The Forum Daily | Monday June 5, 2023
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On Friday, 16 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia were dropped off at
the Diocese of Sacramento, California, report Tori Apodaca and Cecilio
Padilla of CBS Sacramento
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Representatives of faith-based groups PICO California and Sacramento
ACT said in a press conference on Friday that migrants apparently
were approached by a private contractor in El Paso, Texas. They were
offered help to get jobs and other support but instead were transported
to New Mexico and then flown to California. 

The office of California's attorney general, Rob Bonta (D), said
Sunday that the migrants have documents that mention the Florida
Division of Emergency Management and the state's "voluntary
transportation program," per Shawn Hubler, Nicholas Nehamas and Emily
Cochrane at The New York Times
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said in a press statement
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that the California Department of Justice would investigate the
circumstances around the transportation of migrants, including if
someone misled them "with false promises or have violated any criminal
laws." 

Bishop Jaime Soto of the Diocese of Sacramento said organizations are
supporting the migrants with housing and trying to figure out what's
next in their immigration process, Roxanne Elias of ABC10
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reports. "It's just heartbreaking that having come to the United
States that they would be treated in that fashion, that they would be
deceived," Soto said. 

Welcome to Monday'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, Ashling Lee 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]>. 

BORDER REALITIES - Border crossings in the southwest U.S. have hit a
low since the start of the Biden administration. Julia
Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News
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analyze four key factors that have contributed to the decline. And for
an op-ed in The Hill
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our President and CEO, Jennie Murray, listens to people actually at the
border and emphasizes that Congress is responsible for solutions that
emphasize security and compassion.  

GOP BATTLE - Republican governors, including some who are (potential)
presidential candidates, are competing to display their strictness on
illegal immigration, reports Stef W. Kight for Axios
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Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin are among governors
who've sent National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. But with
the declining number of border crossings, the moves "appear more
political than practical," Kight reports. 

FINE PRINT - The health care labor shortage has led to the hiring of
thousands of international professionals. But some contracts include
exorbitant penalties if they end the contract early, trapping many
immigrants in harsh work conditions, reports Shannon Pettypiece of NBC
News
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More than a dozen nurses have been sued for $100,000 or
more since 2022 by CommuniCare for leaving their jobs early. "These
nurses are brought over, they're promised the American dream and
it's a bait and switch," said Magen Kellam, a lawyer representing one
of the sued nurses. 

CULINARY INFLUENCE - Immigrants are changing what Americans eat
through their culinary influence in cities large and small, reports Joel
Rose of NPR
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The culinary awards for restaurants granted by James Beard Foundation
offer proof: For today's ceremony, "more than half of the 75
finalists
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for the chef and baker awards are immigrants or children of immigrants
from all over the globe."  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

P.S. The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May, exceeding expectations.
Immigrants are one reason why, Catherine Rampell writes in her
Washington Post
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column.  

 

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