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🇨🇷 🇨🇴 | @MigrationPolicy Associate Policy Analyst | Views are my own | she/her

[maría jesús mora @Mariamoravar]

I wrote about the New York organizers and workers, mostly undocumented, whose year-long activism resulted in the historic $2.1B Fund for Excluded Workers. While praised as pandemic heroes and essential workers, they had been excluded from most government relief until now.

[The Nation @thenation]

A historic fund in NY promises desperately needed help to the state’s undocumented community—but will Cuomo’s last second changes block people from accessing the project? https://t.co/jO8xnzKrgw

[Ariel Ruiz @ruizags]

➡️NEW research: My @MigrationPolicy colleagues @Mariamoravar, @diegochavesg, and I analyze the socioeconomic profiles of Guatemalans deported from the U.S. in 2025 as interior enforcement increased—offering one of the first detailed looks at this population. 1/3

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

📢 Nuevo informe con @UNmigration 📢
@ruizags, @Mariamoravar y @diegochavesg destacan los perfiles cambiantes de los migrantes retornados guatemaltecos y los desafíos que enfrentan los sistemas de recepción y reintegración destinados a apoyarlos 👇

🔗 https://t.co/qkHuoJhYVN

[maría jesús mora @Mariamoravar]

@MelendezMarcela @forbescolombia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Ariel Ruiz @ruizags]

Uganda--1 of 27 countries that have agreed to receive third-country deportations from the US--confirmed today that it received 8 African deportees. With @MigrationPolicy this week, I argue that these agreements focus on fear, not large-scale deportations: https://t.co/4FibZEcwgR

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

Funding for US immigration detention is on pace to be 62% larger than that of the entire federal prison system

Want to know what ICE is going to do with that money?

Read our brand-new article https://t.co/N9EzDehs8t

[Ariel Ruiz @ruizags]

With a steep decrease in migrant arrivals at the US-MX border, the Trump administration has directed its focus to enforcement in the US interior.

In a NEW @MigrationPolicy short read, I describe key data trends using the latest FY25 data. ⬇️

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

What makes migrant reintegration sustainable?
Tomorrow: @MPI_Europe webinar examines
➡️Lessons from Europe & Latin America
➡️Longer-term reintegration support models
➡️Employment & psychosocial assistance
➡️Local actor engagement

[Susan Fratzke @ekztarf]

The European Commission has released its proposals for an amendment to the Safe Third Country provisions of the Asylum Procedure Regulation. These are small-seeming changes that could have a big impact on EU asylum in practice. (1/)

[Megan Janetsky @meganjanetsky]

“Before, we lived off of the migration ... But now that’s all gone.”

The migration of 1.2 million people through the Darien Gap became a "gold mine" for the jungled region. Now, that migration economy has crashed.

With @matiasdelacroix for @AP: https://t.co/YntwgqApRM

[maría jesús mora @Mariamoravar]

Treating reintegration as the sole responsibility of receiving countries is short-sighted. Despite some progress, Mexico and Central America continue to struggle to improve returnees’ conditions. Read our NEW MPI short read w/ @ruizags on why shared responsibility is key.

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

As the US pledges mass deportations, greater focus needs to be given to the flip side of the coin: The need for successful reception & reintegration programs for returnees to Mexico & Central America.

A NEW short read by @Mariamoravar & @ruizags makes the case for more investment & shared responsibility w/the US, to ensure successful reintegration & reduce repeat migration

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

As of today (April 11), several million immigrants in the US—incl. some with legal status—must register with the federal government or face possible consequences

It’s the latest iteration of a security authority previously used after 9/11 and during the Cold War era

[Kathleen Bush-Joseph @KathleenBushJo2]

Mahmoud Khalil's habeas court case was transferred to New Jersey. Before transferring, NY judge made clear that his order still bars feds from deporting Khalil

Notable that judge quoted Marbury v Madison, 1803 case where SCOTUS first ruled a law unlawful

New docket link below

[Kathleen Bush-Joseph @KathleenBushJo2]

If/when Trump admin announces a new immigrant travel ban, we @MigrationPolicy have you covered

During Trump 1.0, colleagues wrote about travel ban effects including on refugee admissions and visa issuances

[Lawrence Huang @Lawrence_Huang9]

Amid shrinking foreign aid, how can we sustain funding for projects to tackle climate mobility, and ensure funding is used efficiently?

Our new @MigrationPolicy brief with @sdavidoffgore reviews the funding landscape & recommends ways to strengthen the donor field ⬇️

[Kathleen Bush-Joseph @KathleenBushJo2]

Recommend reading @the_ILRC toolkit on expanded expedited removal. "Immigration officers usually do not tell someone that they are being placed in the expedited removal process, so it can be difficult to know for sure"

Has sections on when to stay silent vs not if stopped by ICE

[Kathleen Bush-Joseph @KathleenBushJo2]

.@NILC's FAQ on noncitizen registration has helpful context about past requirements like the post 9/11 program, the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) that targeted nationals of Muslim majority countries & North Korea for tracking

https://t.co/Q8OSEFYdqh

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

The US is entering a new era of immigration enforcement, as the Trump administration bends virtually every arm of the government to meet its pledge of #massdeportations

Here’s how

[MigrationPolicy Inst @MigrationPolicy]

Today marks three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, triggering Europe’s largest displacement crisis since World War II. The ramifications have been profound

Find all MPI’s research on Ukraine here ➡️ https://t.co/FCdlkSs9Dg

[Cancillería Honduras @CancilleriaHN]

🇭🇳🤝🇺🇸 || COMUNICADO:

Por instrucciones de la Presidenta @XiomaraCastroZ, Honduras llevará a cabo Acciones Humanitarias para el traslado de Migrantes entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela.

[Wilfredo Miranda Aburto @PiruloAr]

‼️Esta tarde aterriza en Costa Rica otro avión de migrantes deportados por el gobierno de Donald Trump. Son aproximadamente 135 personas, y al parecer, casi la mitad son niños y dos mujeres embarazadas.

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