The Forum Daily | Wednesday June 21, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

The policies implemented by the Biden administration after Title 42 have
led to higher rejection rates of asylum seekers, reports Hamed Aleaziz
of the Los Angeles Times
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The Biden administration wrote in a court filing that the number of
single-adult migrants who can pass initial screenings at the border has
dropped from 83% (the average rate between 2014 and 2019) to 46% from
May 12-June 13, under the new policy. 

The filing is part of a lawsuit immigration advocates filed last month,
arguing that Biden's new asylum policy resembles a Trump-era
policy that restricted asylum. "This newly released data confirms that
the new asylum restrictions are as harsh as advocates warned," said
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at the American Immigration
Council. 

Meanwhile, a humanitarian parole program for nationals of Venezuela,
Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti has proved difficult to access for many
Haitians, reports Mélodie Cerin of U.S. News
<[link removed]>.
Language barriers, technological issues and financial obstacles are
among the challenges, not to mention a "frustrating and at times
frightening" effort to secure documents for the program, with incidents
of violence at passport centers. 

"I've been in Port-au-Prince now for weeks trying to get my passport,"
said Fritznerson Dely, who applied for the humanitarian program Feb. 1
but hasn't been able to afford all of the documentation. 

Meanwhile, having celebrated Juneteenth on Monday, we appreciate the
perspective of Cianna Greaves - daughter of African immigrants and an
audio producer at WBEZ - in the Chicago Sun-Times
<[link removed]>. 

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, Karime Puga, Ashling Lee, 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]>. 

BROKEN - A broken asylum system is at the heart of our border
challenges, Julia Preston writes in an excellent deep dive in Foreign
Affairs
<[link removed]>.
"[F]or lack of other legal avenues, [asylum] has turned into the main
channel for mass immigration across the southwest border, a function it
was never designed to serve," she notes. The backlog of claims stands at
nearly 800,000, according to the Transactional Records Access
Clearinghouse. Preston notes "growing bipartisan recognition" that the
asylum system needs reform. 

OTHERS' OPPORTUNITY - Countries such as Australia, the UK and
Canada are recruiting highly skilled international workers trained at
U.S. universities, reports Jon Marcus of The Hechinger Report
<[link removed]>. "We
are a beneficiary of the failures of the U.S. system," said Nicolas
Rollason, head of business immigration for Kingsley Napley, a
London-based law firm. (Ouch.) Our policy expert Arturo
Castellanos-Canales outlines five solutions
<[link removed]>
to reverse the declining popularity of the U.S. among international
students to begin with.  

ILLINOIS BILL - The Illinois Legislature has passed a bill that would
allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients to become police
officers, reports Andrew Hensel from The Center Square
<[link removed]>.
Several law enforcement groups have shown support. The measure is now on
the desk of Gov. JB Pritzker (D). Other states, including California
<[link removed]>, Colorado
<[link removed]>,
Wisconsin <[link removed]> and Nevada
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have passed or are considering similar measures. A Law Enforcement
Immigration Task Force blog post <[link removed]>
from earlier this year addresses the subject. 

**HONORING REFUGEES** - Christian groups honored refugees across the
country yesterday on World Refugee Day, reports Anugrah Kumar of the
Christian Post
<[link removed]>.
"[This celebration] serves as a reminder that we must all work together
to end the difficulties and adversities that millions of refugees and
host communities face," said Michael Kruger, president of the Adventist
Development and Relief Agency. The digital team here at the Forum
gathered some joyful stories
<[link removed]> from young
refugees graduating at Fugees Academy <[link removed]> this
year as well as a great TikTok
<[link removed]>. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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