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
10/24/24, Voice of America, Canada slashes immigration as public concern rises
10/25/24, New York Magazine, Kamala Harris’s lost opportunity on immigration
10/26/24, Huffington Post, Why Republicans are lying about voting by noncitizens
10/28/24, New York Times, Whether Harris or Trump wins, seeking asylum in the U.S. may never be the same
10/28/24, Episcopal News Service, Election outcome looms over future of Episcopal Church’s refugee resettlement efforts
10/28/24, New York Times, He was 5 when border agents took him from his father. He hasn’t forgotten.
10/29/24, BBC, Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency
10/29/24, Voice of America, Sudan displacement crisis worsens as fighting, hunger, sexual violence escalate
10/29/24, Colorado Sun, A day in immigration court in Aurora is filled with desperate pleas
10/29/24, Episcopal News Service, Episcopal Migration Caucus issues statement calling for ‘dignity, not hate’ as election nears
10/30/24, NPR, US citizens are among the voters removed in Virginia’s controversial purge
10/30/24, New Humanitarian, From Gaza to Sudan: the limits and future of humanitarian aid
10/31/24, NPR, Some Israelis want land in Gaza seized as payback for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack
10/31/24, Associated Press, Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles
Opinion
10/24/24, Ohio Capital Journal (Op-ed), Recognizing the value of our immigrant neighbors in Ohio
10/24/24, WBUR (Op-ed), Trump pits immigrants and working-class Americans against each other. But they both need the same things
10/27/24, The Hill (Op-ed), What American history tells us about fear of immigrants
10/28/24, The Atlantic (Op-ed), Trump wants you to accept all of this as normal
10/29/24, Philadelphia Inquirer (Op-ed), Why does half of America accept this nightmare?
10/30/24, New York Times (Op-ed Video), If you think Biden and Harris were weak on the border, think again
Research and Reports
10/30/24, Center for Migration Studies, The US Refugee Admissions Program: What’s at Stake in the Election
10/30/24, Migration Policy Institute, How the Rebuilt U.S. System Resettled the Most Refugees in 30 Years
10/29/24, Baker Institute, Navigating the Border: San Diego’s and Tijuana’s Migrant Reception Efforts
10/28/24, Refugee Council USA, FY24 Year End Refugee Arrivals Report
10/23/24, Women’s Refugee Commission, In Her Own Words: Voices of Sudan
10/15/24, Center for Migration Studies, Undeterred: Understanding Repeat Migration in Northern Central America
October 2024, Barcelona Center for International Affairs, Immigration in the 2024 US presidential election campaign
Multimedia
10/31/24, NPR/The Indicator (podcast), The U.S. once banned Chinese immigrants — and it paid an economic price
10/30/24, NPR/The Indicator (podcast), What’s missing in the immigration debate
10/30/24, New Humanitarian (video), Snapshots: Pets in crisis
10/28/24, NPR/Here & Now Anytime (podcast), Immigration questions, answered