Happy Friday! From questions about citizenship status in Texas hospitals to a billboard campaign welcoming immigrants in New Hampshire, these are the top stories impacting the well-being of immigrants this week. —Annabelle Manzo
TOP STORY OF THE WEEK
Beginning Nov. 1, Texas hospitals, in compliance with an executive order from Governor Greg Abbott, must ask patients about their citizenship status and track the costs of treating patients who are not legally in the U.S.
Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they’re in the US legally
NATIONAL STORIES OF THE WEEK
Divided Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge suspected non-citizens from voter rolls
The Supreme Court ruled that Virginia is not required to reinstate individuals removed from its voter rolls as part of an effort to ‘weed out’ potential non-citizens. Concerns were raised by the DOJ and civil rights groups that U.S. citizens were inadvertently affected by the purge.
GOP lawsuits about an obscure immigration database may set up election challenges
Florida, Texas, and Ohio each filed lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, demanding that the Biden administration use immigration databases to verify the citizenship of voters on their state rolls.
Donald Trump Promises Payments to Victims of Crimes Committed by Migrants
At a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump discussed the threat of undocumented immigrants, announcing that if he becomes president, he will seize assets from gangs and drug cartels to create a compensation fund for victims of crimes committed by migrants.
INTERNATIONAL STORIES OF THE WEEK
Dutch asylum agency is fined 50,000 euros daily for an overcrowded center
A Dutch court ordered an asylum agency to pay a 50,000-euro ($54,000 USD) daily penalty for keeping more than 2,000 migrants at the Ter Apel center, aligning with recent measures to curb migration and reduce asylum cases.
Greece seeks tougher EU migration policies as it braces for impact of Mideast wars
Greek officials are urging stricter EU migration policies in anticipation of a surge in migrants and refugees due to the ongoing war in the Middle East.
HEART-WARMERS OF THE WEEK
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Annabelle Manzo serves as the Policy Associate at the Im/migrant Well-Being Scholar Collaborative. She utilizes her research and policy analysis skills to translate academic research produced by the Cisneros Institute and the Collaborative’s affiliated researchers on the lived experiences of im/migrants and their communities for impact on policymaking.