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
10/3/24, Washington Post, Whom does Trump plan to deport? Whomever Trump wants to deport
10/3/24, Guardian, Republicans’ non-citizen voting myth sets stage to claim stolen election
10/4/24, New York Times, A Crackdown: the Biden administration’s shift on immigration
10/4/24, Washington Post, Biden administration won’t renew parole for immigrants from four countries
10/4/24, Texas Observer, Generous Guests: Undocumented immigrants subsidize our healthcare
10/6/24, Associated Press, Mexican immigrant families plagued by grief, questions after plant workers swept away by Helene
10/7/24, New Yorker, Trump’s dangerous immigration obsession
10/8/24, The New Republic, The boundless destruction of Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan
10/8/24, The Conversation, Republicans once championed immigration in the US. Why has the party’s rhetoric — and public opinion — changed so dramatically?
10/8/24, Associated Press, FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US
10/9/24, New Humanitarian, The Rohingya: The exodus isn’t over
10/9/24, Al Jazeera, Brazilian nun awarded UN refugee prize
10/9/24, New Humanitarian, Health services non-functional as women bear the brunt of Sudan’s war
10/9/24, The Atlantic, The most dramatic shift in U.S. public opinion
10/9/24, The Intercept, Advocates for immigrants ask: What FEMA cash?!?
10/9/24, Episcopal Migration Ministries, RISA-NOLA: Portrait of a Rainbow Initiative Congregation, Part 5
10/9/24, New York Times, Court to weigh protections for immigrants brought to U.S. as children
Opinion
10/4/24, MSNBC (Op-ed), Politicians are trying to tie immigration to our housing crisis. They’re lying.
10/4/24, The Salt Lake Tribune (Op-ed), Voices: I understand the anguish and uncertainty of living without legal status. We need a compassionate solution.
10/7/24, Wisconsin Examiner (Op-ed), Forget the lies and slander. Wisconsin dairy farmers know they need immigrant workers
10/8/24, New York Times (Op-ed), What Trump and Vance want from Hurricane Helene
10/9/24, New York Times (Op-ed), 65 Doctors, nurses and paramedics: What we saw in Gaza
Statements
10/4/24, The Episcopal Church’s Office of Government Relations, Refugee Resettlement Achievements and Immigration Policy Concerns for FY2025
Research and Reports
10/8/24, Migration Policy Institute, Mexican Immigrants in the United States
10/2/24, Migration Policy Institute, Large-scale Deportations May Have Unintended Consequences
October 2024, Migration Policy Institute, The Nascent Architecture for Managing U.S. Border Arrivals Shows Promise
October 2024, Migration Policy Institute, Engaging Local Communities for More Effective Climate Mobility Programming
9/27/24, Migration Policy Institute, Despite Sharply Different Immigration Rhetoric, Democrats and Republicans Now Have a Similar Approach to the Border
Multimedia
10/9/24, NPR/Code Switch (podcast), Two Palestinian writers on the right to share their stories
10/9/24, Washington Post (interactive), Gaza’s uncounted dead
10/8/24, Harvard Kennedy School/Justice Matters (podcast), Rainbow Railroad: Relocating LGBTQI+ Refugees to Safety
10/5/24, NPR, Amid a war, what is it like reporting from Sudan?
10/2/24, NPR/Code Switch (podcast), The Trump campaign strategy to demonize Haitian immigrants
9/28/24, Washington Post/Post Reports (podcast), Deep Reads: A small town in Massachusetts grapples with a new shelter for immigrants