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THE FORUM DAILY

Today the Biden administration plans to announce its response to an
anticipated uptick in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border given the
pending expiration of the Title 42
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public health order on May 11.  

In part, the administration is planning to stand up brick-and-mortar
regional immigration processing centers in Latin America where consular
officers will screen migrants for legal pathways to the U.S., Camilo
Montoya-Galvez and Margaret Brennan report for CBS News
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If done right, these regional processing centers could prove a
significant resource to help relieve pressure at the U.S.'s southern
border and protect migrants from an unnecessarily dangerous trek north,
while also preserving meaningful access to the U.S.'s legal
immigration programs.  

Meanwhile, House Republicans are set to unveil their own immigration and
border package, Jordain Carney reports for Politico
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The proposal
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reportedly will combine bill language recently marked up in the House
Judiciary and Homeland Security committees. Democrats flagged Wednesday
that the latter proposal would hinder humanitarian efforts, Nicole
Acevedo reports for NBC News
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The challenges at the border are real. An enforcement-only approach that
deprioritizes human dignity won't sustainably address them. And American
voters want
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border security paired with targeted immigration reforms that ensure a
legal workforce for the agricultural sector plus a pathway to
citizenship for immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.  

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

RELIEF FROM IMMIGRANTS - "Immigrants are powering growth in the U.S.
labor force, helping ease longstanding worker shortages
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a historic inflation
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Paul Davidson begins his story in USA Today
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Researchers at the state of Minnesota's Department of Employment and
Economic Development (DEED) would agree, per Dee DePass of the Star
Tribune
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Their new study
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regaining past immigration levels would remedy the state's shrunken
labor force. The state's 212,000 job openings in January were more
than twice the number of unemployed people.  

DECADE-LONG BACKLOGS - Some asylum seekers are now facing a
decade-long wait just to receive court dates amid record levels of
migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, writes Elliot Spagat of the
Associated Press
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Immigration officials say they've been "stretched to the limit," with
popular destination cities for migrants such as New York and Miami
facing particularly long backlogs. "The asylum system is in dire need of
reform from top to bottom," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
Mayorkas said.  

EXPEDITED RELEASE - Amid reported incidents of harm for women in
detention, nearly 180 organizations signed a letter to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection demanding expedited release for pregnant migrants, new
mothers and those nursing babies, reports Salvador Rivera of Border
Report
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"All people deserve safe and adequate reproductive health care,
including those seeking their legal right to asylum in the U.S.," said
Kate Clark of Jewish Family Service of San Diego. 

ENDANGERING DREAMS - A sweeping bill that looks primed to pass the
Florida Legislature would bar undocumented people from becoming lawyers
in the state, reports Danielle Prieur of WMFE
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"I want to represent the immigrant community how it is: hardworking,
smart, able to do everything everybody can," said Karla Luzardo,
a junior at the University of Central Florida who would be affected.
"Even if there's struggles and there's walls built in front of us, I
still will be able to climb them." 

Thanks for reading,

Dan

 

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