News Digest: March 15, 2024

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3/4/24, Arizona Luminaria, 8 things to know about people seeking asylum in Arizona

3/7/24, Christian Science Monitor, How one Utah city bucks the divide over immigration

3/7/24, Wall Street Journal, Americans want the immigration bill Congress won’t pass, WSJ poll shows

3/7/24, Christian Science Monitor, Another Gaza battlefront burns — in West Bank refugee camps

3/7/24, Arizona Luminaria, In Nogales, another asylum bottleneck forces a choice: monthslong wait or dangerous desert crossing 

3/8/24, NPR, Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born Americans, studies find

3/8/24, Associated Press, Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the U.S. each month upheld by judge 

3/8/24, New Humanitarian, Anarchy in Haiti, abductions in Nigeria, and Ramadan ceasefire hopes: The Cheat Sheet 

3/11/24, Texas Tribune, Texas judge blocks Ken Paxton’s efforts to subpoena Annunciation House

3/11/24, New Humanitarian, How Sudanese rights defenders are risking their lives to document the war

3/11/24, ABC News, Biden’s proposed budget includes $4.7 billion emergency fund for  border migrant surges

3/11/24, New Humanitarian, Anger as Panama stops MSF from working in Darien Gap amid sexual violence spat

3/12/24, Vox, The Supreme Court may let Texas get away with a totally unconstitutional deportation law

3/12/24, Washington Post, How Texas is challenging the Biden administration on border policy

3/12/24, Arizona Luminaria, From Mali, Congo, Colombia, Honduras and farther, asylum-seekers risk a sawed-off border gap near Lukeville

3/12/24, Washington Post, What’s happening in Haiti? Leader resigns as gang-led violence worsens

3/12/24, CNN, Supreme Court extends freeze on controversial Texas immigration law

3/13/24, The Hill, Immigration fight could trigger shutdown at end of next week

3/13/24, Episcopal News Service, Wisconsin affiliate prepares to welcome refugees as Episcopal Migration Ministries expands