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THE FORUM DAILY

Muhil Ravichandran came to the United States legally with her family
when she was just a toddler. As an adult, after earning her doctorate
from Rutgers University, she secured a job in oncology research - a
promising start to her career.  

But because of the U.S.'s broken immigration system, Ravichandran aged
out of protection under her family's legal status, Paul Matzko of the
Cato Institute <[link removed]> writes.
Although she was able to secure a student visa during college, her quest
for a more permanent solution hit a major roadblock after she didn't
win a coveted high-skilled worker visa through the unwieldy lottery
system.  

Now, because of obstacles to staying legally in the U.S., Ravichandran
may lose her employment and be forced to return to a country where she
did not grow up. That would derail her life - and I don't know about
you, but I'd prefer we keep our cancer researchers. 

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]>. 

'HIGH-WIRE ACT' - Senators have started to talk about bipartisan
immigration reforms again, Richard Cowan reports for Reuters
<[link removed]>.
No one is denying the degree of difficulty, with Sen. John Cornyn
(R-Texas) calling it "a high-wire act" - but also saying it's "the
only path forward." A package of targeted reforms could include border
and asylum measures and solutions for Dreamers and farmers, a
combination that is hugely popular
<[link removed]>. 

GUESSWORK - Ahead of the planned end of Title 42
<[link removed]>
on May 11, migrants are fielding misinformation and confusion about
whether they'll fare better if they try to cross the U.S.-Mexico border
now or later, Juan Montes and Kejal Vyas report for The Wall Street
Journal
<[link removed]>. "You
don't risk your life in a jungle to just go back," said Anairys
Sánchez, a Venezuelan asylum seeker in Panama who is timing her trip to
reach the U.S. border as Title 42 expires. In a new analysis, Camilo
Montoya-Galvez at CBS News
<[link removed]>
provides a breakdown on where Title 42 stands and what comes next. 

CHURCHES WELCOME REFUGEES - Baptist churches in North Carolina are
providing much-needed temporary housing to refugees, Yonat Shimron
reports in Religious News Service
<[link removed]>.
Welcome House Community Network Founder Mark Wyatt explains, "Churches
have physical property and buildings that are underutilized. Rethinking
the use of those buildings for housing is our vision."  The
initiative's work augments local efforts to support refugee families.
The network is growing as churches in Virginia, Tennessee and Texas are
joining the initiative. 

BORDER KINDNESS - As more migrants attempt to cross the U.S. border
in increasingly treacherous conditions in the desert, volunteers with a
nonprofit called Border Kindness leave food, water and first-aid kits
along migrant routes, reports Jasmine Garsd for NPR
<[link removed]>. 
  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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