Recent Immigration and Sanctuary News

As Many Americans Get COVID-19 Vaccines and Financial Support, Undocumented Immigrants Keep Falling Through the Cracks  “The Migration Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C., reported in January that 9.3 million unauthorized immigrants whose income meets the threshold for COVID-19 aid are blocked from accessing it, and also can’t apply for federal programs that provide cash and food assistance.”

The reason many Guatemalans are coming to the border? A profound hunger crisis.

“Guatemala now has the sixth-highest rate of chronic malnutrition in the world. The number of acute cases in children, according to one new Guatemalan government study, doubled between 2019 and 2020.”

“In a new report, the World Food Program  predicts  428,000 Guatemalans will have reached a “Phase 4” level of food-insecurity emergency this year — the highest before famine.”

CREW sues ICE for records on immigrants tortured into accepting deportation “ICE’s sibling agency, the US Customs and Border Patrol, has recently received flack for reportedly attempting “to sabotage the Biden administration,” by intentionally slowing down the processing of detained migrant children into the US.”

The House Passes Two Immigration Bills. But Will Broader Immigration Reform Be Possible? “For immigration advocates, who have waited years for the government to move forward with substantive immigration policy, Democrats’ control of both houses offers a rare—and perhaps fleeting—chance, though they will still need buy-in from Republicans in the Senate to bypass a 60-vote threshold.”