The Forum Daily | Friday June 23, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

A memo from the Department of Homeland Security is calling for a "major
overhaul of medical care for migrants" after the recent death of an
8-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody, reports Nick Miroff for The
Washington Post
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DHS acting chief medical officer Herbert O. Wolfe said in the memo that
the Texas facility where the 8-year-old Anadith Reyes Alvarez was held
"lacked sufficient medical engagement and accountability to ensure safe,
effective, humane and well-documented medical care." 

The preliminary investigation goes beyond, and, in the memo, Wolfe
describes "an ad hoc system with little ability to manage medical
records, poor communication among staff and a lack of clear guidelines
for seeking help from doctors outside the border agency," notes
Miroff. 

Separately, Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
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reports on the death of a 6-year-old Afghan boy on June 13, who was
under the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
 

According to HHS, the boy would have been diagnosed with terminal
illness and medical attention was provided. This case marks the third
death of a child in HHS custody this year, Montoya-Galvez writes. 

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara Villatoro,
the Forum's strategic communications manager, and the great Forum
Daily team also includes Karime Puga, Ashling Lee, Christian Blair and
Marcela Aguirre. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

HEAT EFFECTS - The South Texas heat wave has claimed one migrant's
life and is pushing smugglers to adjust their routes, reports Sandra
Sanchez of Border Report
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Brooks County Sheriff Urbino "Benny" Martinez said that most migrants
die from dehydration and exposure to the harsh elements in the area, and
some others are left behind by smugglers. Related to this topic, the
Forum's Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force published a new paper
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examining the links between cartels and human smuggling across the
border. 

**FAILED PROGRAM** - A new study
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shows that the Boston program "Dedicated Docket" which aimed to make
asylum cases faster, for two years has led to the opposite, participants
have been more likely to be deported and less likely to prevail in an
asylum case, report Mike Damiano and Tal Kopan of the Boston Globe
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The study found that most people assigned to the program lacked legal
representation and fared significantly worse than those who did, Damiano
and Kopan note. 

SKILLED WORKERS - Germany is revising immigration laws to attract
skilled workers and fill 2 million job vacancies, report Lisa
Hänel and Andrea Grunau of DW
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The proposed changes include lower income requirements for the EU Blue
Card and a point system for job seekers, among others. However, concerns
are being raised about visa processing capacity and Germany's digital
infrastructure. 

LONG WAIT - More than 3,200 Afghans remain in Albania waiting for
their resettlement in the U.S., reports Llazar Semini of the Associated
Press
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Albania first agreed to house Afghans for one year, but their stay has
been extended because of visa process delays.   

Local welcome:  

* Having received 900 Afghans in a short span in 2021-2022, Iowa is
expanding refugee services in anticipation of additional refugee
arrivals. (Linh Ta, Axios Des Moines
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* Afghan children whose education was disrupted by war are learning
again in San Antonio schools. (Camille Phillips, Texas Public Radio
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* Mohammad Mir Shahnoory, who was separated from his family during the
Afghan airlift, was joyfully reunited with them in Brick, New Jersey,
just in time for his high school graduation. Now he's heading to
Harvard! (Karen Wall, Patch
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Thanks for reading, 

Clara 

 

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