 migrants from 39 African countries living in 13 European countries led to noteworthy findings. Among them: “that getti…

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October 21, 2019 at 3:21 PM

Noorani's Notes: Dem Message

  “In recent weeks, thousands of Mexican adults and children have been camping out in lines at U.S. border crossings, sleeping in tents while awaiting a chance to apply for safe refuge,” The Washington Post reports. While net migration with Mexico has leveled …

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  Christian Penichet-Paul · [email protected]

October 18, 2019 at 9:54 PM

Legislative Bulletin - Friday, October 18, 2019

Hello all, The National Immigration Forum's Legislative Bulletin for Friday, October 18, 2019 is now posted.  You can find the online version of the bulletin here:https://immigrationforum.org/article/legislative-bulletin-friday-october-18-2019/ All the best, Christian  LEGISLATIVE BULL…

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  Ali Noorani, National Immigration Forum · [email protected]

October 18, 2019 at 3:07 PM

Noorani's Notes: Ethical Care

  Hazleton, Pennsylvania, used to be a mining town, but in the early 2000’s it transformed into a shipping center due to its central location near major highways. To fill these new jobs, immigrant families came searching for a middle-class life, Laura Krantz w…

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