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THE FORUM DAILY

Yesterday President Biden signed a bill that immediately ends the
COVID-19 national emergency, Kelly Garrity reports in Politico
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The separate public health emergency - including Title 42
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- is still set to expire in May. 

Meanwhile, advocacy groups are concerned about the administration's
plan to restart an expedited screening program for asylum seekers in
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) custody as part of the transition
after Title 42, per Sandra Sanchez of Border Report
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The administration says migrants will be able to contact legal-services
providers, but CBP facilities do not allow lawyers inside.  

Credible fear interviews have been conducted in Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) facilities that have special areas for legal
consultations, Sanchez notes. "ICE isn't perfect, but they are
designed for this type of detention and for these interviews," said
Priscilla Orta, an attorney with Lawyers for Good Government
<[link removed]>'s Project Corazon. "CBP is
different."  

CBP facilities hold migrants for only up to 72 hours. "This interview
determines the rest of a migrant's life," Orta said. "Seventy-two
hours is not enough time to prepare. It is not enough time to find an
attorney." 

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan
Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum
Daily team also includes Clara Villatoro, Joanna Taylor 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]>.    

CUBA TALKS - A new round of U.S.-Cuba migration talks is scheduled for
Wednesday, Matt Spetalnick and Ted Hesson report for Reuters
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The meeting follows a January decision to resume U.S. visa processing
and consular services in Havana in response to last
year's record-breaking number of border apprehensions of Cuban
migrants. Per an anonymous State Department official, talks will focus
on solutions that "[foster] family reunification, and [promote] greater
respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba." 

SOCIAL MEDIA - Some cartels are utilizing social media to recruit
fentanyl dealers in Texas without ever setting foot in the U.S., per
Alfredo Corchado and Kevin Krause at The Dallas Morning News
<[link removed]>. "It's
just a reminder that we collectively, as a government, are putting a lot
of our attention in the wrong places," said Texas A&M assistant
professor Aileen Teague. "This shows the futility of border security and
policing in a sense, because [the cartels] can really use all of this
tech infrastructure that we as a society rely on." 

MAKESHIFT SHELTER - An abandoned, burned-out building in Juárez,
Mexico, has become a makeshift waiting room for migrants hoping to reach
the U.S., reports Lauren Villagran of the El Paso Times
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Its use underscores strains on the city's shelter system and the
challenges to obtain CBP appointments through the CBP One app, which
has had problems including "crashing and equity issues including for
those with darker skin, whose photos the app sometimes rejects." 

**2 BOATS, 1,200 MIGRANT**S - The Italian Coast Guard is escorting two
boats carrying 1,200 migrants to safety in the Mediterranean Sea, Barbie
Latza Nadeau and Alex Stambaugh report for CNN
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"The migrants had been stranded along an immigration route
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Italy and Malta that NGOs have warned is perilously dangerous," they
report.  

BIPARTISAN SUPPORT - A bill that would allow DACA recipients to become
police officers is moving forward in the Illinois legislature with
bipartisan support, Jeremy Gorner reports in the Chicago Tribune
<[link removed]>.
"We need a lot of good candidates to come forward to try to help fill
the [hiring] gap .... We're not going to be the party of 'no.'
We're going to be the party of good policy," said state Rep. John
Cabello (R). 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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