The Forum Daily | Tuesday June 27, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

 

Florida Gov. and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis (R) announced his
immigration and border security proposal Monday, as Valerie Gonzalez and
Steve Peoples of the Associated Press
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report.  

According to Gonzalez and Peoples, the proposal "largely mirrors former
President Donald Trump's policies
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and much of it "faces tall odds, requiring the reversal of legal
precedents, approval from other countries or even an amendment to the
U.S. Constitution."  

Like Trump, DeSantis promises to finish building a border wall and vows
to end birthright citizenship, granted under the 14th Amendment. Other
items include reinstating the "Remain in Mexico" policy, which would
require Mexico's approval, and ending a court-ordered policy that
requires migrant families to be released from detention within 20
days. [Courts rejected
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a rule
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from the Trump administration that would have done so.] 

DeSantis also repeatedly referred to an "invasion," rhetoric that is in
line with the dangerous Great Replacement Theory
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J. David Goodman, Nicholas Nehamas and Miriam Jordan offer depth on the
proposal in The New York Times
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- including DeSantis' support for "using deadly force against
suspected drug traffickers and others breaking through border barriers
while 'demonstrating hostile intent.' " 

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon, the
Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily team
also includes Karime Puga, Christian Blair, Clara Villatoro and Katie
Lutz. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send
it to me at [email protected]
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BOTH/AND - More than 9 in 10 evangelical Christians want more secure
borders and policies that keep families together, and nearly 80% want
unauthorized immigrants to have a chance to earn citizenship, Matt
Soerens of the Evangelical Immigration Table tells Amy DeLaura of the
Washington Examiner
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"[W]hat evangelical Christians want, and actually I think what a lot of
Americans want, is some balance," Soerens said in an interview during
the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference. "We want secure borders,
and we want functional legal processes." 

**SOLUTIONS NEED SOWIN**G - Utah farms are still experiencing labor
shortages, Hugo Rikard-Bell reports for KSL News Radio
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"It's been a long time since people have come around looking for jobs
on the farm," said Ron Gibson, dairy and onion farmer and president of
the Utah Farm Bureau. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) points out that Utah agreed
a decade ago on would-be solutions and says, "Most Republicans actually
support fixing legal immigration and (making) it easier for immigrants
to come legally, and most Democrats also believe that we should secure
the border." 

CEDING TALENT - We've said this before but it bears repeating: Our
antiquated immigration system is leading immigrants elsewhere, as Fiona
Harrigan reports in Reason
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"International entrepreneurs are moving to Canada and other countries
that value talented revenue generators and job creators," said attorney
Tahmina Watson, an expert on high-skilled and business immigration. As
Harrigan notes, if the U.S. doesn't change immigration policies,
international professionals will "simply look for more welcoming
pastures." 

MIGRANT TRANSPORTATION - Despite the current decrease in migrant
arrivals at the border, El Paso County in Texas approved a $2.7 million
contract to offer transportation to migrants released from immigration
custody, reports Julian Resendiz of Border Report
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The contract will take effect Saturday and cover up to 800 migrants per
day. Encounters in El Paso have dropped from "a daily average of 1,522
in early May to 673 last week," Resendiz notes. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

P.S. Good news for safer roads and for immigrants: Under a new state
law, undocumented immigrants in Massachusetts can book driver's
license appointments starting Saturday, Sarah Betancourt of WGBH
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reports. 

 

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