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Does Arizona have a plan for when #Title42 immigration restriction ends on May 11? Will DHS abide by #FloridavUSA??? @Rach_IC @AmericanHubener @JenWEsq @AbrahamHamadeh @JWLines @sherifflamb1 @RealMarkFinchem @tracybeanz @JennieSTaer @oann @DailyMail @nypost @FoxNews @BillFOXLA
Homeland Security launches #OperationBlueLotus to target fentanyl at border Ports of Entry washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03… 
Press conference (21 Mar 2023) announcing #OperationBlueLotus
🧵 on exs of enforced disappearances of folks pushed back to MX under #Title42 & #RemainInMexico. I did 2 threads last week. First was on why US lawyers must improve evidence gathering so that it can be useful in US & Mexican courts. See:
The second thread was about the concept of enforced disappearance and its status in Mexican law. It’s important to know the difference between kidnapping and enforced disappearance. Here’s that thread:
Let’s dive into the actual evidence of enforced disappearances of victims & survivors of #Title42 & #RemainInMexico. All of the following examples are labeled as kidnappings, but I believe they may actually be enforced disappearances.
Okay, maybe you’ve seen me posting about why US lawyers at the southern border should be collecting evidence that MX lawyers can use to challenge the gov of MX (GOM) facilitation of US border policies in MX courts. Here’s my best attempt at a thread explaining why.
First, US courts aren’t saving us. This isn’t surprising, and I’m not suggesting that we abandon litigation in the US. Just acknowledge that US court litigation isn't a panacea.
Meanwhile, advocates in MX have challenged GOM’s facilitation of US border policies in MX, and they’ve had some real success. For example: imumi.org/2022/11/24/org…
#BREAKING @CBP reports 233,740 migrants were encountered along the southern border in November alone-- 2,466 more than October. These are the highest numbers reported for November on record.
Agents tell me they felt busy in November last year w/174,845 migrants encountered.
Agents tell me they felt busy in November last year w/174,845 migrants encountered.
Of the 233,740 encounters—13,150 were unaccompanied minors— Compared to 12,024 in October.
66,984 migrants were expelled under #Title42 — There were more expulsions in October with fewer encounters according to @CBP
Title 42 is still in limbo and may end December 27th.
66,984 migrants were expelled under #Title42 — There were more expulsions in October with fewer encounters according to @CBP
Title 42 is still in limbo and may end December 27th.
The official @CBP “Monthly Operational Update” for November: cbp.gov/newsroom/natio…
Joy, a Cameroonian asylum seeker just gave this testimony at @EspacioMigrante on the impact of #Title42 on her.
Please read & amplify her voice:
The life of an immigrant is not a choice. I don’t know if I can call it bad or good luck, but it is the destiny of some people. 1
Please read & amplify her voice:
The life of an immigrant is not a choice. I don’t know if I can call it bad or good luck, but it is the destiny of some people. 1
I traveled more than sixteen months to reach Tijuana. On my travel, I saw many people killed, I saw racism, I was personally attacked by discriminating and racist people. 2
I arrived in Tijuana and I registered to wait on the asylum list. My number was 4,777. At the same moment the border was closed due to the covid pandemic. I became stranded. 3
TX: #BREAKING Several Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector tell me they have been directed to process migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala & Honduras under #Title8 (expedited removal unless they have a credible fear) and to stop processing them under #Title42…
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#Title42 is the @CDCgov health code set to end May 23rd. These countries are “northern triangle countries”—migrants from there would typically be expelled under T42.
DHS sources tell me under #Title8 Many migrants are placed in ICE custody & transferred to a holding facility.
DHS sources tell me under #Title8 Many migrants are placed in ICE custody & transferred to a holding facility.
Sources tell me this will be the process while there is space, then migrants will be released on “notice to appear.” Meanwhile, hundreds of single adult men and women are released daily on parole, something I have witnessed in both Brownsville and San Antonio.
#BREAKING Gov. @GregAbbott_TX announces all illegal immigrants that come into the state of Texas will be put on charter buses to the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.— TX Dept of Emergency Mgmt says it will charter as many buses necessary to carry out governor’s order.
Additionally, starting this afternoon @TxDPS will be stationed at the 28 crossings into Texas to conduct enhanced vehicle checks in an attempt to thwart drug/human smuggling and also cut down on pursuits— It’s part of @GregAbbott_TX expansion of #OperationLoneStar
Governor @GregAbbott_TX also announced all @TxDPS and specially trained @TXMilitary will be equipped with riot gear along the border as a precaution following violent videos coming from caravans in Mexico.
"The previous administration’s policies shattered an already broken immigration system but one year ago advocates were cautiously optimistic about the Biden administration’s #immigration promises," — Casey Carter Swegman, Director of Public Policy at the Tahirih Justice Center.
"We had hoped this would be a historic opportunity to undo the damage that had been done and to rebuild and reimagine a more just system for asylum seekers and in particular survivors of gender-based violence who had been particularly targeted and their rights eroded." 2/4
"Instead, the Biden administration has expanded the Remain in Mexico policy, and continued implementation of #Title42—illegally expelling Venezuelans to Colombia and returning individuals to their countries of origin, including Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, and Brazil." 3/4
Today @POTUS and @SecMayorkas issued their guidance to reimplement (and expand!!!) the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) - a deadly program that violates the human rights of asylum-seekers every day it exists. A🧵on what this means and how it's really really bad.
What’s the role of the US government in the Central American migration crisis? Arguably a very powerful, defining role and one that continues to drive inequality and violence in the #GlobalSouth.
In March 2020, Border Patrol reported 172k unauthorized migrants from C. America & Mexico, a 70% increase from Feb & a 20-year record high. Spikes in migration happen every 2 to 3 years and often go unaddressed: fam.ag/3jktU1p
Economic and political turmoil, gender and gang violence, climate change & corruption have been factors driving #migration in the region for years. Today, the effects of Covid-19 are yet another reason why people are leaving in search of more security and stability.
Take politics out of the equation and we should all be able to agree that two things are true: 1) What's happening at the border is horrific and 2) the President has the ability to make it better. (1/9)
Let's look at the facts. The right to seek asylum is protected in the US not only under international law through the 1951 Refugee Convention, but also domestic law. Congress codified this when it passed the Refugee Act of 1980. (2/9)
The Trump Admin used a 1944 health code called #Title42 to circumvent the law under the guise of public health concerns. In March of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the US started the practice of deporting migrants before they have a chance to file for asylum. (3/9)
We are extremely disappointed in the Biden Administration's decision to appeal the federal court ruling that would block #Title42. @POTUS has a moral obligation to stop using T42 to harm families and children seeking asylum.
It is immoral and inhumane.
Here's our statement:
It is immoral and inhumane.
Here's our statement:
We at RAICES have a front row seat to the horrors of Title 42. Our clients are stuck in Mexico. Families fleeing violence are turned away. U.S. and international Asylum law is flouted.
That’s why we joined forces with the @ACLU, @TXCivilRights, @CGRShastings, @Oxfam, @ACLUTx , and @ACLU_DC to fight back. Together we challenged the Title 42 expulsions in federal court.
Yesterday in McAllen: @CBP overwhelmed. No room to process illegals inside, so have to wait outside under bridge. Just in 24 hrs in 2 stations, encountered over 3,400 (1700 MCS & 1300 RGVS). Currently holding over 7,000 illegals w/ some 5,000 waiting… #BorderCrisis (1/5)
…It’s over 100 degrees. The 2 stations have combined capacity of 620 – holding 7000! From Agent with over 2-1/2 decades of service - “they are way past capacity – so aliens sit outside because where do you take them? …it’s a nightmare – people want to go to bathroom… (2/5)
…need to eat, women need to breast-feed, & the list goes on… This has surpassed the point of sustainability – this is lunacy.”
Where are you, now, @AOC? The hypocrisy & double standard is undeniable. The difference? The Trump team was doing everything possible… (3/5)
Where are you, now, @AOC? The hypocrisy & double standard is undeniable. The difference? The Trump team was doing everything possible… (3/5)
thrilled to be publishing "Public Health and the Power to Exclude: Immigrant Expulsions at the Border" with @gulcimmigration & the wonderful @prashasti_b. this piece argues for an end to #Title42, an illegal policy destroying families, and endangering #refugees at the #border. 1/
My piece beings by examining the historic intersections of public health and #immigration law, and the origins of federal quarantine and exclusion power. 2/
Woven into the article are first hand accounts of advocates on both sides of the #border who have witnessed the devastating impact of COVID-19 era immigrant expulsions as #immigrants, children and families are disappeared by the US gov't. 3/
A lot of folks may be celebrating the end of immigrant family detention centers.
We're here to tell you this simply isn't true.
sacurrent.com/the-daily/arch…
We're here to tell you this simply isn't true.
sacurrent.com/the-daily/arch…
.@ICEgov is saying these facilities will simply become “3 day processing centers” for those given Notices to Appear (a charging doc initiating removal proceedings).
But we've been representing families inside of Karnes for years & can pretty much call BS on this.
But we've been representing families inside of Karnes for years & can pretty much call BS on this.
For the past 3 years we’ve observed up close countless & frequent policy changes directly impacting the lives of people seeking safety, imprisoned by our gov't.
ICE can resume expedited removal & prolonged detention at any moment.
This is a glaring PR stunt by ICE.
ICE can resume expedited removal & prolonged detention at any moment.
This is a glaring PR stunt by ICE.
