The Immigrant’s Journal Vol. 186
A Journey for a Better Life & Justice
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Protecting God’s Children From Distant Lands 26 Court Street, Suite 701, Brooklyn, NY 11242
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Mar 9-20, 2023
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Three Years of Title 42 BY ALEX MILLER
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This Is Pretty Simple, Mr. President: Don’t Restart Family Detention ....8
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The border closure under Title 42 immediately stood out for its cruelty. While the Trump administration was otherwise hesitant to implement COVID safety precautions, the pandemic proved to be
an opportunity to further restrict migrants’ access to asylum—permitting the U.S. government to rapidly expel migrants to their home country or continued on page 15
Vulnerable Workers Need An Unemployment Safety Net ....3
Troubled ASA College Closed But Left Students Out In the Cold
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n March 2020, the world came to an unfamiliar halt. The COVID-19 pandemic was no longer a looming and distant concern. Events rapidly fell off calendars, schools shuttered, and those who could sheltered in place. Our hopes that the impact of the pandemic would be short lived were shattered with each passing month. Beyond the drastic toll on human life and shifting public health policies, one startling constant has persisted. For three years now, the United States has turned its back on countless asylum seekers under Title 42— a Trump-era policy invoked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 20, 2020.
City Hospital System Takes on Migrant Emergency — With Blank Check From Mayor ....18
BY AMIR KHAFAGY DOCUMENTEDNY
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ike many of his fellow international students, Edwin Rodriguez, 30, came to New York from Colombia to attend college with nothing but ambitious dreams for his future. But after nearly two and a half years studying at the long-troubled for-profit ASA College, which abruptly shut its doors last week, he says he’s been left with thousands of dollars in debt, no degree, and ASA holding his student transcripts ransom. “I feel I lost two years of my life,” said Rodriguez, who enrolled with ASA College in 2020. continued on page 7
Buying a Home on a Single Income? 3 Budgeting Tips That Will Make Things Easier ....9
ASA College, Downtown Brooklyn, NY. Photo: PP/IQINC
Estate Planning Guide: Protecting Your Loved Ones and Your Legacy ...11
Stuck in a ‘Talking Stage’ or ‘Situationship’? ....20