The Forum Daily | Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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Hiring through the H-2B visa program has been vital to seasonal
industries, reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law
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In recent years, both Democratic and Republican administrations have
increased the number of available H-2B visas to tackle labor shortages
in the non-agricultural industries. But Kreighbaum notes that the Biden
administration has gone further and "is aiming to use the program to
stem the surge of asylum seekers at the southern border" - to the
limited extent it can.  

The U.S. reserved as many as 20,000 visas this year for seasonal workers
from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Haiti. But these jobs are not
a path to permanent residency or long-term work permits.  

Bigger policy changes are necessary to fulfill employers' needs and
meet migration challenges. Ronald Brownstein analyzes for CNN
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how legal migration could be a solution for both.  

And as Emily Peck of Axios
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highlighted late last week, the percentage of foreign-born workers in
the labor force reached a new high last year - helping stem labor
shortages. As Moody's Investors Service noted a few weeks ago, whether
we encourage immigration will be directly related to "the extent and
persistence of labor supply challenges," Peck reports. 

For more on the solutions Republicans and Democrats need to address -
and that Americans want - listen to our President and CEO, Jennie
Murray, on Texas business leader Eddie Aldrete's podcast
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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 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]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

**PASTOR'S APPEAL** - In the Union Leader
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New Hampshire pastor Kevin McBride has an appeal to candidates such as
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as a new political season gets under way:
"Please take the Bible into account when you talk about migrants and
immigration." Meanwhile, DeSantis faces backlash from Florida businesses
and workers after he signed a restrictive immigration law earlier this
month, Vanessa Romo reports for NPR
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Immigrant workers are calling for a strike tomorrow, and many businesses
have announced they will close for the day.  

**UNCERTAINTY, ANGUISH** - The Biden administration's new rules are
leaving many unsure of what to do at the border, and the CBP One can
slow the process and leave migrants in danger, write Julie Watson and
Gisela Salomon of the Associated Press
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"That is harrowing to realize that you're just going to have to put up
with the abuses in Mexico and just kind of continue to take it because
if you don't, then you could forever hurt yourself in the long term,"
said immigration lawyer Priscilla Orta. 

**IN NYC** - As New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has pushed to
suspend the city's right-to-shelter laws, more than 1,000 shelter beds
sat empty last week, Bahar Ostadan writes for Gothamist
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The city is quietly opening temporary shelters in former churches,
schools and gyms to support migrants, Clodagh McGowan reports in
Spectrum News
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**EVANGELICAL WOMEN **- A group of Evangelical women want to change
the conversation on immigration, reports Emily McFarlan Miller of
Religion News Service
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"You start to see what God is doing in stirring the hearts and minds of
his people towards vulnerable people, and I do think change is
possible," said Bri Stensrud of Women of Welcome, a collaborative
partnership between the National Immigration Forum and World Relief.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

   

 

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