Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Florida) and Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) are set to introduce an intriguing immigration reform bill today, Suzanne Monyak reports in Roll Call. 

The bill "aims to revamp asylum processing, slash visa backlogs and provide a path to legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants," including Dreamers, Monyak writes.  

"There’s an opportunity through the middle to come up with a solution," Escobar said. 

A serious conversation between Republicans and Democrats is a promising sign — and much desired: New polling shows that 82% of registered voters (82%!) agree that "[a]s the U.S. works to restore order at the border, it is important that Republicans and Democrats work together to pass immigration reforms that address labor shortages and inflation, and protect people already here and contributing." 

Let’s see where this goes. 

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, Katie Lutz, Keylla Ortega, and Samuel Benson. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].

1.5 MILLION REQUESTS — U.S. citizens and other legal residents have submitted more than 1.5 million applications to sponsor Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, Cubans and Haitians trying to reach safety and opportunity stateside through the Biden administration’s new legal pathways, Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports for CBS News. The number far exceeds the 30,000 monthly authorizations available — and highlights the need and opportunity for more orderly and accessible immigration pathways. 

NEW RULES CONFUSION— Asylum seekers are being turned away at the border and told that the only way to apply is through the CBP One app, reports Kate Morrissey of The San Diego Tribune. This contradicts the legal right to seek asylum at ports of entry, although eligibility criteria are stricter under new rules after Title 42. Harvest Prude of The Dispatch has a helpful explainer about the Biden administration's new strategy to regulate immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.  

11,000 DEPORTED – The U.S. formally deported 11,000 migrants in the week following the end of Title 42, many of whom could face a five-year ban and criminal charges if they attempt unapproved re-entry, Montoya-Galvez of CBS News reports separately. Entries at the southern border have decreased since Title 42 ended, but Patrick J. McDonnell of the Los Angeles Times reports that 1,000 miles south, at Mexico’s border with Guatemala, the transit of migrants hoping to reach the U.S. continues. Mexico’s response will continue to be key, especially given its asylum system challenges.

ABANDONED — In Europe, an activist captured a video of Greek authorities setting migrants adrift on an inflatable raft in the Aegean sea, a team at The New York Times reports. The Times corroborated the footage and interviewed 11 of the asylum seekers, belying Greek government claims that it does not mistreat migrants. "We didn’t expect to survive on that day," said Naima Hassan Aden, a 27-year-old from Somalia. 

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Dan 

P.S. As I avert my eyes from the Boston Celtics’ implosion, Matthew Yglesias makes the case in Bloomberg Opinion that the U.S. can learn about immigration from the world’s premier basketball league. The NBA’s last three MVPs are foreign-born, and the league continually benefits from the talents of immigrants. Yglesias asks: Why not other U.S. industries, too?