In Brownsville yesterday, eight people were killed and many others injured after a driver ran over a crowd of mostly Venezuelans across from a shelter housing migrants, report Valerie Gonzalez and Michael Gonzalez of the Associated Press.  

Whether the collision was an accident or intentional remains unclear, as the suspect is refusing to cooperate, authorities said Sunday.  

Diana Eva Maldonado of ValleyCentral.com spoke with Luis Herrera, a survivor, who said that he had been on his way to the airport when "a woman in a car passed by and advised us to separate and moments later the killer was coming in the car gesturing and insulting us." 

This harrowing incident came just one day after a shooter who reportedly harbored white supremacist, extremist sympathies killed eight people at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, as reported by a CNN.com team, and barely a week after five Honduran immigrants were fatally shot outside of Houston, as Juan A. Lozano of the Associated Press updates. 

Meanwhile, in a column for the Los Angeles Times, Jean Guerrero draws a line between demonizing rhetoric against people migrating and draconian policies that hurt them. It’s a poignant reminder that words matter — and can fuel hate and harm. Find our related resources here. 

Welcome to Monday’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 Becka Wall. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected]. 

ASYLUM IN THE BALANCE — Even as the Title 42 public health order is set to expire later this week, "asylum seekers’ experiences aren't likely to change anytime soon" with the Biden administration rolling out new hardline policies meant to deter migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, Kate Morrissey of the The San Diego Union-Tribune and Andrea Castillo of the Los Angeles Times report. Meanwhile, for The Guardian, our policy expert (and current Daily contributor) Alexandra Villarreal writes about the solutions we need as the right to seek asylum is faltering: "Polls show that Americans continue to overwhelmingly support the U.S. as a land of refuge and welcome. Contrary to the impression left by partisan squabbles, there are solutions." 

‘BAND-AID SOLUTION’ — "What we need is our system fixed, not this Band-Aid solution," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday on Face the Nation, per Caitlin Yilek of CBS. He was referring to last week’s Senate proposal that could allow quick deportations as Title 42 ends.  

ICE FLIGHTS CANCELED — Flights to return mainly women and child migrants from the U.S. to Colombia were temporarily canceled last week by Colombian migration authorities, reports Reuters. "There are recurring complaints about the poor conditions in detention centers and mistreatment during flights, which represented a determining factor in the decisions adopted in the last few hours," said Fernando García, head of Colombia's migration agency.  

JOB SPONSORSHIP — A new program based on Uniting for Ukraine is starting to welcome Ukrainian refugees with jobs waiting for them, reports Steph Solis of Axios Boston. A quick job placement means one fewer obstacle for refugees when they arrive in the U.S., "and one less job vacancy as the nation grapples with a persistent labor shortage," Solis writes. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan