Happy Friday! From an explanation of the most recent deportation actions to immigration policies in Europe, here are the top stories impacting the well-being of Im/migrants this week! – Sophia Benavente
TOP STORY OF THE WEEK
The Trump administration has taken a flurry of actions to drive up deportation numbers as part of its large-scale immigration crackdown. These efforts include expanding the group of people who can be targeted for removal, speeding up the deportation process for others and, in some cases, tightening the rules for legal immigrants.
How Trump Has Targeted New Groups for Deportation
NATIONAL STORIES OF THE WEEK
Trump wants to end temporary protection for over a million immigrants. What does that mean?
Millions of people, many from nations facing serious human rights crises, live legally in the United States under various forms of temporary legal protection. Many have been targeted in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the administration to end protections that had allowed some 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants to remain in the United States. That group of Venezuelans could face deportation.
Attorneys say U.S. immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants to South Sudan
Immigration authorities appear to have begun deporting migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam to South Sudan despite a court order prohibiting removals to third countries, attorneys for the migrants said Tuesday. Up to a dozen people from several countries may have been deported to Africa, immigration rights lawyers told a judge. An immigration official in Texas confirmed in an email that at least one man from Myanmar had been flown to South Sudan Tuesday morning, according to court documents.
INTERNATIONAL STORIES OF THE WEEK
As Germany enters the final few weeks of its election campaign, the man poised to be the next chancellor has doubled down on tightening the country’s immigration policy — shifting the nation to the right.
Spain’s economy rises and population grows through government-backed immigration
Spain’s population has now surpassed 49 million driven by an influx in Latin American migrants.
HEART-WARMERS OF THE WEEK
US judge pauses enforcement of Oklahoma immigration law
Dalton college student being held by ICE granted bond
‘I am an immigrant’: Pedro Pascal delicately addresses U.S. deportations
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Sophia Benavente is a Law & Policy Intern at the Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative. She contributes by writing blog posts, translating materials, and assisting with research.