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THE FORUM DAILY

Thousands of migrants started marching on Sunday through southern
Mexico as part of a protest to demand the abolition of detention centers
and Mexico's immigration agency, following last month's detention
center fire in which 40 migrants perished, reports Edgar H. Clemente of
the Associated Press
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"[T]he only thing we are asking for is justice, and to be treated like
anyone else," said Salvadoran migrant Miriam Argueta.  

The protest started in Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border. Mexican
authorities have used paperwork restrictions and road checkpoints in
that area to prevent thousands of migrants from continuing toward the
U.S. border, Clemente notes. 

Following the fire, the immigration director of the state of Chihuahua
has been ordered imprisoned pending trial on charges including homicide,
per separate Associated Press
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reporting.  

Meanwhile, even before the expected end of Title 42 next month, its use
for migrant processing has dropped below that of Title 8, Sandra Sanchez
writes in Border Report
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Despite Title 42's use during the pandemic, Title 8 has long been the
government's enforcement mechanism for immigration.  

Sanchez also notes that migrant encounters in March were noticeably
lower in most Southwest sectors than in March 2022. 

Welcome to Monday'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 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]>.  

LEGAL MIGRATION EXPANSION - President Biden's use of parole
programs and TPS has significantly expanded the number of legal
immigrants entering or staying legally in the U.S., Miriam Jordan
reports in The New York Times
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"The longer Congress goes without legislating anything on immigration,
the more the executive branch will do what it can within its own power
based on the president's principles," said Theresa Cardinal Brown,
senior adviser at the Bipartisan Policy Center [and a Council on
National Security and Immigration leader].  

ONE YEAR OF U4U - Uniting for Ukraine has reached its one-year mark,
but as the war rages on, people who fled Ukraine are worried that their
two-year protections in the U.S. may fall short, reports Suzanne Monyak
of Roll Call
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"It's really sort of a purgatory, if you will, and that makes it very
hard to know how to live one's life when it's unclear what the next
steps can look like," said Naomi Steinberg, vice president for U.S.
policy and advocacy at HIAS. 

LEGISLATION - House Republicans plan to unveil border security
legislation today in the Homeland Security committee, Anna Giaritelli
of the Washington Examiner
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reports. We'll be watching for the details when the bill is
introduced.  

**HUMAN DIGNITY** - As concerning immigration legislation
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aligned with Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) proposals remains pending in the
Florida Legislature, Florida pastors Luke Benjamin and Jen Showalter
write that compassion and human dignity should be a priority. "Our
governor should not target people who have fled danger - or Floridians
acting in good faith to offer a compassionate hand, according to our
values," they write in an op-ed for The Florida Times-Union
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"At the same time, Congress should act on real solutions that restore
order at the border and extend greater compassion to the immigrants who
call Florida home." 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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