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THE FORUM DAILY

CNN's Priscilla Alvarez scooped
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on Friday that the Biden administration plans to pilot the return of
credible fear interviews to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) custody
ahead of an expected end to Title 42
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next month.  

The move, reminiscent of a previous Trump administration policy, would
attempt to speed up processing at the U.S. border by requiring some
migrants to remain in CBP custody to make their case for asylum. The
Biden administration says the policy differs from Trump-era practices
because migrants will have access to legal services, Alvarez tweeted
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The new approach would start as a trial with a small number of migrants
being screened, report Rebecca Santana and Elliot Spagat of the
Associated Press
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But some experts are doubtful that these measures can provide due
process in spaces designed solely for short-term detention.   

Even if the Biden administration provides more legal access than its
predecessor, it "won't change the underlying problem-the process isn't
fair when people are locked in Border Patrol cells," tweeted
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Immigration Council's Aaron Rechlin-Melnick. 

Others, however, are optimistic that the policy could ease the backlog
of asylum cases and speed up processing for asylum-seekers, Quinn Owen
reports for ABC News
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Welcome to Monday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara
Villatoro, the Forum's strategic communications manager, and the
great Forum Daily team also includes Joanna Taylor and Katie Lutz. If
you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to
me at [email protected]
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FALSE LENIENCY RUMORS - Nearly 4,500 migrants were in CBP custody on
both Wednesday and Thursday in El Paso, reports Julian Resendiz of
Border Report
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- an increase resembling the October 2022 peak driven by Venezuela
asylum-seekers. This time, authorities said that the increase of
migrants at the border is related to false rumors in Mexico of U.S.
leniency toward asylum-seekers, following March's fatal fire
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at an immigration facility. The U.S. Border Patrol has launched a
bilingual public information campaign to clarify the rumors.  

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**EANWHILE IN FLORIDA** - Back in February, Florida lawmakers passed a
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would make it easier for the state to transport migrants elsewhere in
the U.S. as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) efforts to relocate
migrants to Democratic-led cities and states across the U.S. The
state's Division of Emergency Management is now seeking contractors
for DeSantis' relocation program, Douglas Soule reports for the
Tallahassee Democrat
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The selected companies will be announced on April 14.  

'TOUGHEST CRACKDOWN' - Speaking of Florida, a broad range of
communities continue to voice concerns over lawmakers' anti-immigrant
legislative proposals
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report Skyler Swisher and Desiree Stennett of the Orlando Sentinel
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"It makes no sense from a business perspective or an economic
perspective ... I think we're going to drive away talent, and we're
going to make ourselves less competitive as a state," said entrepreneur
and eMerge Americas CEO Felice Gorordo. The New York Times
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Miriam Jordan offers a good analysis of the DeSantis-led proposals,
which if approved would be the "toughest crackdown on undocumented
immigration by any state in more than a decade." 

**CHILD POVERTY** - Regardless of their family's immigration status,
children of immigrants - the "fastest-growing group of American
youths" - are more than twice as likely to experience poverty
compared to other children, Jason DeParle writes for The New York Times
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Households with at least one undocumented immigrant are barred from
receiving many forms of government aid, and even those who are eligible
face bureaucratic and language obstacles.  

Thanks for reading, 

Clara 

P.S. "... An Easter Sunday miracle" is how outreach minister Joseph
Sarjoo described this weekend's reunion of the Roberts family, who had
been separated for nearly two years due to immigration status, per
Valerie Russ of The Philadelphia Inquirer
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