Event: Advocating for Equality and Justice for Immigrants

Join the Migrant Center in celebrating the life and work of MLK this Dream Week through a discussion on the Biden Administration’s immigration plan. Learn where the President stands, what issues he still needs to take a stand on, and how you can help advocate for positive change.

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Part I: Asylum Policy

Topics of Discussion:

Refugee Admissions

Attorney General Decisions, Regulatory Changes, and Litigation Limiting Asylum and Access to Justice

Changing Asylum Definitions: gang violence, private actor persecutor, political opinion, persecution, government protection, material support duress exception

Particular Social Group: Gender (Matter of A-B-) and Families (Matter of L-E-A-)

Third-Country Transit Bar

Programs Abroad

“Safe” Third Country Agreements

Effective Case Processing

Due Process in Court

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Part II: Border Policy

Topics of Discussion:

Travel Ban

Turnback Policy: Quotes and Waitlist (Metering)

MPP / Remain in Mexico

Operation Capio and Title 42

PACR/HARP

CBP Accountability, Humanitarian Protection and Humane Treatment

Wall / Border Enforcement and Biometrics Data Collection

Federal Prosecutions

Family Separation

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Part III: Detention Policy

Medical concerns, COVID-19 and release

ICE detention and release discretion – transparency, consistency, and accountability

Bond hearing eligibility and mandatory detention

Access to evidence and legal representation

Prosecutorial discretion

Expedited Removal

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Part IV: Interior Enforcement

Raids and Safe Spaces: hospital and courthouse arrests

Church sanctuary and six-figure fugitive fines

Detainers, secure communities, 287(g) programs

Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Alternatives to detention: conditional parole

Deprivatize detention

Bed quota

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Part V Affirmative Benefits

DACA / DAPA / Dream Act

Temporary Protective Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)

Citizenship and the Census

3 and 10 year Bars

Crime Victims: U-Visas

Health Care Ban

Public Charge

Case Processing

Welcoming Immigrants: Actions that have Decreased Immigration

Muslim Travel Bans

Work Permits

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