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THE FORUM DAILY

After years of fast-track expulsions that have prevented many from
seeking protection in the United States, an estimated 152,000 migrants
have amassed in northern Mexico days ahead of the long-anticipated end
of the Title 42
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health order. Hundreds of thousands more are making their way through
southern Mexico and Central America, Nouran Salahieh and Rosa Flores
report for CNN
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In El Paso, Texas, migrants who have already crossed the U.S.'s
southern border - many of whom have been sleeping on the city's
streets - will be apprehended in an enforcement operation launching
today, Camilo Montoya-Galvez writes for CBS News
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They will either be expelled, released with a court notice, or sent to a
detention facility.  

Border states are gearing up in different ways, as Stacey Barchenger of
the Arizona Republic
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and Renzo Downey of the Texas Tribune
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separately report. 

History suggests that deterrence is not the most effective way to
prevent irregular migration. In Forbes
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Stuart Anderson makes the case that "prevention through deterrence" is
generally played out, and a better strategy would be to create more
legal immigration pathways as an alternative to dangerous border
crossings.  

"[T]he history of the past 100 years provides two lessons," Anderson
writes. "The first lesson is that increased enforcement is unlikely to
be effective in reducing illegal entry, but opening pathways to enter
and work legally, along with economic and demographic changes, are
likely to succeed. The second lesson is we should anticipate that many
members of Congress will ignore the first lesson and continue to see
increased enforcement as the way to reduce illegal immigration." 

Welcome to Tuesday'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, Sam Benson, 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]>. 

**SMUGGLERS CAPITALIZE** - Smugglers are using misinformation about
Title 42 to persuade migrants to cross the southern border illegally,
reports Nick Mordowanec of Newsweek
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subjecting them to inordinate costs and danger. Corrie Boudreaux of El
Paso Matters
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reports that cartels are preying upon migrants waiting at the border for
legal avenues. A migrant from Colombia shared, "[We are] between the
border on one side, where they will not let us through, and the cartel
on the other, where we are risking our lives." 

HOUSE

**BILL** - The House is set to vote on a border security package
Thursday as Title 42 is scheduled to end, reports Stef W. Kight
of Axios.
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The bill would codify a number of Trump-era policies and has received
stiff backlash. Bishop Mark J. Seitz, chairman of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration and a Forum board member,
called
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its potential passage "beyond justification." Some Republicans still
have reservations, Jordain Carney and Daniella Diaz report for Politico
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Read our bill summary here
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**BROWNSVILLE UPDATE** - The driver in Sunday's deadly
incident outside of a migrant shelter in Brownsville, Texas, has been
charged with eight counts of manslaughter, report Emily Wax-Thibodeaux
and Paulina Villegas of The Washington Post
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Police Chief Felix Sauceda said authorities have not ruled out an
intentional act. 

POSITIVE TREND - The U.S. resettled 6,394 refugees in April, a small
increase marking the second month in a row in which numbers topped
6,000, per the official report
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resettlement this fiscal year could top 50,000 - a vast improvement
but still well short of the 125,000 "ceiling." Something to watch:
whether ramped-up asylum processing at the border slows resettlement of
refugees (who seek protection from outside the U.S.). 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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