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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Friday January 22: Affirmative Benefits
8:30 am Central Standard Time (link not active until launch at 8:30 am)
Monday January 18: 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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Tuesday January 19: 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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Wednesday January 20: 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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Thursday January 21: 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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Friday January 22: 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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