immigration: January 4, 2023

More than 300 Haitians were discovered on a dilapidated wooden sailboat that was grounded near Key Largo on Saturday, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

When 113 of the people on board jumped ship, U.S. Coast Guard and Border Patrol crews made rescues and took the migrants into custody, officials said.

They were screened for medical issues, and two had to be treated for dehydration, said the Border Patrol's Walter N. Slosar, chief of the agency's Miami sector.

An estimated 220 other Haitians remained on the vessel and were taken into custody en masse, he said.

Their reason for travel was unknown, however, Haitians have been migrating to the United States in the last few years to escape political instability, the aftermath of natural disasters and poverty.

The Department of Defense denied D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for the National Guard to assist with the influx of migrants created by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing of migrants to the city, according to a letter reviewed by NBC News.

The letter, from the executive secretary of the Department of Defense, said the city has sufficient funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that has been given to D.C. nonprofits that can provide the immigrants with shelter and other services.

“After careful consideration the Department has concluded it cannot fulfill your request,” Kelly Bulliner Holly told Christopher Rodriguez, director of D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.

NEW ORLEANS — Immigrant advocates head to a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday in hopes of saving an Obama-era program that prevents the deportation of thousands of people brought into the U.S. as children.  A federal judge in Texas last year declared the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program illegal — although he agreed to leave the program intact for those already benefitting from it while his order is appealed.  DACA proponents planned an early morning vigil ahead of arguments at the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Zaker Hussain told the U.S. government that his brother, Mohammad, was at risk of being harmed by the Taliban because of his own work at the Afghan presidential palace, his membership in the long-persecuted Hazara minority group and Hussain's role as a combat translator for the U.S. Marine Corps.  The former Afghan translator, whose war-time service helping Marines find and deactivate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) earned him U.S. resettlement and eventual citizenship, hoped the U.S. would allow his brother to enter the country on humanitarian grounds through a process known as parole. 

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At least 50 people have died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer in Texas, potentially the deadliest human smuggling case in modern U.S. history.

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Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the federal government can continue to detain certain immigrants in removal proceedings without giving them a bond hearing after six months, in case where the Biden administration has prevailed over the immigration activists who opposed the government in the case.

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From her West Wing office, she received an update on the Central American leader's progress to combat corruption, a source familiar with planning told CNN. And in return, Harris relayed a succinct message: The United States would welcome Castro's participation at the high-profile Summit of the Americas that President Joe Biden will host this week in Los Angeles. 

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The Department of Homeland Security plans to transport migrants awaiting immigration proceedings from U.S. cities along the southern border farther into the interior of the country, beginning with Los Angeles in the coming weeks, according to internal documents obtained by NBC News. 

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This is a good article, but I am REALLY  interested in the word "reparations"?  

Is that the word that Camilo wanted to use?  

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This country is big enough, but for a few - with huge mouths,  are raising hell.

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Thousands of Afghans have been rejected, and they have to prove vaccination status and pay $575 to apply, unlike Ukrainians. The “disparity couldn’t be more jarring,” one advocate said.

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The U.S. is preparing for a potential spike in migrant children crossing the southern border without their parents, and has identified up to 19,000 beds at shelters and housing sites to prevent these minors from languishing in Border Patrol detention facilities, top Biden administration officials told CBS News.  

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The governor is evil... 

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Last week, Psaki said she was "not aware of what authority the governor would be doing that under" when asked about Abbott's busing plan and if the administration would help the migrants find a place to stay once they arrive in D.C.

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While media consumption habits make Latino men under 35 more vulnerable to "racialized disinformation," all Latinos over 36 were more likely to encounter "polarizing and anti-immigration stories," an analysis from an immigrant advocacy group found.

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This appears a much shorter process, and hopefully a much fairer to the asylum seekers.

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Well, I hope that Biden will in fact remove all of Trump's border policies.

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This is a shame.  

Why are they being resistant?

"Whose job is it to reunite the parent and child, and then where do you do that?...That's a huge question that we're grappling with," says Jennifer Podkul, vice president of policy and advocacy for Kids in Need of Defense, an organization that helps unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children.

This is a landmark policy in New York!