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#globalnation Immigration desk @pritheworld. This account is about you https://t.co/H8whANp7Xv
Joined May 2013
Blocked, temporarily --> Trump's exec order that lets local officials opt out of US refugee resettlement program. Judge's opinion here: https://t.co/JdaTMpaffj Background @pritheworld: https://t.co/BpdsIrT8gr
theworld.org
Under the terms of an executive order, refugees may not be able to keep arriving without affirmative consent from cities and states.
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UPDATE: @GregAbbott_TX blocks refugee resettlement. This is a big deal. Texas was #1 in refugee resettlement and now the 1st state to opt out. Legal fight on, led by @CWS_global @LIRSorg @HIASrefugees @RefugeeAssist Earlier reporting @pritheworld: https://t.co/BpdsIrT8gr
theworld.org
Under the terms of an executive order, refugees may not be able to keep arriving without affirmative consent from cities and states.
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"No, no. We'll stay here in Juárez. Go to Guatemala? No." -- Ricardo, w/ his young family at a shelter, when asked about the now paused plan to deport Mexican asylum seekers to GT. He says there's no going back to the armed gangs they fled in Guerrero. https://t.co/Q1MxA53xNU
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Lots of reasons to listen to @pritheworld, but today's music round-up is one of them. 🎵🎵🎶🎶
The top trends in music around the globe from the past decade coming up today @pritheworld: K-Pop, the end of World Music, 'culture not checking its privilege,' vinyl. We'll get to it all. Tune in.
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Applicants for US citizenship are experiencing more vetting, a proposed spike in the application fee and prolonged processing times — waits that could keep thousands of would-be US citizens from voting in the 2020 general election. By @Monica_Campbell
https://t.co/mxx3ESKsjF
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1/ The increasingly complicated, long and possibly far more expensive road to citizenship. I dug in thanks to a @reveal + @pritheworld collab. Listen to the striking difference between the tone at a citizenship ceremony and the USCIS leadership. https://t.co/qVnbuwQUcE
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"They realized they didn't have a tracking system in place, yet instead of stopping the family separation program, they ramped it up." -- @leegelernt @ACLU today @pritheworld Must listen -->
Stunning no matter how many times you read it: “CBP itself had been preparing to separate upward of 26,000 children from May to September 2018.”
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1/ There are many reasons why battling Mexico's organized criminal groups is complex. We get to some of the reasons here @pritheworld But the thing you hear, over and over, that the U.S. could do more of: Stop the flow of thousands of guns into Mexico. https://t.co/LM7hDFASHm
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Not everyone with #DACA or who had DACA, is in the U.S. For Karen Hernandez, it was hard to think long-term, plan a family, given DACA's uncertain fate. Latest listen @pritheworld
https://t.co/DngHS45zvV
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$1,170 -- the proposed new cost to apply for citizenship. Up from $640. An 83% hike. I asked my mom the other day how much it cost her to apply to become a citizen in the late 80s. She couldn't remember because it was pretty low: $35. https://t.co/pvzA3bDwRP
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The border fence is "virtually impenetrable" ... unless you have a $100 saw from your hardware store. https://t.co/lefYIj0HO1 Excellent 2018 reporting on weak border prototypes by @jeanguerre @KPBS:
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection report obtained by KPBS through a Freedom of Information Act request reveals mock-ups of all eight border wall prototypes were found vulnerable to at least one...
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1/ Trump admin guts the refugee program again. How do you break that news to your family? Blaise Pascal, a refugee from the Congo now living in N. Carolina, dreads it. His sister, his only living relative--everyone else died in war--was due to join him soon. It's unsure now
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Lower admissions numbers don't just hurt refugees waiting months & years to come to US. They hurt a network of local resettlement offices, some 100 which have downsized or closed in last 3yrs. The damage will long outlast Trump. My story for @pritheworld:
theworld.org
Resettlement agencies are being forced to close as the Trump administration cuts refugee admissions. Experts say the damage will long outlast this president.
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That steep drop at the end is about to get more severe. The Trump admin plans to further slash refugee program -- capping it to 18,000 admissions over next 12 months, down from already low 30,000. https://t.co/yrFuEGqQ3a
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Every single part of this thread needs RT. Critical changes underway to US asylum system.
EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol agents are interviewing families for credible fear instead of asylum officers for 1st time, deploying to US largest immigrant family detention facility & expanding WH push for Border Patrol to take over key asylum step https://t.co/VtEOVqt4Cz
@latimes 1/
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Number of people who have applied for asylum under MPP/"Remain in Mexico": 40,000+ Number granted asylum so far: 2 Most people have left their homes in some of world's most violent places. https://t.co/QuQNzBL9VK
sandiegouniontribune.com
A Honduran youth pastor who traveled with last fall’s migrant caravan won his asylum case on Monday after spending more than seven months in Tijuana under the “Remain in Mexico” p…
1/ Mexico is the waiting room for thousands of migrants attempting to seek asylum in the US. Every person's story is different, every person is navigating choices and daily life. Some shared their stories w/ me @pritheworld & @ESMcIntyre See/listen here https://t.co/KCLWuHcLr9
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@CramonBPC makes the points I keep thinking about, how what's happening plays right into the hands of traffickers. We've seen people in small boats reaching farther points north in California. @pritheworld
https://t.co/cSgvpUibhj
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It's now day 308 for Jeff in Tijuana. He tried to seek asylum through "Remain in Mexico"/MPP. It's been an impossible system for him, with conflicting court dates, among other walls. Case closed without a chance to make his case, after months of waiting.
7/ Jeff Mendoza Days in Tijuana: 279 In Honduras, Jeff played in a punk band, but also received deadly gang threats. He's part of a Trump admin policy (MPP/"Remain in Mexico") that requires some asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their case moves through a US court.
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Latest listen @pritheworld --> Demanding better work conditions can make you a target. But the risks of retaliation are far higher if you're undocumented. Luis knew this. He got deported while suing his boss, but fought back and is now back in the US. https://t.co/6wr55HJgbD
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The govt is considering the Berks family detention center in Pennsylvania a model. Here's some bkgd from 2018 by @valfernandez for @pritheworld There's a history of sexual assault and abuse, including by Berks staff, and medical negligence of children. https://t.co/2kTXabNS7k
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