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THE FORUM DAILY

Yesterday a group of nearly 400 migrants from Latin America protested
outside the migrant processing center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, calling
for justice and peace after a fire at the center killed more than three
dozen migrants, Marisol Chávez reports in The Guardian
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The tragic fire has highlighted restrictive asylum policies under the
Biden administration, which has overwhelmingly strained Mexico's
immigration system, Chávez reports. Many migrants stay in churches,
overcrowded shelters, or on the streets, while they wait for an
appointment via the CBP One app
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(The New York Times
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Miriam Jordan and Edgar Sandoval go big-picture on this.) 

Several protesters still don't know whether their family members or
friends were among those killed or injured in the deadly fire. 

Both Mexico and the U.S. must protect migrants, as the Houston Chronicle
Editorial Board writes: "Although no country can accept every single
person wishing to move there, at the very least there should be a safe,
humane and orderly process for migrants, something both the U.S.
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and Mexico
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have committed to in several national and international agreements
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not, the immigration policies of both countries are inextricably
intertwined." 

We're taking to heart the clarion call from Bishop Mark Seitz, a Forum
Board member and the U.S. bishops' conference migration committee
chair, as reported by John Lavenburg of The Tablet
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"Our brother and sister migrants, who are in many cases fleeing extreme
violence, persecution, and extreme poverty, deserve dignity, compassion,
and the protection of their human rights as children of God," Bishop
Seitz said. "I will continue to call for just and humane immigration
policies that respect the dignity and rights of all people."  

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon,
the Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily
team also includes Dynahlee Padilla-Vasquez, Clara Villatoro and Katie
Lutz. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send
it to me at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

**VISAS BILL** - Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), along with several bipartisan co-sponsors, proposed a bill
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Monday that would reform H-1B and L-1 visas, The Economic Times
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reports. The legislation aims "for more transparency in the recruitment
of foreign workers," according to the report.  

**BORDER TRIP REALITIES** - On frequent trips to the border, GOP
lawmakers have fueled a narrative on immigration challenges that misses
some of what's happening on the ground, reports Karoun Demirjian of The
New York Times
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Difficulties at the border are evolving, and "many migrant advocates
worry the scale of human suffering at the border will get worse,"
Demirjian notes.  

**LATEST CALLS** - More than 100 House Democrats sent a letter
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to President Biden Tuesday to voice "serious concerns" over the
administration's potential use of migrant family detention, Suzanne
Monyak of Roll Call
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reports. "We urge you to consider ... important and proven alternatives
to detention and reject resurrecting family detention," the group wrote.
A dozen leading medical organizations expressed their own concerns in a
letter
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last week. 

**WELCOME BLANKETS** - Volunteers sewed, crocheted and knitted at
least 86 artistic blankets as gifts for refugees and immigrants to make
them feel welcomed, reports Lisa Rathke of the Associated Press
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"This makes my heart warm. I can't thank them enough," Kalyan
Adhikari, who's originally from Nepal, said of those who took part in
the national Welcome Blanket <[link removed]>
project. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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