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Adam Isacson
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I work at the Washington Office on Latin America (my views, not necessarily theirs). I'm also at wola.org, adamisacson.com, borderoversight.org, Mastodon elefanti.co/@adam, etc.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, discussed immigration at a “town hall” event in Arizona hosted by Univisión. A woman asked Harris about how immigration policy forces undocumented people to live in the shadows, citing her mother who died recently without ever gaining documented status in the United States. While empathetic, the Vice President’s response “also underscored how much her hard-line immigration message has focused on enforcement rather than reform,” the New York Times observed. The Associated Press revealed that the number of migrants passing through the Darién Gap, a treacherous jungle region straddling Colombia and Panama, jumped by 51 percent from August to September (from 16,603 to 25,111). Panama has yet to post final September numbers. Screenshot of text you can read by clicking on the link in the post.
President Mulino’s administration is allowing Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to return to the Darién Gap region to provide health services at posts receiving migrants at the end of the route. Panama’s previous government withdrew permission for MSF to operate in March, shortly after the group publicly denounced a sharp increase in the number of patients who suffered sexual violence while transiting the Darién. “We have removed more people last year than we have since any year since 2010,” Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) official performing the duties of the commissioner, Troy Miller, said during a visit to the Arizona border reported by the Tucson Sentinel. Screenshot of text you can read by clicking on the link in the post.
The American Immigration Council (AIC) published an explainer about the Shelter and Services Program (SSP). This program reimburses local governments and charities that help to receive recently arrived migrants and prevent them from ending up on U.S. cities’ streets. After two devastating hurricanes, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and other politicians have been alleging that the SSP has diverted funds away from FEMA’s disaster response; the AIC piece debunks that claim. Guardian writer Oliver Laughland traveled to the Arizona border region, visiting a pro-Trump event, humanitarian volunteers in the desert, and a Democratic congressional candidate. The article points to a rightward shift in the region’s mood on border and immigration policy. Screenshot of text you can read by clicking on the link in the post.
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I work at the Washington Office on Latin America (my views, not necessarily theirs). I'm also at wola.org, adamisacson.com, borderoversight.org, Mastodon elefanti.co/@adam, etc.
319 followers142 following575 posts
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