The Forum Daily | Friday May 26, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Two weeks after the end of Title 42, the U.S. has reported a decrease in
arrivals. But in Mexico reality is different. Shelters are holding as
much as six times their capacity and makeshift migrant camps keep
emerging, reports Stef W. Kight of Axios
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Mass migration continues south of Mexico. People from around the world
are making their way north through dangerous journeys to end up at the
border with the hope they will be admitted in the U.S., Kight writes. 

Amna Nawaz of PBS
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reports that conditions at the camps are "appalling" with unsanitary
conditions and many risks. "We're seeing there's not a crisis that we
expected at the U.S. border necessarily, but there's definitely one
unfolding just a few hundred yards away," Nawaz says. 

There is suffering at the border. And as Pedro Rios says in an op-ed for
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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"What should change in a post-Title 42 world is for our governments to
recommit to respecting asylum laws, to protecting those seeking safe
harbor, and to increasing accountability."   

Enjoy the long weekend and chance to reflect on the sacrifices so many
have made for the United States this Memorial Day. We'll be taking an
extra day and will be back with our next edition on Wednesday.  

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

NEW FRAMING - Elected director general of the International
Organization for Migration Amy Pope wants to "frame the
[migration] conversation differently", reports Steve Inskeep of NPR
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"[W]e know as Americans that migration has actually led to tremendous
benefits in our own country. We know even recent evidence shows that
migration has revitalized communities that have been dying," Pope
said. In a similar tone, in an op-ed for The Washington Post,
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Charles Lane analyzes the recent World Development Report
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its framing aims "to encourage coolheaded thinking about this hot
topic." 

**BLANK CHECK** - Hortencia Rodríguez Sandoval and Adriana Quiroga
analyze the danger of Texas House Bill 7
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an op-ed for The Austin Chronicle
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"[It's] a blank check for some of the most harmful immigration
policies ever considered," they write. The legislation would establish
a Border Protection Unit, granting expansive power to a state police
force. Sandoval and Quiroga warn that the bill could have "ripple
effects that threaten a return to the incredibly harmful practice of
family separation." 

'A WIN-WIN SITUATION' - After 8 months with half of its lab
positions open and zero applicants, York General Hospital in Nebraska
decided to recruit for their positions beyond U.S. borders. Now four
Filipino lab technicians are filling these jobs, reports Joey Safchik of
KETV
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"We love what we do. So, I think it's a win-win situation," said Julian
Dumadaug, one of the new employees. The shortage of healthcare workers
has had an outsized impact
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in rural areas. 

'FEELINGS OF BELONGING' - Nearly 30 Afghan women have found
community through sewing projects in Bloomington, Minnesota, reports
Heidi Wigdahl of KARE 11
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The group is called 'Sewing Social' and it is hosted by the
nonprofit Alight, which has been helping Afghan refugees through their
transition. In addition to socializing, participants can access a
mental health facilitator that is available for one-on-one sessions when
they attend the group. "Now I have the feelings of belonging and I see
my community here," said Mawluda, one of the participants. 

Meanwhile, in local welcome this week: 

* In the East Bay, the nonprofit Jewish Community and Family Services is
supporting an average of 50 new Afghan refugees per week in the area.
(CBS News Bay Area
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* In New York City, the Manhattan Afghan Resettlement Team hosted
a block party celebrating Afghan culture and held community efforts to
welcome refugees. (Chris Green, The Journal
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* In Connecticut, a group of fifth graders got inspired by the story of
an Afghan refugee. Now, they are organizing a Refugee Awareness
Community Event. (Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette
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Thanks for reading, 

Becka

   

 

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