News Digest: December 20, 2024

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

12/10/24, Baltimore Banner, Maryland’s immigrant support groups see a surge in requests following Trump win

12/12/24, National Catholic Reporter, Sisters, Catholic groups support immigrants vulnerable to potential mass deportations

12/13/24, The Guardian, Immigrant rights groups gear up to fight Trump mass deportation plan

12/14/24, Politico, Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship could be decided by the Supreme Court

12/15/24, Washington Post, In Ohio, an immigrant community prepares for Trump’s crackdown

12/15/24, New York Times, The alienation of Jaime Cachua

12/16/24, Sahan Journal, After building lives in Minnesota, many Venezuelans fear rollback of TPS

12/16/24, Washington Post, As Trump threatens mass deportations, Central America braces for an influx of vulnerable migrants

12/17/24, New York Times, ‘No place to hide’: Trapped on the border, immigrants fear deportation

12/17/24, Associated Press, US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says

12/17/24, El Pais, Pro-migrant organizations mobilize against Trump’s mass deportation plans

12/17/24, The Border Chronicle, Facing Trump 2.0: The immigrant rights movement needs to step up its game

12/17/24, Slate, The one big roadblock to Trump’s mass deportation plans

12/17/24, The Guardian, Palestinians seeking US refuge face a Kafkaesque nightmare. Trump could make it even worse

12/17/24, New Humanitarian, “A pattern of apparent war crimes”: Experts weigh in on TNH’s Gaza aid killings investigation

12/18/24, NPR, Sudan refugee camp, experiencing famine, comes under near daily attack

12/18/24, Episcopal News Service, Former Lost Boy of Sudan finds home as a priest in Omaha-area church

12/18/24, New Humanitarian, The life and death of a displaced Haitian woman

12/18/24, NBC News, ICE faces budget shortage that could delay Trump’s mass deportation plans

12/19/24, New Humanitarian, Syrians begin to return to destroyed homes. Will others follow?

Opinion and organizational statements

12/15/24, MSNBC (Op-ed), My church kept ICE from deporting our neighbor Jose. The Bible told us so.

12/15/24, New York Times (Op-ed), How Biden should spend his final weeks in office

12/19/24, Roll Call (Op-ed), The many layers of Trump’s immigration policy

12/12/24, Church World Service, CWS and faith communities respond to proposal to eliminate protection for migrants in churches, school and hospitals

12/18/24, The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations, Advocate for compassionate immigration policies on International Migrants Day

12/18/24, United Methodist Church Council of Bishops, Pastoral letter addressing plight of migrants, immigrants and refugees

Research and Reports

December 2024, Migration Policy Institute, The Complicated Reality of Syrians’ Return

December 2024, Migration Policy Institute, Exploring Refugees’ Intentions to Return to Ukraine: Data Insights and Policy Responses

December 2024, Migration Policy Institute, Language Access in Colorado State Agencies: Existing Efforts and Opportunities for Expansion

December 2024, Migration Policy Institute, Legal Pathways and Enforcement: What the U.S. Safe Mobility Strategy Can Teach Europe about Migration Management

December 2024, Migration Policy Institute, Top 10 Migration Issues of 2024

Multimedia

12/14/24, Refugees International (video), UAE’s dark secret: Fueling atrocities in Sudan

12/16/24, UNHCR (video), Year in Review 2024: Building bridges for more compassionate communities

12/18/24, NPR/Code Switch/Futuro Studios (podcast), What we learned from Elian Gonzalez, 25 years later

12/18/24, Define American with Jose Antonio Vargas (video), Poet Yosimar Reyes on Making Space for Art Amidst Panic and Gloom

November 2024, 70 Million (podcast), Season 6 series on ICE custody and gender

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