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Last week, two columnists from the Washington Post called for high-skilled worker immigration reform as a solution to current labor shortages. It missed the mark. They failed to mention a New York federal courts decision to cut off all new applications under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program issuedjust three days before the Washington Post column.

On August 3, in Batalla v. Mayorkas, U.S. District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis declined to provide relief to more than 80,000 first-time DACA applicants. This unacceptable decision and the fate of DREAMers must at least be considered in the conversation around immigration reform.

We need a permanent solution for DACA holders and DACA-eligible immigrants and their families.

Without even acknowledging Batalla, the Post op-ed invited us to consider how immigration fits into rebuilding the industrial heartland.It suggested immigration reform for high-skilled workers as a solution to address labor demands in the economy, focusing on the U.S. manufacturing industrys high-skilled STEM worker shortage in the semiconductor computer chips industry.

Millions of immigrants here now, including DACA holders and now foreclosed DACA applicants, have been denied the right to permanently live and work in the United States. Many of these individuals have had to survive and fight through a decade of political battles and wavering court decisions, causing constant insecurity in the DACA program and their lives.

Issued by the Obama administration in 2012 in response to the DREAMers movement, DACA has been one of the only federal programs to have expanded access to work permits for undocumented immigrants. Most of these people were brought to the U.S. as children and have met certain educational and other requirements.

Calls for short-term labor-based immigration distract from the actual work that must be done to find a permanent solution for millions of immigrants who are here now, who are already making significant, consistent contributions, and who are worthy of recognition irrespective of the latest economic trends.

As advocates like my colleagues at the Capital Area Immigrants Rights (CAIR) Coalition know, framing immigration reform as an economic solution is a trap. It is also a primary reason we have an unjust system and have not been able to enact immigration reform for over 35 years.

From the Chinese laborers building railroads in the 1800s to the Bracero program of the 1940s and 50s, history shows that reforming immigration for labor demands both tokenizes and dehumanizes immigrants. Moreover, these economic calls for immigration reform are rooted in racism. Appeals for reform to invite high-skilled immigrant workers perpetuate this trap. While tech workers today may be working on computer chips instead of railroads, the same flawed reasoning applies.

Putting high-skilled immigrant workers on a pedestal also keeps us stuck in good-versus-bad, worthy-versus-unworthy immigrant narratives. Such distinctions hurt all immigrants.

The participation of Americas immigrant community should not depend on shifting labor cycles. DACA holders are a prime example. The contributions led by DACA holders are not tied to short-term labor trends.

Immigrants are the backbone of the U.S. economy, and they deserve, at minimum, recognition for their fundamental human right to work.

Lets stop shoehorning immigration debates into economic trends. In a country built largely by and very much running off the hard work of immigrants, there is no need to justify their role in the economy. Their contributions are inherent and deeply woven into the fabric and foundation of our country.

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Adina Appelbaum is director of the Immigration Impact Lab at Capital Area Immigrants Rights Coalition. Twitter: @abappelbaum

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New York City has been named the "worst" sanctuary city in the U.S. by a hawkish immigration group, just as the Big Apples mayor continues to feud with the governor of Texas over the busing of migrants into the city.

The Immigration Reform Law Institute, the legal arm of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), published its list of "worst" sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday, and put New York City at the top.

"Sanctuary" jurisdictions are those that bar local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration agencies. Such cities and states will typically also move to abolish any distinction between legal and illegal immigration.

IRLI says that New York has "doubled down" on its sanctuary policies to go from second in the rankings in 2019 to top spot. It cited New York City Councils passing of legislation granting noncitizens the right to vote in local elections, the banning of the use of "illegal alien" and the release of thousands of criminal illegal immigrants back onto its streets.

ANOTHER BUSLOAD OF MIGRANTS FROM TEXAS ARRIVES IN NEW YORK CITY

The Empire State Building towers above other office buildings on March 4, 2021, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Behind New York City in the rankings was Los Angeles in second place, followed by Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Seattle. Behind them were Wake County in North Carolina, Middlesex County in New Jersey and Portland, Oregon.

"These communities have earned their places on this list because of incredibly poor leadership at the city, county and state levels," Dale Wilcox, IRLIs executive director and general counsel, said in a statement. "Data overwhelmingly shows that sanctuary policies lead to more crime, fear and death. The leaders of these communities should not escape accountability for the damage they have caused. Their residents deserve much more."

Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Tom Homan, also an IRLI senior fellow, says that sanctuary policies only provide sanctuary to criminals.

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"Immigrant communities dont want criminals in their neighborhoods either. Victims and witnesses of crime dont want the offender back in their communities to seek revenge," he said. "All communities deserve protection from criminals but sanctuary policies put immigrant communities at greater risk of crime."

Supporters of sanctuary cities say they allow illegal immigrants to get the services they need without fear, and encourage them to cooperate with law enforcement on other matters without fearing deportation. Opponents say it allows for the release of criminals onto the streets who would otherwise be removed from the country.

The ranking comes as Mayor Eric Adams, who has backed New York Citys sanctuary city status, has called for federal help after Texas has started busing a few thousand migrants to the citys Port Authority. Adams recently said that 4,000 migrants have entered the citys homeless system in recent months.

"We just need help. We need help," Adams said in a press conference last week, calling for federal aid including from FEMA.

Hes also blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on multiple occasions:

"He is an anti-American governor that is really going against everything we stand for," he said about Abbott Thursday. "And I am going to do everything feasible to make sure the people of Texas realize how harmful he is to us globally."

Abbott has pointed to New York Citys sanctuary status as a reason for why the migrants are being sent there and has noted that the numbers are a fraction of the massive numbers encountered at the border.

"If the mayors of Americas most populous city and the nations capital are complaining about a few thousand migrants, imagine what these small border communities with more limited resources face on the frontlines," Abbott said in a recent piece for Fox News Opinion.

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Jonathan P. Baird lives in Wilmot.

I think it is fair to say that fear of immigrants in the United States is out-of-control. And its not just in the United States. Fascist and far-right politicians have persuaded citizens in many countries that the greatest threat they face is not climate change or economic inequality. Its faceless masses at some distant border. The demagogic message from Donald Trump, Viktor Orbn and Marine Le Pen is the same they will replace youand they will eventually outnumber you.

A May Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found that 3 in 10 worry more immigration is causing native-born Americans to lose their economic, political, and cultural influence. Irrational fear of outsiders has skewed public understanding.

The lack of empathy for immigrants was recently driven home by the horrific June deaths of 53 people inside a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas. The truck did not have a functioning cooling system as temperatures spiked over 100 degrees. People wedged in like sardines died from heat exhaustion and dehydration. The dead included victims from age 13 to 55 who were from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. All were believed to be brought illegally through the border with Mexico.

I didnt see much sympathy for these dead. It was just a blip in the news cycle. But the story is very reminiscent of the Jewish experience. Just like Mexican and Central Americans now, Jews were once smuggled into America. The story has been forgotten.

One hundred years ago, Jews were a suspect class. Antisemitism was widespread and much of the American public held stereotypical views, not too different from how illegal aliens are viewed now. In 1921 and later in 1924, strict immigration quotas were put into place that greatly limited the number of southern and eastern European immigrants, especially Jews, who could come into the U.S.

The quotas were so limiting that the new laws prompted illegal smuggling operations. The fact of the quotas did not stop European Jews from wanting to come to the U.S. No one knows exactly how many Jews illegally emigrated to the U.S. Over the period from 1921 to 1965, best estimates are in the tens of thousands, possibly higher.

The story is told in Libby Garlands book After They Closed the Gates. Smugglers brought Jews over on ships with forged travel documents. People crossed the border in Mexico, Canada and also by boat from Cuba. Havana was a center for smuggling from Cuba into the U.S. It afforded easy access to the Gulf and Atlantic ports, especially to points on the Florida coast.

Garland shows how complicated and multi-faceted the process of immigration was. Garland writes, Emigration was only one of many arenas in which Eastern European Jews relied on illegal methods. Buying and selling on the black market, smuggling, assuming false identities and obtaining forged documents were, particularly in the chaos that followed World War I, facts of life.

There was a dark side to the alien smuggling. Liquor bootlegging and sex trafficking were often part of the rampant illegality. The smugglers were often brutal. Garland says immigrants who did not pay up or who were naive enough to pay upfront would get dumped overboard. Smugglers often robbed Jewish passengers of their valuables. Immigrants often relied on friends and families in the United States for detailed instructions about the story they should offer which would provide the best chance for entry. Jewish name-changing was a rite of passage.

Given the experience Jews had with antisemitismin Russia and eastern Europe, many people perceived illegal immigration as a perfectly legitimate choice. Desperate situations demanded creative responses. Garland says that being Jewish in eastern Europe often meant having to engage in a process of creating improvisational and shifting identities.

Just as with immigrants now, Jewish illegal immigrants left eastern Europe and Russia because of extreme poverty, lack of economic opportunities, and the threat of violence. Immigration restrictions and the lack of a legal path to citizenship contributed to people turning to smugglers.

From the perspective of 2022, knowing what we know now about the Holocaust, that Jewish illegal immigration now looks benign and its never mentioned. Closing the gates left European Jews at the hands of the Nazis. In retrospect, the extreme quotas that kept Jews out of the United States were both a tragedy and a giant mistake. How many were murdered who could have been saved?

Maybe Jewish history should make Americans reconsider the hysteria directed against Mexican and Latin American illegal immigrants. No one supercharged the fear and hysteria more than Trump Administration hatemongerStephen Miller. Millers uncle, David Glosser posted this on Facebook:

My nephew and I must both reflect long and hard on an awful truth. If in the early 20th century, the USA had built a wall against poor desperate ignorant immigrants of a different religion, like the Glossers, all of us would have gone up the crematoria chimneys with the other six million kinsmen whom we can never know.

The last major immigration reform was enacted in 1986. We remain long overdue for new legislation which could provide a roadmap to permanent protections and citizenship for undocumented people.

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Opinion: The little-known story of Jewish illegal immigration - Concord Monitor

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Over 100 advocates gathered outside the Elizabeth Detention Center, the only remaining Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) detention facility in New Jersey, to commemorate the first anniversary of a landmark bill to ban detention agreements.

"One year ago today, immigrants in New Jersey made national headlines after we secured a victory that dealt a serious blow to I.C.E.'s detention system and enforcement reach. Immigrants brought the fight from within the walls of detention centers straight to the halls of the Trenton statehouse to deliver a ban on I.C.E. detention agreements," said Amy Torres from New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice. "It was the organizing prowess of immigrants that positioned New Jersey as one of just a handful of states to prohibit I.C.E. detention agreements. We led the East Coast as the first state to have such a ban and since have been joined by others in introducing or passing similar measures. The call for immigrant justice will not be ignored."

The law that enacted the ban barred future I.C.E. detention contracts, but the political windfall from the decision ultimately led to the closure of three county detention centers in the state.

Hudson, Essex, and Bergen County jails have all ended their I.C.E. detention agreements. Although the bill passed the legislature in June of 2021, the Elizabeth Detention Center quietly extended its contract before Governor Murphy signed the bill into law in August.

The contract is now slated to end in late summer 2023. Community members impacted by I.C.E.'s presence in New Jersey spoke about the need to release those detained and provide greater protections to immigrants.

"When I was detained at the Elizabeth Detention Center after a workplace raid, I worried I would never see my daughters' smiling faces again. No one should have to experience that fear. No one should be detained or incarcerated in the Garden State. We demand the closure of the Elizabeth I.C.E. detention center and the immediate release of all detainees. If New Jersey is to live up to its promise as a fair and just state, we must pass the Values Act immediately so that no one has to face what I did," said Jenny, a spokesperson from Make the Road NJ

"A year ago, New Jersey took a step in ending detention and demonstrating that it is not a practice that is fair or humane to our immigrant friends. Although three of the four centers no longer detain our friends, the Elizabeth Detention Center continues to incarcerate our friends and strip them from their freedom. We will continue to push for justice for our friends until each of them is released and they are treated with the justice and dignity they deserve," said Jackie Zapata with First Friends of New Jersey and New York

New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice (N.J.A.I.J.), the state's largest immigration coalition, hosted a rally featuring individuals and families impacted by I.C.E. enforcement, performers, organizers, and advocates at the Elizabeth Detention Center to commemorate the anniversary.

The crowd used the moment to call the community to action, advocating for greater protections that systematically address how immigrants are targeted by and vulnerable to I.C.E. arrest, namely through The Values Act (S512/A1986), a State bill, and federal reforms, like the New Way Forward Act (H.R. 536).

"No human being should live with the anxiety that we could get separated from our families for simply going to work or dropping our children at school. It takes an emotional toll on everyone and is a feeling you never forget. Before New Jersey O.A.G.'s Immigrant Trust Directive in our community, we were constantly afraid that someone in our family would question our immigration status because that could mean being deported. The Values Act will make the safety and security of the Immigrant Trust Directive permanent. We remember what that was like before the Directive, and we won't go back," said Ana Cerrato, a Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center member.

"New Jersey's ban on I.C.E. contracts now one year old stands as an important milestone for respecting the rights and dignity of immigrant communities. But at the same time, more action is urgently needed to ensure that our state is fairer and more welcoming to all New Jerseyans, regardless of immigration status. The Values Act will further our state's commitment to drawing a clear line between state and local government and the federal deportation machine. Alongside our partners in the immigrants' rights community, we continue to call on our state representatives to pass the Values Act," said Ami Kachalia from the ACLU-NJ.

"Today, we rally to celebrate and remember the passage of the anti-detention law signed by Governor Murphy on the same day last year. We celebrate that Elizabeth Detention Center, run by Core-Civic, is the only remaining detention facility in N.J. and will finally close next year," Glendy Tsitouras, Community Organizer with the American Friends Service Committee. "But we must call for a pathway to permanent residency, protection for our community, and an end to collaborations between local law enforcement agencies and I.C.E. Passing the Values Act will be a big step towards making N.J. a safe place to live for everyone."

"Today's anniversary is a testament to New Jersey's progress toward becoming a fair and welcoming state for all," said Nicole Rodriguez, President of New Jersey Policy Perspective (N.J.P.P.). "But more must be done. Immigration detention is unjust and does irreparable harm to our families and communities. It's time state lawmakers address how people end up in this system by barring collaboration, keeping our data safe, and restoring confidence in public programs and services."

Throughout the demonstration, speakers reminded the audience of immigrants' growing power and organizing strength. Grassroots organizing groups, including Unidad Latino en Accion, New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition, Palestinian American Community Center, and C.A.T.A. Farmworkers Association, led chants throughout the rally, and attendees were joined in a performance by The Filthy Rotten System Band.

"At P.A.C.C., we represent a group of people who have too often been unjustly displaced and scattered around the world either as refugees or documented or undocumented immigrants, with no other choice but to do so. We understand what it means to be forced out of your homes for reasons beyond your control, to start all over in a country that looks down on you just because of your race or citizenship status. We understand and have experienced the harm of globalized borders that aim to restrict and tear apart families. Everyone deserves a chance to live peacefully, with pride and respect. We must keep advocating for protections like the Values Act and freeing everyone harmed by detention and border enforcement. We have a lot more work to do internally, locally, state-wide, and nationally, and we are ready and confident that we can achieve true justice collectively," said Abire Sabbagh from Palestinian American Community Center

"Today, we stand in front of the Elizabeth Detention Center in solidarity with our community members who are detained and separated from their families because of a broken immigration system a system that profits from incarcerating immigrants because they cross a border criminalizes our people. As we get to this one-year anti-detention ban here in New Jersey, we demand to stop any more arrests and to close those existing contracts that daily detain our people. We are not money, we are human beings! said Ana Paola Pazmino from Unidad Latina en Accion NJ

"Lawmakers treat immigrant justice issues like they're radioactive, claiming that because some immigrants can't vote, that our issues aren't important. But many of New Jersey's immigrants are rapidly becoming naturalized citizens and a growing number of children live in immigrant households. Lawmakers represent more than just the people that vote for them. In a state where nearly a quarter of us are immigrants, it's time they start paying attention," said Charlene Walker of Faith in New Jersey.

As the demonstration ended, speakers reminded the crowd that federal immigration reform and deportation relief remains an unfulfilled promise since the change in administration in 2021 and that more must be done to push New Jersey's state lawmakers to take action.

"We don't know if or how the political climate will change with the midterm elections, but we do know that many of the promises made to our communities in 2020 were broken," said Laura Bustamante of New Jersey Alliance for Immigrant Justice. "New Jersey is one of the most diverse states in the nation, with half of our population being made up of people of Color. If we want to change, it's on New Jersey's own legislators to make it, and we will not stop fighting until our communities see the justice, protections, and dignity we deserve."

The Values Act was introduced in late winter of 2022. The bill has 8 Senate co-sponsors and 14 Assembly co-sponsors but has yet to be heard in committee in either chamber of the legislature.

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