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THE FORUM DAILY

The tragic fire at a detention facility in Juarez is now "renewing
calls by immigrant advocates to improve asylum processes for those
trying to cross from Mexico to the U.S. - and to rethink how migrants
are detained in Mexico," per a team at The Dallas Morning News
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Yesterday, a Mexican court issued arrest orders for six people in
relation to the fire, which killed more than three dozen migrants and
injured several others on Monday, report María Verza and Mark Stevenson
of the Associated Press
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Federal Public Safety Secretary Rosa Icela Rodríguez said 27 migrants
remained hospitalized in either serious or critical condition, they
note. 

Following the incident, more than 1,000 migrants lined up outside
international bridges to El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday after hearing
false rumors on social media that the U.S. would allow them entry, a
team at NBC News
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reports.  

"While we were trying to explain to them that the rumors are not true,
sometimes you can't compete with hope," said Betty Camargo of Border
Network for Human Rights. 

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara Villatoro,
the Forum's strategic communications manager, and the great Forum
Daily team also includes Dynahlee Padilla-Vasquez 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]>. 

**RELIGIOUS FREEDOM **- A group of evangelical pastors and leaders
from across Florida urged
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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and state legislators to reconsider SB 1718
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that would have serious ramifications for religious liberties, reports
Jeff Brumley of Baptist News Global
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"If this bill were enacted as currently drafted, it would place
Florida's Christians and churches in an untenable decision, having to
decide between obeying biblical commands or facing criminal penalties
for showing biblical compassion," said Gary Shultz Jr., senior pastor at
First Baptist Church in Tallahassee. 

**'A GREAT WORK OF MERCY'** - Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville
is among several Texas bishops urging Catholics to oppose Senate Bill
923, which would prohibit undocumented immigrant children from enrolling
in the state's public schools, per John Lavenburg of Crux
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"[W]e cannot gamble with the education of innocent children," Flores
said. "To educate a child is a great work of mercy, and it's a great
good for the whole society." 

**TRUST NEEDED** - Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden recently
spoke out against House Bill 10, a Republican-sponsored proposal that
would force North Carolina sheriffs to help with federal immigration
responsibilities, reports Kayla Young of WFAE
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"I want my citizens, my residents, to be able to come and tell me when a
crime happened," McFadden said. 

**SPONSORS** - American citizens who are sponsoring their relatives
under a new humanitarian parole program are working to help defend that
program in court, Priscilla Alvarez of CNN
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reports. The Biden administration's program for migrants from
Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti, and Cuba creates a legal option that averts
journeys to the border. 

**USCIS MILESTONE** - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has
begun hiring staff for a new virtual service center to help process
requests for humanitarian immigration relief while reducing backlogs and
processing times, reports Suzanne Monyak of Roll Call
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Among the requests are crime victims with U visas, domestic abuse
survivors under the Violence Against Women Act, and more. 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara  

 

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