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. 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, 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].  

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. "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. The bad news is that they need to: Because Congress has not taken action on an Afghan Adjustment Act, tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated during our 2021 military withdrawal "were bracing for the prospect 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. 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 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