#AILAWellBeingWeek is a time to focus on finding balance and strengthening well-being skills needed for those working in #immigrationlaw year-round. Learn more from AILA’s Charity Anastasio on #ThinkImmigration about events taking place next week: bit.ly/3UnEGph

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Check out my appearance here! I get into a lot of the basics of what’s happening in the world of immigration and the border, and talk through some ideas for a better system.

Potential impact of #immigration crackdown on Minnesota's workforce: While the state's unemployment rate is lower than the US as a whole, employers are struggling to fill nearly 200,000 open jobs and its labor shortage is among the country's more severe startribune.com/donald-trump-m…

'A growing number of #immigration advocates are urging President Biden to grant work permits to long-term undocumented immigrants living in the United States. They say it would provide individuals with legal employment opportunities and alleviate labor shortages.'
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“Work permit means stability, and stability for our workforce, so that employers of all sizes can actually grow and hire more and train others...having that economic boost that we need in this economy to keep inflation at bay and benefit everyone,” said Rebecca Shi American Business Immigration Coalition (ABIC)

During Title 42:

-Migrant encounters went down for 2 months, then went back up & have stayed high since
-Recidivism went from 7% in 2019 to 27% in 2021, even higher for Mexicans & Central Americans

More from my new piece for MigrationPolicy Inst on T42 bit.ly/Title42Analysis

Topline finding: Battleground voters want to see a balanced approach to #immigration that includes both border security & protections + paths to citizenship for undocumented youth & other undocumented immigrants who've lived in US for many years over an enforcement-only approach

Today's big immigration news: the Department of Labor has finalized a major rule on labor protections for temporary or seasonal guest workers here on H-2A visas.

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“It’s not just good policy, it’s good politics... Two-thirds of voters in swing states support expanding work permits for undocumented immigrants, including long-term workers, farmworkers, Dreamers without #DACA and spouses of U.S. citizens.'
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ICYMI: We found that a man acting as a construction contractor owes state agencies more than $121,700K related to wage theft complaints spanning almost a decade. Now, the man is targeting recently arrived migrants & promising them jobs. But 12+ migrants told us he owed them…

New TRAC Analysis of Growing Deportation Orders

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Title 42 was NOT a panacea for the border

My latest with Muzaffar Chishti & Julian Montalvo looks at the legacy of T42: blocking asylum access, increased recidivism & gotaways, & mostly used against single, Mexican & Central American adults

bit.ly/Title42Analysis

Yeah, the Axios poll is a vibe poll, not a policy poll. The enforcement finding is directly contradicted by other questions in the poll—and decades of polling on this in general—showing people want a balanced path to legal status plus more enforcement, not mass deportations.

NEW on #ThinkImmigration – AILA DEI Committee Member Lilia Alcaraz and Chair Allen Orr Jr. Esq. share 10 lessons for #AutismAcceptanceMonth and explain why it is crucial to work towards a more inclusive world. READ more here: bit.ly/3UzWmj5

Wow, don't bury the lede axios:
✅58% support expanding LEGAL pathways for orderly immigration
❌27% said LEGAL immigration caused major problems.
✅65% say U.S. should make it easier for ANYONE to enter legally so they don't need to enter illegally.

According to TRAC, ICE has dropped the ball on more than 200,000 cases in the last three years, not filing the documents formally initiating the court hearing until AFTER the date they told the person to show up in court.

For migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard, getting on the path to U visa status is “an unexpected twist. But you should not have to be exploited or taken advantage of by a Republican governor in order to have lawful status in the country” bostonglobe.com/2024/04/22/met… via The Boston Globe

Unaccompanied immigrant children news: the enormous final rule implementing the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement is out

At 771 pages, it covers kid care by the Office of Refugee Resettlement

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#ImmigrationImpact Data Snapshot: Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants American Immigration Council disq.us/t/4o6bhkc