In this monthly newsletter, read about (1) Cleveland Immigration Court, (2) Removal Flights, (3) Title 42 Runs Out in May, But What Comes Next?, (4) Recent Incidents at US/Mexico Border, (5) Turn of Events: Busing Migrants Away from the Border, and TAKE ACTION NOW: a) speak out against asylum ban, b) tell your governor and attorney general that immigrants should be welcome in your state, and c) support migrant detainees on hunger strike in California.
In this monthly newsletter, read about (1) Cleveland Immigration Court, (2) Removal Flights, (3) Recent Incidents at US/Mexico Border, (4) New Mexico Seeks to End ICE Contracts, (5) Ohio's Return from Deportation Working Group + Resource Guide for Newcomers to NE Ohio, (6) Ohio Sues Over Biden's New Humanitarian Parole Program, (7) CBP Migrant Deaths Report, (8) Take Action: a) speak out against asylum ban, b) tell your governor and attorney general that immigrants should be welcome in your state.
Migrant Justice Newsletter and Urgent Actions – JAN 2023
In this monthly newsletter, please read about (1) Immigration Court in Cleveland, OH, (2) The Biden Administration’s Plans to Overhaul Border Policies after the End of Title 42, (3) Title 42: Expelling Migrants in the Name of Health Measures. Update on Removal Flight Trends, (4) Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Renewed for Haitians, and (5) At The Border: Recent Incidents at and around the US-Mexico Border. TAKE ACTION ITEMS: After reading the articles, please take a few moments to advocate for migrant justice with our TAKE ACTION items: (1) Urge Congress to Reject Racist, Anti-Asylum Policies, and (2) Permanent Pathway to Citizenship for DACA and TPS Recipients.
In this montly newsletter, please read about : (1) Immigration Court in Cleveland, OH: Nicaraguans rank #1 in deportation proceedings filed; (2) - Recent Border Trends: Why We See so Many Nicaraguans and Venezuelans Arriving at the U.S. Southern Border; (3) Title 42: Expelling Migrants in the Name of Health Measures: Biden Urges Mexico to Take Migrants under COVID Expulsion Order He Promised to End; (4) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Increase in ICE’s use of Ankle Monitors and Smartphones to Monitor Immigrants and Detention Numbers; (5) At The Border: Recent Incidents at and around the US-Mexico Border. TAKE ACTION ITEMS: After reading the articles, please take a few moments to advocate for migrant justice with our TAKE ACTION items: (1) Support Ohio Immigrant and Refugee Businesses this Holiday Season; (2) Urge Congress to Support and Pass Permanent Pathways to Citizenship (3) Stop the illegal and immoral transportation of migrants by certain governors to other states and Washington, DC.
As we have seen over the past couple months already, numbers in Venezuelan and Cuban migrants have skyrocketed, and Venezuelans now rank #1 in the number of deportation proceedings filed in Ohio. In light of this new wave of migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border, the Biden Administration has urged Mexico to take in more migrants, while upholding xenophobic border policies and allowing for continued incidents of abuse, persecution and torture along the Mexican side of the border. Just as things seem to be moving in the right direction, it once again becomes clear that there are many legal gaps and tricks embracing a migrant’s state of uncertainty while, at the same time on paper, working to lift some barriers to the asylum process (e.g., Remain in Mexico, aka MPP).
Migrant Justice Newsletter And Urgent Actions - September 2022
Abortion around the world is often clandestine and costly. It is differentially risky according to one’s social and economic position. It is related to domestic violence, sexual harassment, the gendered pay gap, the murders of gendered environmental land defenders and Indigenous water protectors in rural areas. Those most harmed by the criminalization of abortion are all people with the capacity to gestate with the fewest economic resources, including those who cannot pay for abortion. The right to abortion is inseparable from the demand for guaranteed public health system which includes abortion and comprehensive sexual education allowing for more inclusive sexual expressions, and relationships. The right to abortion isn’t merely an individual right, our bodies can not be policed as private property. We contain multitudes and worlds.
In this post, see a collection of the work IRTF has done over the years in Reproductive Rights Defense.
With all the faults the U.S. immigration system has, one specific issue is often overlooked: the processing of stateless persons seeking protection in a world that is governed by nation-states and designed only to protect and ensure rights to those with a nationality. Moreover, anti-immigrant policies like Title 42 continue to deny the right to asylum to many people crossing the U.S. border, sending more migrants back on expulsion flights each month. And although the immigration court backlog is not getting smaller, immigration courts across the nation seem to order deportations at alarmingly high rates. Here is an overview of recent updates on U.S. immigration and what has been happening at the border!
After the legal discussions around Title 42, expulsion flights under the questionable health proclamation continued to increase this month, as did the number of people enrolled in ICE’s electronic monitoring program Alternatives to Detention. While the general focus on migrant justice issues and the U.S. immigration system within the public has been increasing, the numbers are not showing much progress, and the Biden administration as well as the Department of Homeland Security/ICE are working towards a more enforced border and detention/surveillance system, rather than a more humane way of treating individuals who are coming to the U.S. in search for refuge and community.
