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Floyd Bennett Field shelter site opens in Brooklyn, but many migrants stay away
Gothamist (11/13/23)
Too remote. Too far from schools. Unsatisfactory accommodations. Those are just some of the reasons cited by migrants refusing to stay in newly opened shelter space at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, according to Council Member Joann Ariola and Assemblyperson Jaime R. Williams.
City could be prepping Far South Side site for migrant tent city
NBC Chicago (11/13/23)
While no announcement has been made, indications are that the city of Chicago is planning to locate a “tent city” for migrant housing on the Far South Side.
Migrants are showing up at the U.S. southern border in historic numbers. Here's why
NPR (11/11/23)
In the past year, the southwest border has received historic numbers of migrants. More than 2.4 million people. It's been record-breaking numbers for the past few years. San Diego alone has received more than 230,000 people this year. That's a 30 percent increase from the year before.
Trump plans sweeping undocumented immigrant roundups, detention camps, New York Times reports
Reuters (11/11/23)
Former US President Donald Trump, if reelected in 2024, would expand his first-term immigration crackdown to include sweeping roundups of people who would be held in large camps to await deportation, the New York Times reported over the weekend.
Bipartisan group of senators working through weekend to forge border security deal: "We have to act now"
CBS News (11/10/23)
Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina are negotiating a compromise to overhaul how migrants are processed along the US-Mexico border, where illegal crossings have soared to all-time highs over the past two years.
123 migrants, including dozens of kids, found trapped inside trailer in Mexico
New York Post (11/10/23)
Mexican authorities have rescued 123 migrants from South and Central America—including 34 children—after they were found trapped inside a locked trailer. They were rescued after a local resident heard cries for help coming from the container, Mexico’s immigration agency said.
Map: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States
Center for Immigration Studies (11/9/23)
The sanctuary jurisdictions nationwide are listed in this updated map. These cities, counties, and states have laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from ICE — either by refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying with ICE detainers, imposing unreasonable conditions on detainer acceptance, denying ICE access to interview incarcerated aliens, or otherwise impeding communication or information exchanges between their personnel and federal immigration officers.
The Country That Is Helping Tens of Thousands of Migrants Head to the U.S.
Wall Street Journal (11/9/23)
President Daniel Ortega has opened Nicaragua to flights carrying tens of thousands of migrants from Haiti, Cuba, and Africa in recent months, swelling the ranks of people using the Central American country as a landing point on their journey north to the US Ortega’s authoritarian government has allowed several little-known charter airlines and travel agencies to operate flights from Haiti and other Caribbean airports to Nicaragua, according to Haitian and Nicaraguan civil aviation data.
NY state comptroller rings alarm bells over Big Apple’s dire financial situation
New York Post (11/9/23)
According to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the billions the city will spend to house the tens of thousands of asylum seekers pouring in will be a “significant contributor” to that fiscal shortfall.
Immigration Advocates Share Common Sense Policy Demands For Border Management in Budget and Supplemental Negotiation
American Immigration Council (11/8/23)
Immigration advocacy groups released a memo with key policy demands as Congress negotiates emergency supplemental funding. They are calling on Congress to pass common sense, bipartisan measures that will better fund the system and ensure humane treatment for asylum applicants and aid to cities, and to oppose the cruel, ineffective, and permanent immigration policy changes proposed by some Members of Congress.
NALEO Condemns Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Texas
NALEO Education Fund (11/6/23)
According to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, the recent anti-immigrant legislation passed by the Texas House of Representatives is an unconstitutional measure that would have a detrimental effect on Latino communities across the state of Texas. The legislation would make undocumented presence in the United States a state crime and allow local law enforcement to order the deportation of undocumented immigrants.
Migrants Are Flocking to the U.S. From All Over the Globe
Wall Street Journal (11/4/23)
Hundreds of thousands of migrants from all over the world are making their way to the Southwest border, with US and Mexican authorities reporting a surge in apprehensions of people from Asia and Africa as human smuggling networks widen their reach across the globe. Arrests at the Southwest border of migrants from China, India, and other distant countries, including Mauritania and Senegal, tripled to 214,000 during the fiscal year that ended in September from 70,000 in the previous fiscal year, according to US Customs and Border Protection data.
Reports Worth Revisiting
Rebound in Immigration Comes to Economy’s Aid
Wall Street Journal (09/22/23)
The US economy’s prospects of a soft landing are getting a boost from an unexpected source: a historic rise in immigration. The inflow of foreign-born workers, which had slowed to a trickle in the years up to and including the pandemic, is now rising briskly as the US catches up on a backlog of visa applications.
Occupational licensing requirements can limit employment options for immigrants
Federal Reserve of Minneapolis (08/3/23)
This report focuses on lower rates of licensure among foreign-born workers. When foreign-born workers are unable to fully use their talents in the United States, they can end up in occupations that are a mismatch for their skills. This comes at an economic cost for those workers and the whole economy. The largest disparity is between foreign-born workers with the highest educational attainment and their native-born counterparts: 29.1 percent of foreign-born workers with more than a bachelor’s degree are licensed, well short of the 49.5 percent licensure rate of native-born workers with the same education level.
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