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THE FORUM DAILY

We appear already to be seeing an increase in arrivals at the southern
border as the Title 42
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public health order is set to end on May 11. 

Migrant detention facilities surpassed capacity this weekend, report
Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores of CNN
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Rio Grande Valley sector, with a holding capacity of about 4,000, had
around 7,00 migrants in custody as of Saturday morning.  

Meanwhile, El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser has declared a state of emergency
to go into effect today, reports Skylar Soto of KTSM
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said the city will have public shelters and public housing that will be
used to temporarily house migrants.  

A key point: Leeser is focusing on safety, not just of El Paso
residents but also of migrants. "We will help and we will make sure
that all our asylum seekers are treated with dignity and respect," he
said. 

Many of the people coming are asylum seekers with valid claims. Some
will be victims of misinformation, often at the hands of smugglers and
cartels. Routine seasonal factors that have little to do with a policy
change are also likely to contribute to an increase in border
encounters. 

And the border is not "open." People who do not have valid asylum claims
will be deported, many of them quickly: The Biden administration is
ramping up fast-track asylum screening, reports Elliot Spagat of the
Associated Press
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Per DHS, expedited screenings will apply only to single adults.
Screenings are initially set for migrants from Spanish-speaking
countries and already have started in Donna, Texas; San Diego; Yuma,
Arizona; and El Paso. 

Welcome to Monday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon, the
Forum's VP of strategic communications, and the 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]>.  

PENDING DACA RULING - Late last week, the Biden administration asked a
federal judge to stop short of ordering the full termination of
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) if he finds it is
unlawful, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
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Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas is expected to rule (again) soon on DACA's
legality.  

HOUSING CHALLENGE - Many asylum seekers struggle to find housing once
they arrive in the U.S. Liam Reilly of CNN
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zooms in and shows the reality of a Haitian family trying to find a
place to stay in Boston after a long journey through Central America,
Mexico, the southern border and San Antonio. At the end of their
journey: a night sleeping in a hospital lobby, then an overcrowded
accommodation. 

WORKERS' CONCERNS - With hardline immigration legislation moving
forward in the Florida, migrant agricultural workers and advocates are
among those expressing concerns, reports Ivan Taylor of CBS Miami
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other things, the bill would require hospitals to ask patients'
immigration status and submit reports about the responses to the state.
"We know that if immigrant workers do not have any documentation to
provide in hospitals, it is not safe for them to go to a hospital," said
advocate Yomaris Toro of We Count.   

FAILED

**RESPONSIBILITY** - A judge ordered Francisco Garduño, the head of
Mexico's immigration agency, to stand trial on charges that he failed
in his responsibility to protect 40 migrants in custody who died in a
fire at a border detention center in March, reports the Associated Press
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The judge denied the prosecutors' request to remove Garduño from his
position, but he must check in with the court every other week. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

P.S. To end on a brighter note: Six families in the Rolling Hills
community south of L.A. are raising money to sponsor a family of six
through Welcome Corps <[link removed]>. Amber Frias of NBC 7
San Diego
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has the story.

 

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