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• Bloomberg Law H-1B Worker Pay Options During Pandemic Limited by Visa Rules By Genevieve Douglas
• Daily Beast Trump Administration Has Turned Immigration Court Into ‘Public Health Hazard’ By Sam Brodey and Scott Bixby
• Reuters U.S. Again Postpones Immigration Hearings for Migrants in Mexico Due to Coronavirus By Ted Hesson and Tim Ahmann
• Reuters Guatemalan Migrant in U.S. Custody Positive for Coronavirus: Foreign Ministry
• Reuters Migrant Dies in Riot in Mexican Detention Center Amid Coronavirus Fears By Stefanie Eschenbacher, Julia Love and Diego Ore
• The Washington Post Protective gear in national stockpile is nearly depleted, DHS officials say By Nick Miroff
• The Washington Post Trump now says he knew the virus ‘could be horrible’ when he was saying things like ‘it’s going to disappear’ By Amber Phillips
• The Washington Post The list of those who won’t get a $1,200 stimulus check is growing — and includes some surprising groups By Heather Long
• Politico Behind the scenes, Kushner takes charge of coronavirus response By ADAM CANCRYN and DAN DIAMOND
• The Hill Loeffler traded $1.4M in stocks as Congress responded to coronavirus pandemic By Max Greenwood
• The Hill Pentagon to send 540 more troops to southern border amid coronavirus concerns By Ellen Mitchell
• Roll Call Citizenship is a tough mountain to climb, especially under Trump By Tanvi Misra
• The Guardian Deported amid coronavirus: US sends Guatemalan family home to face new threat By Valeria Fernández and Jude Joffe-Block
• Marshall Project “I Do Not Want to Die Somewhere Like This.” By EMILY KASSIE
• Los Angeles Times Coronavirus has sidelined roughly 9,000 Homeland Security employees, internal report shows By MOLLY O’TOOLE
• Miami Herald Most USCIS services have been halted due to coronavirus. Here’s what immigrants can do By DANIEL SHOER ROTH
• The New York Times Farmworkers, Mostly Undocumented, Become ‘Essential’ During Pandemic By Miriam Jordan
• The New York Times It’s the Official Start to the 2020 Census. But No One Counted On a Pandemic. By Michael Wines
• The Wall Street Journal Maintenance Worker Makes Fewer Housecalls, Worries About Family Contact By Jen Murphy
• Politico Federal prisons start 14-day lockdown to fight virus By JOSH GERSTEIN
• The Hill FBI may charge man who attacked Asian Americans over coronavirus with hate crime: report By MARTY JOHNSON
• The Hill Univision releases Spanish-language census 'anthem' By Rafael Bernal
• CNN Lorena Borjas, a transgender Latina activist who fought for immigrants and sex workers, has died of Covid-19 By Harmeet Kaur
• HuffPost Get Sick Or Starve: How A Deep Cleaner Is Surviving The Pandemic By Alanna Vagianos
• Miami Herald As jails and prisons cut inmate populations, ICE detention centers remain crowded By MONIQUE O. MADAN
• The New York Times How Will Biden Choose a Running Mate? Look to the Obama Model By Katie Glueck, Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin
• Politico How the coronavirus is shaping the 2024 presidential race By DAVID SIDERS
• Politico Poll: Biden holds wide lead over Sanders in Wisconsin By STEVEN SHEPARD
• Roll Call Naturalized citizens could be critical in this fall’s election By Michael Macagnone and Tanvi Misra
• Vox Study: Biden can unite progressives and swing voters with a focus on climate By Matthew Yglesias
• McClatchy How Bernie Sanders could help fix Joe Biden’s Latino voter problem By DAVID CATANESE
• Reuters Beyond Trump's Wall: The Americans Riding Out Coronavirus in Latin America
• Associated Press April 1, Rent's Due: Many Struggle to Pay in Virus Outbreak
• Associated Press Mexico Begins Flying, Busing Migrants Back to Honduras
• Reuters Mexico Halts Migrant Caravan, Deports Hundreds to Honduras By Lizbeth Diaz, Julia Love, Abraham Gonzalez, and Anthony Esposito
• CNN Migrants clash with Mexican troops at the Guatemala border By Catherine E. Shoichet
• Vox Mexico is cracking down on another US-bound migrant caravan By Nicole Narea
• Reuters Trump Administration Plans to Add Nigeria and Six Other Nations to Travel Ban List: Reports
• The New York Times Trump Considering an Expansion of His 2017 Travel Ban By Katie Rogers
• The Wall Street Journal Trump Administration Plans to Expand Travel Restrictions to Seven Countries By Michelle Hackman
• Politico Trump weighs travel ban expansion in coming days By Nahal Toosi and Anita Kumar
• Reuters U.S. Deports Iranian Student Despite ACLU Efforts to Block His Removal By Kristina Cooke
• The Hill Democrats press Trump administration to stop DNA collection from detained migrants By Cristina Marcos
• The Hill House Dems express 'deepening concern' over plans to take $7.2B from Pentagon for border wall By Rebecca Kheel
• CNN A Northeastern University student from Iran was removed from the US despite an emergency stay. CBP says it was not aware of the judge's order By Christina Maxouris, Rebekah Riess and Carma Hassan
• BuzzFeed Pregnant Travelers Would Have A Harder Time Getting US Tourist Visas Under A Trump Administration Plan By Hamed Aleaziz
• Slate Why Trump’s Anti-Refugee Policy Could Backfire
• Texas Observer ICE Quietly Lowers (Already Low) Standards at Some Immigrant Detention Facilities By Isabela Dias
• Associated Press Democrats' Challenge: Courting Evangelicals in the Trump Era
• The Hill Rep. Bobby Rush endorses Bloomberg's White House bid By Zack Budryk
• The Hill Hill.TV's Krystal Ball rips op-ed comparing Sanders supporters to those of Trump
• The Washington Post Mexico’s homicide count in 2019 among its highest By Mary Beth Sheridan
• The New York Times Census 2020: Counting Heads Along the Frozen Bering Sea By Emily Schwing and Mike Baker
• USA Today Professional Bull Riders get millions from Border Patrol for patriotism and plugs By Josh Peter
• The New York Times (Opinion) Why Trump Persists By Thomas B. Edsall
• The Washington Post (Opinion) My big problem with Andrew Yang By Jonathan Capehart
• Los Angeles Times (Opinion) Column: Trump’s legacy will be brutal but simple: He made it OK to be racist again By Robin Abcarian
• The New York Times (Op-ed) The Trump Administration Is Clearing the Way for Housing Discrimination By Shaun Donovan
• Politico (Op-ed) How Trump Has Exposed Congress’ Self-inflicted Weaknesses By Kimberly Wehle
• Associated Press Lawyers: Immigration court system is ‘red tape gone crazy’ By Sophia Tareen
• Vox Twitter, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and other companies are calling for an end to Trump’s rule to keep out low-income immigrants By Shirin Ghaffary
• NBC News Democratic lawmakers call on ICE to release transgender migrants By Tim Fitzsimons
• Associated Press ACLU: Disabled asylum seeker wins humanitarian parole By Kevin McGill
• Associated Press Trial on Border Patrol Conditions Continues After Inspection 
• Associated Press DHS Seeks Pentagon Funds for 270 Miles of Border Wall 
• Reuters U.S. Weighs Sending Brazilian Migrants to Mexico Amid Spike in Arrests By Ted Hesson, Frank Jack Daniel, Gustavo Palencia and Anthony Boadle
• CNN DHS has requested Pentagon assistance to build 270 miles of border wall By Ryan Browne and Geneva Sands
• NBC Democratic lawmakers call on ICE to release transgender migrants By Tim Fitzsimons
• Vox A federal judge stopped Texas from ending its refugee program By Nicole Narea
• Miami Herald After drastic policy changes, more than 20,000 Cuban asylum seekers are fighting deportation By Nora Gamez Torres
• Reuters Mexican Immigrant Dreams of Leading First U.S. Breakdancing Team to Olympic Gold By Peter Szekely
• The New York Times Kumail Nanjiani Thinks Immigrant Stories Can Still Be Hopeful By Brandon Yu
• CNN FBI arrests 3 alleged white supremacists. They planned to attend Virginia pro-gun rally, official says By David Shortell
• The Intercept TRUMP BANISHED IMMIGRATION RIGHTS ACTIVIST FOR SPEAKING OUT. HE’S SUING ICE TO COME BACK. By Nick Pinto
• Associated Press Guatemala Officials Disperse Migrants, but Some Keep Trying
• Reuters More Than 2,000 Migrants Enter Guatemala With Mexico in Their Sights
• The Wall Street Journal Large Groups of Hondurans Set Off for U.S., as Mexico Pledges to Block Them By Juan Montes and José de Córdoba
• Houston Chronicle Graham backs immigration bill encouraging investment in hot markets By R.A. Schuetz
• Associated Press Steyer, buoyed by polling, makes campaign swing in Nevada By Michelle L. Price
• Associated Press Pence Courts Evangelical Latino Voters in Florida 
• Associated Press Trump Campaign Tries Robust Outreach to Expand His Appeal 
• The New York Times Bernie's Big Bet By Michael Barbaro
• Politico Bloomberg makes his case to Dems on Capitol Hill By Sarah Ferris and Laura Barron-Lopez
• The Hill Hill Reporter: How Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden are battling it out in Nevada for Latino voters 
• The Hill Hispanic Democrats give Bloomberg camp warm reception By Rafael Bernal
• The New York Times (Opinion) Injustice on Repeat By Michelle Alexander
• The New York Times (Opinion) Trump’s Evil Is Contagious By Timothy Egan
• The Washington Post (Opinion) Trump has broken more promises than he’s kept By Glenn Kessler
• The Hill (Op-ed) January reminds us why courts matter — and the dangers of 'Trump judges' By Elliot Mincberg
• The Hill (Op-ed) Diversion of funds to border wall is yet another abuse of power by the president By Will Goodwin
• The Nation (Op-ed) How Does This White House Stop Lying? By Not Talking at All. By Sasha Abramsky
• Common Dreams (Op-ed) The Trump Administration Weakens Standards for ICE Detention Facilities By Eunice Cho
• Common Dreams (Op-ed) The Humanitarian and Environmental Disaster of Trump’s Border Wall By William deBuys
• The New York Times (Op-ed) I’m a Liberal Who Thinks Immigration Must Be Restricted By Jerry Kammer
• El Semanario Between Hurricanes And Earthquakes Puerto Rico Resists, Due To Its People By Maribel Hastings
• The Hill Immigration groups sue Trump administration for keeping courts open amid coronavirus By HARPER NEIDIG
• Law360 Immigration Attys Sue To Halt In-Person Detention Hearings By Alyssa Aquino
• Associated Press US Appeals Court: Attack on Gay Man Enough for Asylum Claim 
• Reuters U.S. Will Add 500 Troops at Mexico Border During Coronavirus Pandemic: Officials By Ted Hesson, Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay
• The Wall Street Journal Border Agents Change Practice on Immigrant Child Separation Over Coronavirus By Michelle Hackman and Alicia A. Caldwell
• The Washington Post How Trump’s rhetoric on testing in the U.S. compared with what was — or wasn’t — being done By Philip Bump
• The Hill Judge orders 11 at-risk ICE detainees released over coronavirus fears By RAFAEL BERNAL
• The Hill ICE under pressure to release detainees threatened by coronavirus By Rafael Bernal
• NBC Congressional Hispanic Caucus calls on ICE to release detainees amid COVID-19 crisis By Ali Gostanian
• Vox The missing piece in the coronavirus stimulus bill: Relief for immigrants By Nicole Narea
• Quartz Will the US Supreme Court let Trump deport 27,000 healthcare workers despite coronavirus? By Ephrat Livni
• Politico Coronavirus crashes the Wisconsin primary By ZACH MONTELLARO
• Politico Pelosi: Mail-in voting will protect ‘integrity of the election system’ amid coronavirus By QUINT FORGEY
• Associated Press Too Little Too Late? Experts Decry Mexico Virus Policy Delay 
• The Wall Street Journal Guatemala Asks U.S. to Halt Deportations of Guatemalans to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus By Juan Montes, José de Córdoba and Alicia A. Caldwell
• Associated Press Almost Half of U.S. Foreign-Born in Past Decade Had College By Mike Schneider
• Associated Press Those without broadband struggle in a stuck-at-home nation By Tali Arbel and Michael Casey
• The Wall Street Journal Census Push Goes Digital as Nonprofits, States Urge Participation By Emily Glazer
• The Washington Post The Doctors Still Treating Everything Else By David Montgomery
• The Washington Post For 9-year-old immigrant, chess isn’t just a game. It’s a life-changer. By Lela Nargi
• The Washington Post On Census Day, a scramble to replace mass rallies in a country under quarantine By Tara Bahrampour
• CNN What happens to our food supply if American farmers can't farm? By Danielle Wiener-Bronner
• Vox Governors plead with other states for more health care workers to fight coronavirus By Katelyn Burns
• Salon Who's coming to the aid of undocumented workers amid restaurant closures and lay-offs By ASHLIE D. STEVENS
• Quartz The US government has a long history of using crises to justify indefinite mass detention By Justin Rohrlich
• LATimes Editorial: Migrant children shouldn’t be detained, but especially not during a pandemic
• The New York Times (Editorial) The Wall That Didn’t Stop the Coronavirus 
• The Washington Post (Editorial) A president should want all Americans to vote. Why doesn’t Trump?
• Star Ledger (Editorial) ‘I’m going to lose my life in this place’: ICE detainees beg for release | Editorial
• Forbes (Op-Ed) H-1B Visa Selection Completed: Will All Companies Follow Through? By Stuart Anderson
• The New York Times (Opinion) Covid-19 Is Twisting 2020 Beyond All Recognition By Thomas B. Edsall
• Politico (Opinion) Trump’s Breakdown By JOHN F. HARRIS
• The New York Times (Op-ed) Fox’s Fake News Contagion By Kara Swisher
• The Washington Post (Op-ed) To flatten the curve, free some prisoners. Please. By Piper Kerman
• The Washington Post (Op-ed) Even Andrew Jackson showed more leadership than Donald Trump in a pandemic By Joyce Chaplin
• The Washington Post (Op-ed) Americans who are biased against Asians are more likely to fear the coronavirus By Tyler Reny and Matt Barreto
• The Hill (Op-ed) How will citizens of the world look after the coronavirus crisis ends? By JOSEPH MORENO
• The Hill (Op-ed) The multifaceted benefits of naturalization By LEROY GARCIA AND ANITERE FLORES
• Roll Call (Op-ed) We can’t fight the coronavirus pandemic with a nursing shortage By Shari Costantini
• Slate (Op-ed) Why Won’t the Federal Government Release Immigrant Children? By LAILA L. HLASS
• The Guardian (Op-ed) Ice agents are still performing raids – and using precious N95 masks to do so By Miriam Magaña Lopez and Seth M Holmes
• Al Jazeera (Op-ed) Trump's $2 trillion will not shield minorities from coronavirus By Candace McDuffie

Local

• Associated Press (California) California Supreme Court won’t hear immigration case from O.C. 
• Los Angeles Times (California) Farmworkers face coronavirus risk: ‘You can’t pick strawberries over Zoom’ By ANDREA CASTILLO
• Louisville Courier Journal (Kentucky) For Kentucky's undocumented immigrants, COVID-19 adds challenges to already harsh reality By Chris Kenning
• Forbes (Op-ed) USCIS Mistakenly Denied Over 100 H-1B Visa Registrations By Stuart Anderson
• The Washington Post (Opinion) Fox News has succeeded — in misinforming millions of Americans By Jennifer Rubin
• The New York Times (Op-ed) Governors Might Not Be Able to Save Us, but They Can Raise Hell By Eric Posner and Emily Bazelon
• The New York Times (Op-ed) No Masks, Disinfectant or Soap. This Is Detention Amid a Pandemic. By Kate Goldman
• The Washington Post (Op-ed) Immigrants are in the same boat with the rest of us in this pandemic. The administration doesn’t care. By J. Larry Brown
• The Washington Post (Op-ed) LORENA BORJAS By Chase Strangio
• The Hill (Op-ed) I'm a foreign-born doctor fighting America's war against the coronavirus. The US needs more of us. By Dr. Tarig Elhakim
• The Hill (Op-ed) Close the immigration courts — protect immigrant children By MARIA WOLTJEN
• The Hill (Op-ed) Protect our health care workers — halt border wall construction By GAIL EMRICK
• The Hill (Op-ed) Trump's failed COVID-19 response will be detrimental to Latinos By KRISTIAN RAMOS
• The Atlantic (Op-ed) Trump’s Haphazard COVID-19 Response Doesn’t Make Him Any Less of an Authoritarian By Yascha Mounk and Kristy Parker
• Arizona Daily Star (Arizona) Nogales asylum seekers face complex laws without lawyers By Curt Prendergast
• Associated Press (Illinois) Illinois: Error Registered a Possible 545 Noncitizen Voters
• New York Daily News (New York) Immigrants praise push for municipal voting rights; GOP pushes back By Michael Gartland
• Newsweek (Arizona) REPUBLICAN ARIZONA STATE REP SAYS REFUGEES 'TAKE FROM US,' DESPITE VOTING FOR PRO-REFUGEE LEGISLATION IN 2019: 'CALL ME A BIGOT' By Jeffrey Martin
• KTAR (Arizona) ASU Foundation receives $937K in scholarships for 35 DACA recipients
• Texas Tribune (Texas) Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas nonprofits helping refugees should focus on homelessness. That's not how it works. By Julian Aguilar
• Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) Woman who posed as Northeast Philadelphia ‘lawyer’ pleads guilty to defrauding immigrants By Wendy Ruderman
• Los Angeles Times (Op-ed) Op-Ed: Liberals and conservatives both misuse facts. But there are ways to stop that impulse By Leaf Van Boven, Ronit Montal-Rosenberg and David Sherman
• Baltimore Sun (Op-ed) Maryland lawmakers should better protect immigrants | COMMENTARY By Cathryn Paul
• Common Wealth Magazine Warren seeks info on DeVos role in foreign-student sting By Sarah Betancourt
• KXLH Plain-clothes ICE agents have been entering Cincinnati courthouse to detain migrants
• MinnPost Your questions about the U.S. refugee program, answered By Greta Kaul
• Associated Press (Colorado) Denver Officials Won't Hand Over Information Sought by ICE 
• Associated Press (Georgia) In Tiny Town, Immigration Detainees Outnumber Residents
• The New York Times (New York) A Foie Gras Ban May Be Good for Ducks. For Farm Workers? Not So Much. By John Leland
• San Diego Union Tribune (California) Eight local community colleges will offer legal services to undocumented students
• Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky) After heavy criticism, sponsor of Kentucky ‘sanctuary’ immigration bill plans changes By Jack Brammer
• Associated Press (Georgia) Georgia Election Server Showed Signs of Tampering: Expert
• The Hill (Arizona) Coronavirus pandemic doesn't stop Arizona border wall construction: report By JUSTINE COLEMAN
• Mother Jones (California) “Our Patients Are Very, Very Afraid”: A Major LA Clinic Is Struggling to Treat Undocumented Patients By Fernanda Echavarri
• ABC (Missouri) Restaurant owner worried about bills, DACA status says shutting down amid coronavirus was 'really hard' but necessary By ANTHONY RIVAS
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia) Georgia immigration detention employee tests positive for coronavirus By Jeremy Redmon
• Eater New York (New York) Why NYC’s Undocumented Restaurant Workers Are the Forgotten Victims of the Shutdown By Gary He
• Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania) What it’s like to be locked in prison during the coronavirus pandemic By Jeremy Roebuck and Chris Palmer
• Trump Administration Expected to Announce Plan to Detain Migrant Children Longer: ABC
• The Flores Agreement Protected Migrant Children for Decades. It’s Under Threat.
• Trump Administration Rule Would Allow Immigrant Families to Be Held Indefinitely
• Trump to move to expand detentions of migrant families
• New Trump Policy Would Permit Indefinite Detention Of Migrant Families, Children
• Trump administration moves to terminate court agreement, hold migrant children and parents longer
• Trump administration to roll out plan for longer-term detention of migrant families
• The Trump Administration Plans To Deny Work Permits To Asylum-Seekers Who Cross The Border
• U.S. seeks deal to send asylum seekers from Africa and Asia to Panama
• New York, 2 Other States Sue Over Trump Immigration Rule
• Three more states sue over 'public charge' immigration rule
• Justice Dept. tells Supreme Court decision to end DACA was lawful
• Supreme Court DACA fight could push immigration issue to the forefront of 2020 race
• The Administration Rushed on a Sweeping Immigration Policy. We Found Substantive, Sloppy Mistakes.
• Top Immigration Officials Gave Asylum Officers The Wrong Instructions On Trump’s New Restrictive Policy
• Migrants in US border detention centers won't receive flu vaccine
• Trump Administration Faces Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Health Care Failures By ICE
• A detained immigrant says she needs to breastfeed her daughter. ICE responds with a lactation exam
• New lawsuit from detainees and advocacy groups claims ICE denied medical treatment
• Immigration advocates press to cut off charitable funds for anti-immigration groups
• A Sweeping New Lawsuit Blasts ICE Over “Horrific, Inhumane” Conditions in Immigration Detention
• These Deported Vets Say Rescuing Migrants Is Their Duty
• US Official Calls Tent Court for Asylum Seekers 'Impressive'
• Thousands of Central American Migrants Take Free Rides Home Courtesy of U.S. Government
• Customs and Border Protection press secretary Katharine Gorka departs after two months on the job
• Meet the man ready to battle Congress in support of Trump’s immigration strategy
• Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list'
• ICE renews contract with Palantir
• ICE Accidentally Just Revealed How Much its New Contract With Peter Thiel’s Palantir Is Worth
• Stephen Miller's Plan Is Coming to Fruition
• Providing aid to people facing deportation is admirable — but not for felons
• ‘If You’re Like Me, You Can’t Sit By. This Is America.’
• Illegal immigrants have rights. Shaping American democracy isn’t one of them.
• Americans are growing more accepting of immigrants. Take note, Democrats.
• Stephen Miller is right about immigration — but not in the way that he means
• Could Trump Drive Young White Evangelicals Away From The GOP?
• Don’t tie immigration law reform to El Paso: It's easy to overlook history, but unwise to do so
• D.C. mayor issues regulations to stop federal shelter for migrant children
• Legislature sends immigration bill to Cooper; scores of nonprofits and businesses call for veto
• AG William Barr promotes immigration judges with high asylum denial rates
• Immigration Attorney Discusses Challenges To Trump's Migrant Detainment Regulations
• Federal Shift May Increase Asylum Backlogs in Northeast