The EMM Weekly eNews Digest is intended to share immigration-related news, editorials, podcasts, and reports. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect our organization’s official policy or position.
Articles
12/5/24, New York Times, Trump names 2 officials to help carry out immigration crackdown
12/6/24, Washington Post, Many targeted for removal by Trump can’t be deported, ICE data shows
12/8/24, NBC News, Trump aims to end birthright citizenship, says American citizens with family here illegally may be deported
12/8/24, Washington Post, Border drownings rose as migrants rushed to cross and Texas clamped down
12/9/24, New Humanitarian, Syria faces humanitarian challenges as it begins post-Assad era
12/9/24, NPR, Trump’s border czar will be in White House, not an agency. Here’s why that matters
12/9/24, Washington Post, Trump has a new family separation problem
12/9/24, NPR, Mississippi communities scarred by ICE raids fear future under Trump
Opinion
12/5/24, USA Today (Op-ed), Biden’s legacy can be a humane transition or a slammed door on asylum seekers
12/5/24, Nevada Independent (Op-ed), Beyond walls and raids: A case for humane immigration reform
12/9/24, Washington Post (Op-ed), Ending TPS would be an easy win for Trump but won’t cause fast deportations
12/10/24, MSNBC News (Op-ed), What Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship actually means
12/12/24, New Humanitarian (Op-ed), Aid agencies: History will judge your failure to call out Israeli war crimes as complicity
Research and Reports
12/5/24, Human Rights Watch, US: Agents Block, Mistreat Mexican Asylum Seekers
12/5/24, Leir Institute for Migration and Human Security, Trump 2.0: Four Key Shifts Expected in U.S. Asylum and Regional Migration Policy
12/10/24, Migration Policy Institute, Biden’s Mixed Immigration Legacy: Border Challenges Overshadowed Modernization Advances
12/11/24, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants for the Report on the Phenomenon of Missing Migrants
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR 2024 Mid-year Trends Report
Multimedia
12/12/24, Aljazeera/The Take (podcast), After Trump’s win, Haitian migrants face an uncertain future
12/11/24, Aljazeera/Inside Story (video), Will the status of Syrian refugees in Europe change?
12/10/24, Aljazeera (interactive), Where do 6 million Syrian refugees live today?
12/5/24, NPR/Throughline (podcast), Seeking asylum in the U.S.
12/3/24, NPR/Goats and Soda, ‘Bread & Roses’ is a guerilla film about Afghan women protesters