News Digest: January 24, 2025

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

1/16/25, NPR, Trump’s challenge: where to house millions of immigrant detainees

1/16/25, New York Times, Stephen Miller, channeling Trump, has built more power than ever

1/17/25, New Humanitarian, Dadaab Voices: Somali refugees fear Trump’s return

1/18/25, Washington Post, Fearing Trump’s deportation plans, immigrants turn to churches, lawyers

1/19/25, Washington Post, Trump ran on border chaos. Now he’ll have to run the U.S. immigration system

1/20/25, NPR, Trump signs sweeping actions on immigration and border security on Day 1

1/20/25, New York Times, Trump starts immigration crackdown, enlisting the military and testing the law

1/20/25, New Humanitarian, Gaza ceasefire: the sobering reality of a day after that may never come

1/21/25, Religion News Service, Faith-based aid agencies challenge Trump’s order ‘realigning’ refugee program

1/21/25, Episcopal News Service, Presiding officers uphold Biblical call to ‘welcome the stranger’ after Trump’s anti-immigration orders

1/21/25, Associated Press, Trump administration cancels travel for refugees already cleared to resettle in the U.S.

1/21/25, NPR, Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

1/21/25, Sojourners, Watch: Bishop ‘pleads’ for Trump to be merciful to immigrants, LGBTQ+ people

1/22/25, Religion News Service, After eyebrow-raising sermon to Trump, Bishop Budde beset with criticism and praise

1/22/25, New York Times, The bishop who pleaded with Trump: ‘Was anyone going to say anything?’

1/22/25, Episcopal News Service, As Trump demands apology, Washington bishop explains her call for mercy towards those living in fear

1/22/25, Guardian, Trump’s suspension of refugee program leaves advocates in turmoil but unsurprised

1/22/25, Associated Press, Border security is popular — but that may be the limit of US immigration consensus: AP – NORC poll

1/22/25, Washington Post, DOJ threatens to prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement

1/22/25, NPR, Congress clears GOP-led immigration enforcement bill, with Democrats on board

1/23/25, The Border Chronicle, A walk on the border the day after the National Emergency declaration

1/23/25, NPR, President Trump’s suspension of asylum marks a break from U.S. past

1/23/25, Episcopal News Service, Trump grinds all refugee resettlement to a halt, a ‘devastating’ blow for those EMM assists

Opinion and organizational statements

1/16/25, Sojourners (Op-ed), Trump wants to end sanctuary churches. We won’t be intimidated

1/18/25, New York Times (Op-ed), A racist purge almost destroyed my family. Another one is coming.

1/20/25, New York Times (Op-ed), Trump won’t change the fact that America needs immigrants

1/21/25, Vox (Op-ed), The single most unconstitutional thing Trump did yesterday, explained

1/15/25, Refugee Council USA (RCUSA), Here we stand: an open letter to national, state, and local leaders

1/20/25, RCUSA, Refugee Council USA denounces President Trump’s ban on vulnerable refugees, grinding American values to a halt

1/20/25, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS), CGRS to defend asylum, challenge executive actions

1/21/25, The Episcopal Church, Letter from Episcopal Church leaders on Trump administration immigration executive orders

1/21/25, Church World Service, New executive actions target vulnerable families, ban refugees and harm people in need of protection

1/21/25, National Immigration Law Center, Factsheet: Trump’s Rescission of Protected Areas Policies Undermines Safety for All

1/22/25, Human Rights Watch, US closing the door to refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants

Research and Reports

January 2025, Migration Policy Institute, No One-Size-Fits-All: Outreach and Counseling for Irregular Migrants

1/16/25, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), What Trump’s Second Term Might Mean for Latin America

1/16/25, US Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS Impact, 2021-2025

1/23/25, Migration Policy Institute, With “Shock and Awe,” the Second Trump Term Opens with a Bid to Strongly Reshape Immigration

Multimedia

1/13/25, NEXT Pittsburgh, The creator of ‘The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh’ says Pittsburgh shaped him and his comedy

1/14/25, NPR/Goats and Soda (multimedia), Voices from the new breadlines in Syria: Who’s waiting? And why?

1/20/25, Define American with Jose Antonio Vargas (video), How I Got ‘Legal’ After 31 Years as an Undocumented American

1/22/25, The Daily Beast (podcast), Trump angered by female bishop’s stunning criticism right to his face

1/22/25, New York Times/The Daily (podcast), Trump’s immigration crackdown begins

Kendall Martin2025-01-24T08:09:03-06:00