Ariel G Ruiz Soto
Senior Policy Analyst at Migration Policy Institute, bringing research-based solutions at the forefront of migration policy in the US and Latin America
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoWith news of ICE's focus on Maine, recommending my colleagues @colleenputzelkav.bsky.social & Valerie Lacarte's profile of ME's small immigrant population. ME's immigrants are a mix of long-settled, well-integrated folks, and newcomers from diverse origins, bolstering the workforce of an aging state
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoUSCIS said yesterday they're shortening the validity period for work permits for asylum & green card applicants + others from 5 yrs to 18 months. Combined with USCIS' slowing processing, & the end of auto-extensions while people renew, this will cause MANY people to churn in & out of the workforce.
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoHeads up: Right before Thanksgiving, a proposed regulation to restrict asylum applicants' access to work authorization cleared a key government review step. That means we could see a proposed regulatory change soon. But no details yet on what it might do. (1/2)
- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoIncreased immigration enforcement, especially at workplaces, may bring the 30-year old E-Verify program back into the national conversation. But the administration remains amibavlent about the program-both touting its use and warning against reliance. Read more in MPI's latest bit.ly/MPIeverify
- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoSCOOP: Costa Rica says it will still accept Kilmar Abrego García, contradicting Trump’s DOJ wapo.st/485rAFz
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoOne early indicator of whether immigrants are leaving the U.S. (or entering) is K-12 school enrollment data. This great AP story tracks several districts & finds a mixed picture: New students still coming from abroad to many districts, but in lower numbers, & Palm Beach County losing 6,000 students.
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- 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.bsky.social short read, I describe key data trends using the latest FY25 data. ⬇️ www.migrationpolicy.org/news/new-era...
- ICE recorded more deportations from inside the US than the number of migrants BP apprehended crossing the border—the first time since at least FY 2014. DHS reports to be on track to deport 600K migrants by end of its first year, falling short of its 1M goal and less than Biden admin last year.
- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz Soto"Maine offers an example of an important question facing policymakers nationwide how to manage broad policy challenges, such as housing and labor shortages, while simultaneously assisting communities in need of additional support immigrant and U.S. born alike" www.migrationpolicy.org/research/mai...
- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoTo give a sense of how many people this may affect, in September, USCIS had 911,946 applications for employment authorization documents that had been pending over 6 months. (People are instructed to file for renewals no more than 6 months in advance) www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoHappy to share that MPI has updated its online data tool that profiles the country's unauthorized immigrant population at the national, state, and local level to use 2023 American Community Survey data. Check it out here:
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoThis is big news for the tens of thousands of spouses of H-1Bs who have permission to work in the U.S. About 70,000 spouses of H-1Bs were approved for new or renewal work authorization documents last fiscal year.
- The Supreme Court passed on a challenge to employment eligibility for spouses of H-1B visa holders. The DC Circuit had upheld the lawfulness of work permits for H-4 dependent visa holders last year. #H1Bvisa #immigration #tech
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- Reposted by Ariel G Ruiz SotoDHS has just claimed that 1.6 million unauthorized immigrant "self deported" this year. This number seems to come from a Center for Immigration Studies estimate that relies on the Current Population Survey. As @jedkolko.bsky.social writes, such a large decline doesn't line up with other data
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- ⬇️August CBP Data Takeaways⬇️ Still at low levels, but migrant encounters at/btwn POEs increased from 8K in Jul to 10K in Aug. Btwn POEs there were 6K encounters, mostly of Mexican migrants. That's 204 daily BP encounters, higher than the 148 in Jul, but significantly lower than under Biden.
- Mexican single adults account for the small increase in encounters btwn Jul and Aug. No other nationality had more than 500 encounters. Hondurans were the most likely to travel as family units and, notably, Salvadorans as unaccompanied children.
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