Center on Immigration at Cabrini University

The Department of Homeland Security plans to start allowing in a trickle of asylum-seekers about 300 people per day from among an estimated 25,000 people with "active cases" in the now-defunct Migrant Protection Protocols program. https://www.npr.org//biden-team-unveils-new-asylum-system-

Over 200 emails show staff in the DMV fraud investigations unit operating as unofficial deputized immigration officers by proactively helping ICE identify, surveil and detain individuals in all instances without a warrant, order or subpoena, said the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, or CIRC.

"During Mr. Biden's first day in office, his administration stopped placing asylum-seekers in the so-called "Remain-in Mexico" program. He is also set to formally end the policy and other asylum limits this week as part of an executive order to retool how U.S. border officials will process migrants going forward. But the new administration continues to use the Trump-era CDC order to quickly expel migrants including families with children without allowing them to request U....S. refuge, according to court documents and interviews with attorneys. The government has also not said whether it will allow the estimated 20,000 migrants in Mexico with pending asylum applications to continue their cases inside the U.S. Mr. Biden has yet to publicly order a review of the expulsions order, despite a pledge made by his campaign. The CDC deferred requests for comment to the White House, which did not offer any. U.S. diplomats have instead been warning would-be migrants in Central America that the expulsions will continue indefinitely."

PLEASE CALL these members of Congress to ask them to take urgent action to stop the deportations of the remaining families: Representative Scanlon (202) 225-2011 Senator Casey (202) 224-6324 Representative Dean (202) 225-4731... Representative Evans (202) 225-4001 Representative Fitzpatrick (202) 225-4276 To learn more: https://buff.ly/3rj0pQ8

"The expulsions were carried out under a 77-year-old public health statute, called Title 42, first invoked by the Trump administration after the start of the coronavirus outbreak. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said that policy would continue for new arrivals at the border, until there had been a review and facilities for housing migrants had been restored. The return of a family is a solemn and heartbreaking event. That is especially true when the country of destination suffers instability, violence, lack of economic opportunity or other challenges, the spokesperson said."

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Calling all (im)migration scholars in the Delaware Valley! The Delaware Valley Migration Scholars Colloquium (DVMSC) provides a forum for (im)migration scholars in the Delaware Valley to share their research, discuss current issues in the field, and develop collaborative partnerships. We would like to introduce current (im)migration scholarship being worked on by our colleagues in the area. If you would like to submit an abstract of 350-500 words for consideration, please sen...d it to [email protected] by March 5th. If you simply want to join us for some good discussion, RSVP on Zoom http://bit.ly/3d4bwHE by April 5th. We hope you can join us.

"ICE has continued to detain dozens of parents and children in its three family detention centers during the coronavirus pandemic, even after a federal judge in June ordered the children released. The judge’s ruling did not extend to parents, and the government and advocates for immigrant children have not agreed on a process to allow children to be released while parents would remain detained. Some argue releasing children to family sponsors while keeping parents detained and facing deportation would be tantamount to family separation, a practice for which the Trump administration has faced enormous criticism."

The first flights out are scheduled for tomorrow, call USCIS Director, Jennifer Higgins, TODAY to Stop ICE from Deporting Children (202) 272-0979 Sample script: "I am calling to urge Director Higgings to grant reconsideration of asylum for families detained in family detention centers who are facing immediate deportation. These are more than 20 families with children who have been detained by ICE in family prisons for over a year. Deportations mean their lives will be i...n danger. These families’ asylum applications have not been fairly adjudicated under the illegal policies of the Trump administration. Give them a real opportunity to seek asylum." Representative Nadler - (202) 225-5635 Representative Lofgren - (202) 225-3072 Representative Thompson - (202) 225-5876 CALL SCRIPT: I am calling the Representative to ask that they urgently intervene on behalf of immigrant children and their parents who ICE is planning to deport to their deaths as early as today. A group of over 20 children, including toddlers and teenagers, have been detained by ICE in family prisons in Texas and Pennsylvania for as long as a year and a half. These children may be deported as early as TODAY, and their lives are in danger. We are asking that the Representative contact Jennifer Higgins, Associate Director for the Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate, to demand that the families’ asylum applications be fairly adjudicated under the law. At a time when the Trump administration is escalating its cruel policies towards immigrants before the end of the current administration, I’m calling on the Representative to step forward and stop this atrocity. @shutdownberkscoalition #shutdownberks #not1moredeportation #Savethe28