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THE FORUM DAILY

A new bill that would authorize U.S. border agents to keep expelling
swiftly migrants to Mexico after the end of Title 42
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was unveiled yesterday by Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) and
Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina), reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS
News
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If approved, the bill would require the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) to expel migrants "without further hearing or review" and those
processed for expulsion would need to be detained until removed,
Montoya-Galvez notes. 

"Congress blocking asylum seekers cannot be our replacement for the
administration blocking them," our president and CEO, Jennie Murray,
said yesterday
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"Our current challenges at the border have all happened with Title 42 in
place. We need broader solutions that ensure our security while also
honoring the human dignity of migrants." 

Meanwhile, immigration advocates are calling on the Biden administration
to reconsider the decision to send nearly 1,500 troops to the southern
border, reports Hilary Beaumont of Al Jazeera
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(That includes us
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The U.S. is not asking Mexico to do the same, per Francesca Chambers of
USA Today
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And in The xxxxxx
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senior fellow, Linda Chavez, shares her perspective following a recent
border visit.  

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon, the
Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily team
also includes Clara Villatoro, Keylla Ortega, and Becka Wall. If you
have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. 

**AT CAPACITY** - U.S. Customs and Border Protection says its
facilities at the San Diego-Tijuana border are at capacity, including a
tent center that was set up three months ago, reports Salvador Rivera of
Border Report
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Asylum seekers are spending days outdoors without shelter or food. 

'MORE WORKERS NOW' - "In the face of looming population decline
and resulting labor shortages, there is a clear answer staring the U.S.
in the face: immigration," writes Gaby Del Valle of Insider
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A growing number of experts agree that immigrants could provide
immediate help to the economy. "The labor imbalance is already here, and
the economy needs more workers now," Del Valle writes.  

SMALL VICTORY - The efforts of Florida evangelical pastors helped
keep a problematic provision out of Florida's hardline immigration
bill, Heather Sells of CBN News
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reports. The provision would have made the in-state transport of
undocumented immigrants a third-degree felony offense, which pastors and
others had argued would go against their religious liberty. 

AID NEEDED - More crises around the world and less funding overall
could lead to a "very difficult year ahead" for Afghans, reports
Michelle Nichols of Reuters
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The warning comes from Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID). Power noted that the U.S. will
have to make "very hard choices" this year on global humanitarian aid. 

This week in local welcome: 

* In Tennessee, a group of Afghan female basketball players will make
their new home in Knoxville with the support of several organizations
and a champion former Lady Vol. (Kristen Gallant, WATE
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* Resettlement volunteers with the International Institute of Minnesota
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families. "[I]t's very symbolic for people to have their own space, in
their own home, and to feel like they're not in limbo anymore," said
Micaela Schuneman of IIMN. (Katelyn Vue, Sahan Journal
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* In Rochester, New York, local Afghan refugees and families were
recognized at the "Road to Resilience" gala, where attendees got an
inside look at the life-threatening situation in Afghanistan. (Melanie
Higgins, WROC/RochesterFirst.com
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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