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
10/7/24 , Global Sisters Report, St. Rachel Center provides child care for refugees, migrants in Jerusalem
10/14/24, UNHCR, UNHCR’s Grandi urges joint action to tackle soaring displacement
10/18/24, Refugee Advocacy Lab, How do we build support for more welcoming refugee and asylum policies? Get to know a refugee.
10/18/24, New York Times, Trump’s claims that blame migrants: false or misleading
10/18/24, Vox, How tough would a President Kamala Harris be on immigrants?
10/19/24, NBC News, Trump vows to deport millions. Builders say it would drain their crews and drive up home costs.
10/20/24, NPR, Migrants fuel the Texas construction boom, even as the state cracks down on them
10/20/24, The Guardian, A Pennsylvania town is thriving with Haitian immigrants — and is the latest target of Republican hate
10/21/24, Christian Science Monitor, A journalist recounts his daughter’s birth in war-torn Sudan
10/21/24, Associated Press, In Nevada, immigration is a nuanced issue. But the politics of it is painted in black and white
10/21/24, Christian Science Monitor, As Israel pounds Lebanon, Gazans empathize, yet feel forgotten
10/21/24, New Humanitarian, Deterrence policies and cartel violence fuel a humanitarian crisis in southern Mexico
10/22/24, NPR, Why this country — the DRC — is seeing a ‘staggering’ increase in the number of rapes
10/23/24, New Humanitarian, Israel’s war setting Gaza development back to the ’50s: report
10/23/24, New York Times, Rohingya refugees are stranded at sea for days as residents reject them
10/24/24, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Election a ‘scary moment’ for those helping refugees come to Georgia
Opinion
10/10/24, Sojourners (Op-ed), Christians must confront asymmetrical empathy for the Middle East
10/17/24, Sojourners (Op-ed), God isn’t a Republican or a Democrat; God is an immigrant
10/18/24, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Op-ed), Pittsburgh’s only immigration crisis is not having enough immigrants
10/21/24, Newsweek (Op-ed), Why liberals around the world lost support for their border policies
10/22/24, New Humanitarian (Op-ed), In Lebanon, longing for home as the bombs fall
10/22/24, Ms. Magazine (Op-ed), The road to my first vote: Finding my voice as a first-generation immigrant
10/22/24, Refugees International (advocacy letter), Urging Congress to pass joint resolutions of disapproval and end arms transfers to Israel
10/23/24, The Guardian (Op-ed), Trump’s proposal for mass deportation of immigrants is a moral abomination
10/23/24, America’s Voice (Op-ed), Trump and Republicans seek massive expansion of cruel and traumatic family separation policy
Research and Reports
October 2024, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Mariposas de la Frontera: Uplifting the Stories of Asylum Seekers at the U.S./Mexico Border
October 2024, Migration Policy Institute, With New Strategies At and Beyond the U.S. Border, Migrant Encounters Plunge
10/3/24, Washington Office on Latin America, Migration: Five Policies that Protect Human Rights and Human Dignity
10/10/24, American Immigration Council, FEMA’s Role in Migrant Assistance: Exploring the Shelter and Services Program
10/18/24, Niskanen Center, The U.S. Refugee Program Serves American Interests at Home and Abroad
10/24/24, Migration Policy Institute, The Diaspora’s Mobilization Post-Invasion Has Provided Crucial Support to Ukraine
Multimedia
10/17/24, Center for Migration Studies (webinar recording), The Untold Story: Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border and Beyond
10/18/24, Washington Post (photo essay), Between the Border and the Wall
10/22/24, This Week in Immigration (podcast), Ep. 181: How immigrants receive help after Helene, Milton, and other natural disasters
10/24/24, NPR/Radio Diaries (audio), The story of the American migrant — from Dust Bowl to a new life