The Forum Daily | Thursday June 15, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Today marks the 11th anniversary of the announcement of Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which has offered legal protections to
hundreds of thousands of people without authorization who were brought
here at a young age. But they remain in limbo as the future of the
program depends on a federal judge's decision, reports Solcyre Burga of
Time Magazine <[link removed]>. 

An alternative solution for them - and for potential new applicants,
whose applications are blocked by court rulings - could come from
Congress: A bipartisan group in the House is preparing to reintroduce
the Dream and Promise Act, reports Cassie Semyon of Spectrum News
<[link removed]>.
The bill also includes provisions for people with Deferred Enforced
Departure and Temporary Protected Status.  

The bill was introduced in the last Congress (here's the Forum's
summary
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and passed the House in 2021 with some Republican support, but it died
in committee in the Senate. It's unclear if the new version will
include different provisions. 

Separately, Nadia Tamez-Robledo of Ed Surge
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reports how the majority of undocumented graduating high school won't
be eligible to apply for DACA this year. This will limit their education
and employment opportunities.  

In a report
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month, our friends at FWD.us estimated that no more than a fifth of this
year's 120,000 or so undocumented students graduating high school are
eligible under DACA's current rules. "The U.S. economy cannot afford to
lose this graduating class of undocumented students, perhaps
permanently," they write. 

Welcome to Thursday'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, Karime Puga, Ashling Lee,
Keylla Ortega, Samuel Benson, Christian Blair 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]>. 

NEW FACILITY - U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened a new
migrant processing facility in El Paso, Texas, "despite a huge drop in
migrant apprehensions," reports Julian Resendiz of Border Report
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"Anytime the U.S. expands its capacity to process people faster and
hopefully more humanely, that's always a good thing," said Imelda
Maynard of Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services. Meanwhile, Ellen
Mitchell of The Hill
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takes an interesting look at the separate federal and state responses
regarding the border. 

DAIRY FARMS - Current immigration policy is making it difficult for
dairy farmers to fill and retain employment, reports Makenzie Huber of
South Dakota Searchlight
<[link removed]>. "It's
holding South Dakota back economically," said South Dakota Farm Bureau
Federation President Scott VanderWal. Some fear inaction around
dairy-relevant immigration policy will lead to reliance on overseas
production, and price increases. 

'HE'S MAKING A MISTAKE' - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R)
stringent immigration measures are upsetting some Latino pastors who
voted for him, Maria Sacchetti reports for The Washinton Post
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"I can't turn my back on someone who needs food because they don't
have documents," said Pastor David Monduy, a conservative evangelical
who supports the governor on many other issues. "[DeSantis is] making a
mistake." 

DIGNITY, SECURITY - The Southern Baptist Convention again has approved
an immigration resolution, "affirming the inherent dignity of immigrants
and refugees while asking government leaders to maintain robust avenues
for asylum seekers to enter the country and take swift action to secure
the border," Tobin Perry reports in Baptist Press
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In a Lifeway Research survey
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last September, 80% of American evangelicals said they would support
bipartisan immigration reforms that boost border security, provide
solutions for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children,
and ensure a legal, reliable farm workforce.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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