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THE FORUM DAILY

Yesterday, Republicans unveiled the Border Reinforcement Act of 2023
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in the House Homeland Security Committee. In addition to mandating more
border wall construction, the bill "would require spending for border
infrastructure and technology, restrict government funding for
nonprofits, and boost the Border Patrol to 22,000 agents," writes Ellen
M. Gilmer of Bloomberg Government
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(Side note: Walls don't necessarily deter migration, but they do make
it much more dangerous, as Regina Yurrita of CBS8
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in San Diego reports.) 

The proposal comes days after Republicans on the House Judiciary
Committee "advanced a sweeping plan to increase immigrant detention,
tighten asylum access, and make other changes to federal immigration
laws," Gilmer notes. 

The House action comes just weeks ahead of the expected end of Title 42
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Yesterday, U.S. bishops urged officials to tackle border challenges more
holistically, per John Lavenburg of Crux
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"Immigration will not be fixed by simply stopping people or sending them
back," said Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Texas, who also chairs the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration and is a
Forum Board member. "Immigration issues will be allowed to become a
more orderly, normal human process if we deal with the root causes of
them in the sending countries. And if we in this country begin to see
immigrants as not a threat, but rather as people who are in need, who
deserve our assistance because of their human struggle." 

Welcome to Tuesday'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]>. 

**FLORIDA LEGISLATION** - House Bill 1617
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part of Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) sweeping immigration proposal, passed a
Florida House committee yesterday, and the partner state Senate bill
will get a hearing today, reports Matt Dixon of NBC News
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At the Orlando Sentinel
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Skyler Swisher reports that the House changed language that would have
made it a felony to transport undocumented immigrants within the state.
Faith
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leaders
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had strongly objected
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to the provision
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Read the Forum's take on other concerns
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with the bill. 

**NEW DEVICE** - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced
plans to begin a pilot program using a smartwatch-like device to track
migrants released from federal immigration custody, reports Camilo
Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
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The effort is part of an Alternatives to Detention program that the
Biden administration has vastly expanded to supervise migrants
determined not to pose a risk to public safety or national security,
Montoya-Galvez notes. 

**HEALTH CARE SHORTAGES** - A new cap on a type of employment-based
visa likely will interrupt the flow of nurses from abroad and exacerbate
nursing shortages around the U.S., reports Dave Muoio of Fierce
Healthcare
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International nurses seeking to work here may have to wait until 2025.
"As COVID burnout and historic Baby Boomer retirements continue to
squeeze hospital staffing, the international talent pipeline is more
important than ever," said Patty Jeffrey, president of the American
Association of International Healthcare Recruitment. 

**SPONSORSHIP** - The U.S. is urging organizations to sponsor
immigrants from Cuba and elsewhere through parole programs, report
Orlando Matos and Carmen Sesin of NBC News
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"An NGO, a church, any organization can sponsor an immigrant to go to
the United States under the program," said Benjamin Ziff, the U.S.
chargé d'affaires in Havana. So far nearly 16,000 Cubans have
emigrated to the U.S. via the program. Meanwhile, yesterday the U.S.
sent its first deportation flight to Cuba since 2020, per Ted Hesson and
Kanishka Singh of Reuters
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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