Ariel G Ruiz Soto

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Escalation of ICE Operations Emboldens State and Local Lawmakers to Constrain Its Operations The ramp-up of federal immigration enforcement during the second Trump term has prompted sharp responses from state and local governments, with some limiting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), or barring agents' wearing ...

Actions by state & local governments in the wake of high-profile operations in Minneapolis typify a recent wave of opposition to aspects of federal immigration enforcement

Muzaffar Chishti & @kathleenbush.bsky.social explain how ⤵️

https://bit.ly/4aUjcZo

A Profile of the Growing Black Immigrant Population in the United States The Black immigrant population in the United States has both grown considerably since 1990 and become more diverse, with the one-time heavily Caribbean and Latin American origins now more evenly mixed...

Destinations differ for the Black immigrant population in the US
Caribbean immigrants are concentrated in New York & Florida, while African immigrants are present across a broader set of states, including Texas, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington & Colorado

www.migrationpolicy.org/research/bla...
#BHM

New @nber.org paper with @caitlinpatler.bsky.social &
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!

We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0

Key Findings 🧵

1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0

2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls

www.nber.org/papers/w3479...

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ENQUETE. "Même les Américains ont peur" : comment la police de l'immigration a intensifié sa traque des sans-papiers depuis le retour de Donald Trump Aux Etats-Unis, les arrestations, placements en détention et expulsions d'étrangers en situation irrégulière ont été érigés en priorité par la Maison Blanche. Les agents fédéraux de l'ICE sont les fer...

Comment la police de l'immigration américaine a intensifié sa traque des sans-papiers depuis le retour au pouvoir de Donald Trump

I talked to @valpasquesoone.bsky.social @franceinfo.fr about Trump's ramp up of US immigration enforcement in the interior of the country

Beyond “Shock and Awe”: Immigration Actions in the First Year under Trump 2.0 MPI analysts assess the immigration actions taken during President Trump's first year back in office, detail the legal state of play, and analyze the actual effects on the labor market, U.S. communities, and future immigration to the United States.

Entering into the 2nd year of Trump's second term, the U.S. immigration system looks very different. What has actually changed—and what does it mean for communities, the labor market, and future immigration?

🖥️ Watch our recent webinar: https://bit.ly/Trump2firstyr

Más de 40 mil ciudadanos estadunidenses hijos de migrantes estudian en BC - NÓMADAS En la región se registra un fenómeno educativo binacional que ha ido en aumento en los últimos años: alrededor de 40 mil ciudadanos estadunidenses, en su mayoría hijos de migrantes mexicanos, cursan e...

In Mexico’s state of Baja California, which includes Tijuana and Mexicali, “around 40,000 U.S. citizens, mostly children of Mexican migrants, are studying within the public education system.”

With news of ICE's focus on Maine, recommending my colleagues @colleenputzelkav.bsky.social & Valerie Lacarte's profile of ME's small immigrant population. ME's immigrants are a mix of long-settled, well-integrated folks, and newcomers from diverse origins, bolstering the workforce of an aging state

Remittances by Another Measure: The Economic Value of Migrants’ Time Supporting Their Homelands The time that immigrants and other diaspora members spend volunteering to support their homeland is rarely considered to be a measurable remittance. That oversight ignores the large value of these contributions, which can come from medical profession...

When it comes to remittances, researchers tend to think of 3 main types:

💵Financial
📱In-kind
🗣️Social

Here’s why the reality is more complex: https://bit.ly/3NmAvdM

Unleashing Power in New Ways: Immigration in the First Year of Trump 2.0 U.S. immigration policy, practice, and enforcement changed dramatically over the first year of President Donald Trump's second term, touching most corners of the immigration system. The government has...

Reshaping who is welcome and who belongs is the undertone of the first year of changes to the U.S. immigration system in the first year of the Trump administration

Read our full report by @kathleenbush.bsky.social, Muz Chishti, and me here:

www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trum...

There's a lot in the DHS FY 2026 funding bill but 1 thing that caught my eye is that the dept. can't use funds for state or local law enforcement agencies delegated immigration enforcement authority if the Inspector General determines they violated their agreement terms with DHS

One year ago today, Donald Trump returned to the White House
During this consequential year, what have been the key actions & impacts on immigration?
We did a deep dive
➡️Webchat: https://bit.ly/3YKQh4y
➡️High-level analysis: https://bit.ly/3LVxwZd

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JUST PUBLISHED: Our experts give an overview of the Trump administration’s most significant immigration changes over the last year

The analysis covers changes in enforcement, legal immigration, humanitarian protection, integration supports & much more

https://bit.ly/MPI_Trump2at1

Ecuador ha introducido nuevos controles migratorios como parte de su respuesta al aumento de la violencia

Un nuevo foco analítico del MPI, escrito por Diego Chaves-González, examina estas reformas y lo que revela la evidencia sobre los factores que impulsan la inseguridad

USCIS Increases Screening, Vetting of Aliens Working in U.S. | USCIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated its Policy Manual to reduce the maximum validity period for Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) for certain categories of aliens.

USCIS said yesterday they're shortening the validity period for work permits for asylum & green card applicants + others from 5 yrs to 18 months. Combined with USCIS' slowing processing, & the end of auto-extensions while people renew, this will cause MANY people to churn in & out of the workforce.

Pulled by a shared culture and history, and with many believing the fate of Moldova’s sovereignty was tied to Ukraine’s, Moldovans mobilized to support Ukrainians. Before international aid ...

Moldova is a small country and one of the poorest in Europe. Wedged between the EU and Ukraine, it's taken on a large role as millions of Ukrainians have fled Russia’s incursion

Here’s what to know about the “small country with a big heart”: https://bit.ly/48OYqdU

Heads up: Right before Thanksgiving, a proposed regulation to restrict asylum applicants' access to work authorization cleared a key government review step. That means we could see a proposed regulatory change soon. But no details yet on what it might do. (1/2)

Employment Verification: The Next Front for U.S. Immigration Enforcement? E-Verify has been heralded as a key way to control unauthorized immigration to the United States, but federal efforts to expand the system stalled. There has been movement at the state level over the ...

Increased immigration enforcement, especially at workplaces, may bring the 30-year old E-Verify program back into the national conversation.

But the administration remains amibavlent about the program-both touting its use and warning against reliance.

Read more in MPI's latest

bit.ly/MPIeverify

Costa Rica says it would accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting U.S. The statement from a Costa Rican official conflicts with what the Trump administration told a federal judge about its attempts to deport the undocumented immigrant

SCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ

wapo.st/485rAFz

Years-long waits for a hearing in US immigration court affects not just those seeking protection but also enforcement outcomes & public confidence

Our latest research outlines reforms that could improve efficiency across the system

🔗 bit.ly/immig-courts

45,000 North Carolina students absent Tuesday as immigration crackdown expands

www.borderreport.com/immigration/...

What would it take to restore timely & fair decision-making in the U.S. immigration courts in an era of massive backlogs & underfunding?

Our Nov. 24 webinar will explore practical reforms to improve court performance

ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.

More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.

Immigrant student enrollment is dwindling at schools across the US Schools across the U.S. are seeing a big drop in enrollment from immigrant families. Many parents have been deported or returned to their home countries due to immigration crackdowns.

One early indicator of whether immigrants are leaving the U.S. (or entering) is K-12 school enrollment data. This great AP story tracks several districts & finds a mixed picture: New students still coming from abroad to many districts, but in lower numbers, & Palm Beach County losing 6,000 students.

The U.S. immigration courts are in crisis:

📍Nearly 4 million cases pending

📍Average wait to an asylum hearing is ~4 years

Why does this matter? We outline in our new research + offer a transformation agenda

https://bit.ly/4oz1OiB

Reframing Return and Reintegration: Origin-Country Priorities and Strategies for Cooperation Many migrant-origin countries are developing policies and institutional structures to support their returning nationals, driven by safety concerns, emergencies, and in some cases pressure from destina...

Cooperation by migrant-origin countries on returns of their nationals is influenced by domestic & external factors

New MPI Europe brief finds that reliance on remittances, domestic politics & visa access shape how origin countries engage

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/47qf3fz

Government Efforts to Boost Diaspora Remittances Earn Mixed Results Some countries with large diasporas have sought to maximize incoming remittances and channel them into particular sectors. Diaspora engagement policies are not always successful, but research shows that they are generally accompanied by increased rem...

Countries have different strategies to try to harness diaspora resources

In Mexico's Tres por Uno, the government matches $3 for every $1 remitted for development projects

Nigeria & others have raised millions through diaspora bonds

See more: https://bit.ly/43fj581

DC Circuit probes Trump bid to block asylum with ‘invasion’ proclamation “The whole ballgame now is asylum,” an ACLU attorney argued Monday, warning the Trump administration’s wider mass deportation efforts have eroded other forms of removal protections.

DC Circuit probes Trump bid to block asylum with ‘invasion’ proclamation

"The whole ballgame now is asylum,” an ACLU attorney argued Monday, warning the Trump admin’s wider mass deportation efforts have eroded other forms of removal protections.

www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-p...