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THE FORUM DAILY

Up to a dozen House Republicans have indicated they would vote against
proposed legislation
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that would severely restrict asylum, Marianna Sotomayor and Theodoric
Meyer report for The Washington Post
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"As an immigrant myself, I will never support anything that doesn't
allow for valid asylum claims. That's what America is all about. But
America is also about laws and America is about legal immigration," said
Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez (R-Florida).  

Other Republican lawmakers are concerned about agricultural provisions,
Sotomayor and Meyer note. More than a dozen agricultural groups led by
the American Farm Bureau Federation expressed their concerns through a
letter sent to Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), warning that the
bill "would be crushing to an already struggling and vulnerable
industry." The groups urge against the bill's passage "without
concurrent, meaningful legislation to address the labor crisis faced by
America's farmers, ranchers and growers." 

Such concurrent solutions - together with a lasting solution for
Dreamers - enjoy strong support among Americans, including majorities
of Republicans
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So does the value of America as a land of refuge. 

The Forum
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and the Evangelical Immigration Table
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weighed in yesterday with concerns about the current proposal and
highlighting the kinds of solutions we need. "Enforcement alone will not
make our border more secure or orderly," said our President and CEO,
Jennie Murray
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"Congress must provide alternative pathways for people seeking to come
to the U.S. legally and maintain America's longstanding commitment to
humanitarian protections."   

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

SPEAKING OF SOLUTIONS - A new poll
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shows that voters are dissatisfied with how the Biden administration is
handling immigration - and want solutions, reports Myah Ward of
Politico.
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"[V]oters clearly want Washington to act with solutions that are
balanced - that include both border security and pathways to
citizenship and legal status for Dreamers and other immigrants," said
Nick Gourevitch of Global Strategy Group, which conducted the poll.  

LIVES CUT SHORT - Manuel Alexander Chox Tambriz left his small
village of Patzité, Guatemala, in March with dreams of reaching New
York, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio writes for Documented
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A few weeks later, he was one of many indigenous Guatemalans who were
among the 40 migrants killed in the fire at an immigration processing
center in Ciudad Juárez. "We are anguished, we feel desperate," said
Manuel Carrillo Coj, Chox Tambriz's uncle. "He wanted to make a life
for himself." 

AI ASYLUM ERRORS - With the rise of artificial intelligence
(AI) translation as a cost-cutting measure for government and aid
organizations, misinterpretations are putting Afghan asylum claims in
jeopardy, Andrew Deck reports for Rest of World
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"[Y]ou need human attentiveness," said Respond Crisis Translation
founder Ariel Koren. " ... [I]f you're using [the machine] as the
ultimate [solution], if that's where it starts and ends, you're
going to fail this person." 

LOVING THE STRANGER - In an op-ed for the Miami Herald
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Prospero Latino CEO and former undocumented immigrant José Dante Parra
explains how the proposed immigration crackdown in Florida, backed by
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), is targeting not only vulnerable immigrants but
also the people who help them. "With his bill to criminalize pastors,
attorneys, immigrant advocates and business owners for extending their
hands to people like me," Parra writes, "DeSantis is going after those
who follow the Bible's calling to love the stranger as you love
oneself." 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan

 

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