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Immigration News Today: Advocates Say NYC Sex Workers Need Resources, Not Raids

Plus: The practical difficulties of deporting millions, inside California's flawed immigration employment system, and more immigration news

Fisayo Okare

Oct 25, 2024

Yumei Shi (Yang Song's mother), sex work activist Red and Hai Song (Yang Song's brother) L to R. Photo: Scott Heins

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Just have a minute? Here are the top stories you need to know about immigration. This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here.

New York

As NYPD cracks down on brothels in Queens, advocates say community needs resources, not raids:

The immigrant advocacy group Make the Road New York joined a coalition calling for support for sex workers, including resources like housing vouchers and health care, instead of policing. — CBS News

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Outside the city, Democrats and Republicans run on outcry over migrants in NYC:

Immigration policy has loomed particularly large in two congressional rematches from the 2022 midterms in suburban districts of New York City. — Gothamist

Suspected Venezuelan gang members arrested fleeing New York police:

The chief of police in Rensselaer, New York, issued a press release last week identifying Gregory Marlyn Galindez-Trias, 24, and Moises Alejandro Condollo-Urbaneja, 22, as the suspects in custody. — Al Jazeera

Around the U.S. 

Vance vows an end to programs for legal immigrants:

“We’re going to stop doing mass grants of Temporary Protected Status,” vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance said at a campaign event. — The New York Times

The practical and moral difficulties of deporting millions draw closer:

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said there are “about 4.5 million who would be the first priority for [deportation], people who’ve already committed crimes.” — The Washington Post

Criminalizing immigration — The influence of SB 4, Texas’ regressive state deportation law:

Unless stopped, Texas SB 4 could herald a regressive wave of anti-immigrant state legislation that will endanger noncitizens and U.S. citizens across the country. — Immigrant Legal Resource Center

U.S.-Mexico authorities scale up migrant returns:

Migrants, after weeks of travel, are being bussed back to southern Mexico, leading to a sharp drop in arrivals at the U.S. border. — Al Jazeera (video)

What if Trump’s plan to deport millions of immigrants became a reality?

Here’s one example: After nearly 400 workers were arrested in the raid of a meatpacking plant in Iowa in 2008, the local economy suffered. — The New York Times

Five books help explain the immigration debate:

These books clearly answer how the U.S. ended up with a flawed and bloated immigration system and why people still risk the trip to the border. — The New York Times

These lawyers take on immigration, domestic violence and other difficult cases for free:

CABA originated from the Cuban American Bar Association’s need for Spanish-speaking lawyers in the community. The organization now stands on its own and helps families in Florida. — Miami Herald

Inside a flawed immigration system — millions of undocumented workers and a verification program that few use:

E-Verify makes it easy for prospective employers to spot and reject undocumented immigrants seeking jobs. Yet, in California, only about 16% of employer establishments are enrolled. — Los Angeles Times

Washington D.C.

DHS seeks more than 600 migrants for possible ties to Venezuelan gang:

DHS designated more than 100 “subjects of interest” as confirmed gang members, and the rest to be likely victims, witnesses or members of the gang. — NBC News

Supreme Court rules against Republicans in immigration case:

Five Republican state attorneys general wanted their states to take over defending an asylum ban introduced by the Biden administration last year. — Newsweek

Fisayo Okare

Fisayo writes Documented’s "Early Arrival" newsletter and "Our City" column. She is an MSc. graduate of Columbia Journalism School, New York, and earned her BSc. degree in Mass Comm. from Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos.

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