TPS HAITI Redesignation must be done by early June since it expires 2 months later in August.

All effort should be made to protect Haitians - including not sending people back to danger.

Tell Biden to act now 💪

Woah - 3 straight months of low border numbers when we typically see major increase in spring as Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

Kudos Sen. Cory Booker 👏 calls for solutions to address entire immigration system -- not just border

Context: Chuck Schumer is bringing vote on Border Act. It was bipartisan but not anymore. Message: GOP doesn't want border fixed.
booker.senate.gov/news

Good READ on the value of legal representation. Quotes Amy R. Grenier.

Congress should fund legal representation programs for those who cannot afford it. Here's AILA's position: aila.org/library/aila-p…

Important 2nd month of declining border apprehensions.

Breaking - The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants - this would adjust the practice to prioritize new arrivals for immediate processing.

apnews.com/article/presid…

Grateful to Senator Alex Padilla for lifting up how critical it is to provide legal counsel at the initial fear screening stage -- and also in court proceedings -- to make the system FAIR. So many people face complex asylum law on their own.

I talked about new Biden asylum rule w Rebecca Santana AP News

The criminal/ terrorist bars are needed to protect the country. But the changes will speed up what is already a “highly complex” legal analysis and undermine fairness.
AILA

apnews.com/article/biden-…

NEW: Gregory Chen responds to the advance copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would give authority to asylum officers to apply existing security and terrorism related bars during the initial screening process for credible fear: aila.org/library/aila-s…