Articles
10/31/20, New York Times: The ‘Wall’ Is Still Motivating Voters. But This Time Is It Against Trump?
10/30/20, NBC News: Trump adviser Stephen Miller reveals aggressive second-term immigration agenda
10/30/20, New York Times: U.S. Expels Migrant Children From Other Countries to Mexico
10/30/20, Guardian: Refugee agencies call for action on people smuggling after 140 die in shipwreck
10/29/20, Miami Herald: Cuban detainees: ICE forced us to sign forms saying we wanted to go back, ‘visit’ family
10/29/20, New York Times: Trump’s Hard-Line Immigration Policies Go Before Voters
10/29/20, Immigration Impact: The Government Wants Immigrants to Show Up for Court—But Neglects to Tell Them How to Attend Their Hearings
10/29/20, CNN: ‘We had a shortage last night of beds for babies’: House report outlines chaos of Trump administration’s family separation policy
10/29/20, NPR: Democratic Lawmakers Denounce DHS ‘Ad Hoc’ Migrant Deportations In Guatemala
10/29/20, KQED: ‘Immigration Is a Gateway Issue’ — and the Contrast Between Trump and Biden Is Stark
10/29/20, BuzzFeed News: US Border Officials Told Asylum-Seekers They Didn’t Have Space, Regardless Of Whether They Actually Did
10/29/20, BuzzFeed News: More Than 40 Immigrants Have Died In ICE Custody In The Past Four Years. Here Are Thousands Of Records About What Happened.
10/28/20, ProPublica: Trump Got What He Wanted at the Border. Would Biden Undo It?
10/28/20, BuzzFeed News: Border Officials Turned Away Unaccompanied Immigrant Children More Than 13,000 Times Under Trump’s Pandemic Policy
10/28/20, Immigration Impact: The Value of Pro Bono Legal Services in Immigration Detention
10/27/20, Intercept: Number of Women Alleging Misconduct by ICE Gynecologist Nearly Triples
10/27/20, Texas Tribune and ProPublica: Records show Trump’s border wall is costing taxpayers billions more than initial contracts
10/27/20, Forbes: Federal Judge Forces ICE To Release Over 250 Detainees From A Southern California Detention Center
10/27/20, Chicago Sun-Times: Shut out of DACA protections, immigrant youth in Chicago area face uncertain future
10/27/20, Atlantic: How the ‘African Ban’ Ripped a Family Apart
10/26/20, AP: Under Trump, US no longer leads world on refugee protections
Opinion
11/1/20, Guardian: Compassion, not ‘deterrence’, should inform Britain’s asylum policy
10/29/20, Washington Post: Trump didn’t build his border wall with steel. He built it out of paper.
10/28/20, WBUR: The U.S. Immigration System Was Already Cruel. Trump Made It So Much Worse
10/27/20, Boston Globe: Immigration policy is on the ballot. If voters don’t decide, the conservative Supreme Court will
10/27/20, Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald: I’m a pastor who went to the border. Here’s what I saw
10/26/20, Baltimore Sun: Family separation of migrant children allowed U.S. government to ‘traffic in kidnapping’ | COMMENTARY
10/26/20, Chicago Tribune: Commentary: The Latino and immigrant vote has been mobilized by years of GOP nativism
Policy Resources
MPI report: Navigating the Future of Work: The Role of Immigrant-Origin Workers in the Changing U.S. Economy
MPI policy brief: Rethinking the U.S.-Mexico Border Immigration Enforcement System: A Policy Road Map
Multimedia
KPBS (podcast): Port of Entry
Washington Post (video): How Congress could change if undocumented immigrants are removed from the 2020 Census
This American Life (podcast): The People Up the Stairs
Guardian (game): Have Your Passport Ready review – step inside the asylum system
Educational Resources & Opportunities
Immigrant Learning Center webinar: Pandemic, Politics and the Future: Tackling Immigrant Anxiety and Trauma
Even in these stressful times for all, immigrants and refugees are under particular hardship. Increased enforcement, economic uncertainty, immigration restrictions and overrepresentation in essential jobs during a pandemic have put immigrants at unique risk for anxiety, stress and trauma. Join experts in psychology, social work and policy for the free webinar Pandemic, Politics and the Future: Tackling Immigrant Anxiety and Trauma on Thursday, November 12, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM EST.
In this historic and urgent year, join us to power our New American Dreams forward and ensure that the voices, concerns and visions of immigrant and refugee communities are front and center as the country emerges from the pandemic, the November elections, and begins the critical work of rebuilding our country and economy. Covid is still surging across the country and disproportionately impacting Black and Brown communities – on the frontlines, and suffering health and economic impacts. The urgent issues facing immigrant and refugee communities continue to compound every day. Our work and our communities can’t wait for a vaccine, so NIIC 2020 is going fully virtual! Join us online from wherever you are December 8-9, 2020!