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THE FORUM DAILY

On Tuesday, Florida lawmakers approved a sweeping bill targeting
undocumented immigration, in line with much of Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R)
framework. 

Among other concerns, the legislation would invalidate driver's licenses
issued by other states to immigrants without legal status and make
hospitals collect information about their patients' immigration status,
reports John Kennedy of the Tallahassee Democrat
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The bill also would bar DACA recipients and other students with work
authorization from practicing law in the state. (Read more about these
concerns here
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The crackdown is expected to have far-reaching consequences for key
industries in Florida from agriculture to tourism, Skyler Swisher
reports for the Orlando Sentinel
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It also is likely to discourage immigrants from seeking critical medical
care and cause confusion. 

And yet it's not as bad as it could have been. As Swisher notes,
in-state college tuition for certain Dreamers remains in place. And the
bill does not include language that would have made it a felony to
transport people within the state who lacked legal status - after
evangelical Christians and other faith leaders raised concerns "they
could be arrested for giving immigrants rides to church services or
Sunday school." 

Welcome to Wednesday'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]>. 

TROOPS TO THE BORDER - Nearly 1,500 military personnel will be sent to
the border in preparation for the end of Title 42 and likely increases
in migrant arrivals, Natasha Bertrand, Priscilla Alvarez and Haley
Britzky report for CNN
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troops will serve in administrative roles and not as law enforcement,
but the measure has raised concerns. "[D]eploying military personnel
only signals that migrants are a threat .... Nothing could be further
from the truth," said Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey). The Forum has
raised concerns previously
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about similar actions. 

**DEPORTATIONS TO MEXICO** - Mexico has agreed to accept non-Mexican
migrants deported from the U.S. after the expected lift of Title
42 next week, Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports in CBS News
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The agreement will allow the U.S. to quickly remove migrants who don't
qualify for asylum but whose return to their countries of origin is
complicated by diplomatic issues or other obstacles. The U.S., in turn,
will continue accepting Venezuelans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Cubans
through the Biden administration's new parole programs, per a White
House statement
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MINNESOTA MICROCOSM - Last week we noted a new study
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Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development on how
immigration could address the state's labor shortage. Howard Schneider
of Reuters
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has more on how the state could be a harbinger: "In a dilemma offering a
glimpse of the country's future if birthrates and immigration remain
low, companies are competing for workers from a labor pool little
changed since 2017 and projected to see 'next to no growth over the
next decade,'" per Minnesota State Demographer Susan Brower.   

AFGHAN REFUGEES - A new documentary film, "Starting From Zero
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the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, as they take long
journeys to find safety for themselves and their families. "It's a story
about the human spirit, really," director Hassan Amini told NPR and
WBUR's
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Here & Now. "And, you know, obviously being a refugee is the extreme
example. But we all take knocks in life, and, you know, we have to get
up and carry on." 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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