The courts will likely shut much of the EO down, as they have in the past. Pres Biden was forced to make this decision bc of Republicans' threats, disinformation & demands. Political expediency took precedent.
Biden’s migrant order is recipe for chaos at US border: ‘It will only cause suffering’. "In the 40 years since the US created its asylum system, no other Democrat suspended people’s ability to seek refuge in the US – an international right."
Will President Joe Biden’s new border measures be enough to change voters’ minds?
AP reports: "Polls have found immigration and border security to be a top issue this election year and one that has been seized on by former President Donald Trump and his campaign."
Opponents say the #Arizona ballot measure will do nothing to improve #border#security or prevent #asylum seekers from arriving. Instead, they say, it will replicate the paranoia & turmoil that #Latino & #immigrant communities experienced after Gov #JanBrewer signed #SB1070, a divisive state #immigration-enforcement #law passed by #Republicans in 2010 that came to be known as the “show me your papers law.” That law sparked years of protests & litigation, & has since been partially struck down.
A multinational operation by Interpol and the FBI cracked down on attempts in Moldova to sabotage one of the international police agency's key tools, the Red Notice system, officials said Tuesday. Four people were detained in the eastern European country.
"The Biden administration is planning to refer some migrants in Latin America for resettlement in Greece and Italy as part of another effort to discourage people in the region from traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border, two people familiar with the government's plans told CBS News."
The network reports: "To blunt a potential spike in migration, President Biden is also preparing to issue an executive action as soon as next week that would bar most asylum claims when illegal crossings soar."
There's a certain type of Westerner who loves Japanese culture, and who believes that the prevalence or existence of yuri manga and anime means that conditions for queer women in Japan are good, or possibly even better than they are in North America. They should really read this: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15271758
(Does the popularity of US heist movies mean we have things like that happening all the time?)
The newly agreed #Dutch coalition government on Thursday plans the "strictest-ever" #asylum policy, including an opt-out from European Union rules. After six months in the making, the 26-page coalition agreement proposes to “deport people without a valid residence permit as much as possible, even forcibly”. Monte Francis reports. #Netherlands#EU#immigration#FarRight
"For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the U.S.’s broken immigration system are often overlooked."