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THE FORUM DAILY

Some wealthy nations around the world are overcoming opposition and
attracting foreign workers to help meet job needs and counter inflation,
Tom Fairless reports in the Wall Street Journal
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But. 

"The U.S. remains an outlier," Fairless writes. "Hundreds of thousands
of migrant workers have arrived through back channels, but the country
isn't openly welcoming more legal workers, despite the tight labor
market. That hesitancy carries economic costs." 

The list of our "global rivals" allowing more immigration includes
Germany, Canada, South Korea, Japan and Spain. But "The U.S. hasn't
made any significant immigration reforms in 33 years," Fairless notes. 

"I do think more migrant workers would reduce the inflation rate,"
said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R).   

Meanwhile, as the Biden administration attempts to bring manufacturing
jobs back to the U.S., executives in the energy and engineering
industries are calling for more foreign labor, Amanda Chu and Alex
Irwin-Hunt write in the Financial Times
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"Sending the most brilliant, foreign-born, U.S.-educated talent to work
somewhere else is just ludicrous," said Patrick Wilson, an executive at
MediaTek.  

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, Keylla Ortega,
Samuel Benson 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]>. 

WHERE AMERICANS AGREE - Despite immigration gridlock in Congress,
Americans agree on some aspects, Andrew Dorn writes for NewsNation
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A majority of both Republican and Democratic voters support "highly
skilled" migration to the United States. The Forum's February polling
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is a highlight as well, Dorn reports: Majorities support protections for
asylum seekers and targeted border and immigration solutions. 

**BORDER TOWN REALITIES** - Border town residents hope that national
attention will lead policymakers to address issues that affect their
communities as well as the ones that affect migrants, reports Ashley
Lopez of NPR
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When it comes to migrants at the border, "It's not at all the picture
that ... people want to portray - or those dehumanizing terms like
'waves' or 'surges' of people, it's much more like families and
individuals among the most vulnerable in the world," said Dani Marrero
Hi of local organizing group LUPE.  

NEW LAW'S IMPACT - After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a
sweeping immigration law last week, farmers and advocates are warning of
economic repercussions, reports Ivan Taylor of CBS News Miami
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John Alger of Alger Farms Inc. said he's worried about his
employees' fear for family and the potential labor shortages. "Get
ready to pay more at the grocery store," he warned.   

THE NEW MAYOR - Congratulations to Nigerian immigrant Yemi Mobolade,
who made history Tuesday as the first Black candidate to be elected
mayor of Colorado Springs, as Sandra Fish and Jesse Paul report in the
Colorado Sun
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Mobolade co-founded two popular restaurants in the city. He concluded
his victory speech by noting that his father passed the citizenship test
last week. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

 

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