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THE FORUM DAILY

A new study <[link removed]> from FWD.us
and George Mason University shows that the expanded use of
humanitarian parole has helped alleviate labor shortages the pandemic
exacerbated, reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law
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In labor-hungry industries such as construction, food services and
retail, immigrants with parole were responsible for about a quarter of
the decrease in open jobs, researchers found. Per the report, "adding
new immigrants in the future would not only protect against inflation,
but would also raise wages for the average American in future years,"
Kreighbaum writes. 

One of the researchers, George Mason University associate professor
Justin Gest, further lays out the findings in a commentary for the Wall
Street Journal
<[link removed]>.
His conclusion: "The pandemic gave the Trump administration the
opportunity to experiment with a zero-immigration future. It didn't go
well for anyone." 

And in the Washington Post
<[link removed]>,
Catherine Rampell highlights three areas more immigration would help
address: inflation, industrial needs for workers, and long-term fiscal
challenges. And she starts by noting the need for solutions, not
fearmongering, as Title 42 comes to an end: "Rather than stoking panic,
[politicians] should find ways to match the overwhelming need for
workers in nearly every field at home to the overwhelming demand for
entry from people who live abroad."  

Welcome to Tuesday'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 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]>.  

BUSINESSES ARE IN - The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 430
businesses launched the Legal Immigration and Border Enforcement Reform
This Year (LIBERTY) Campaign on Monday, calling for targeted reforms to
border security and immigration policy, a busy Andrew Kreighbaum reports
for Bloomberg Law
<[link removed]>.
"We know there are reasonable compromises that can help secure our
border and meet our workforce needs," said Chamber Executive Vice
President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley. "We are pushing
Congress and the administration to turn those compromises into law." 

PAROLE EXTENSION - The good news is that USCIS plans to allow Afghan
evacuees to extend their temporary status and support applications for
permanent status such as asylum, as Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports for
CBS News
<[link removed]>.
The bad news is that they need to: Because Congress has not taken action
on an Afghan Adjustment Act
<[link removed]>,
tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated during our 2021 military
withdrawal "were bracing for the prospect
<[link removed]> of
losing their ability to work and live in the U.S. legally this
summer." Congress still must act. 

REGRET - Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) expressed regret Monday following
widespread criticism for having focused on the immigration status of the
five victims of Friday's tragic shooting near Houston, Patrick Svitek
reports in The Texas Tribune
<[link removed]>.
San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers had a different initial take than
Abbott: "My heart is with this 8-year-old little boy. I don't care if
he was here legally. I don't care if he was here illegally. He was in
my county. Five people died in my county, and that is where my heart is
- in my county, protecting my people to the best of our ability." 

TRADITIONS - Yesterday marked the start of Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month, and Akash Pamarthy of NPR
<[link removed]>
reports on Telugu Americans' commitment to pass down their cultural
traditions. Telugus account for 14% of Indian Americans in the U.S. "Our
generation is, like, the only generation which is neither here nor
there. We are the bridge between the kids and folks in India," said
Pavan Vemuri, an immigrant from Telangana. Don't miss the great
photos. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 
 

 

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