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The hardline immigration law
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promoted by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) will take effect tomorrow in Florida.
FromJacksonville
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toBradenton
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and Lake Worth,
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among other places, immigrants and advocates have protested around the
state in the past few days.   

A week-long work stoppage started on Wednesday. Nearly 1,000 immigrants
gathered in Fort Myers to kick-start the initiative, report Eileen
Kelley and Andrea Melendez of WGCU
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"We make the economy move," said Dago Flores, a participant in the
march.  

The business sector has expressed its concerns about the economic impact
of this new law. The work stoppage itself represents an estimated
daily loss of, at least, nearly $260,000 for the state, report Amy Galo
and Rachel Murphy ofWINK News
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But Florida could also lose a good part of its workforce. Immigrants
will face more hurdles to access basic services, which has increased
fear. Starting tomorrow, for example, Florida hospitals will collect
data on patients' immigration status, per Caroline Catherman of the
Sun Sentinel
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Chris Kenning of USA Today
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zooms in on some stories of undocumented workers who are considering
leaving the state as the implementation of the new law approaches.  

Happy 4th of July! Enjoy and take a chance to reflect on what made the
United States a great nation. We'll be taking a few days and will be
back with our next edition on July 6.    

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 Katie Lutz. If you have a story to share from
your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>.  

PROCESSING HUB - A U.S. Customs and Border Protection large facility
built this spring in El Paso is now a hub to process thousands of
migrants apprehended throughout other locations, reports Julian Resendiz
ofBorder Report
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The "hub" is getting daily migrant flights from Tucson, Arizona, and Del
Rio, Texas.  

NEW ACTING DIRECTOR - The Department of Homeland Security has
appointed Patrick "P.J." Lechleitner as the new acting director of
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reports Priscilla Alvarez
ofCNN
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ICE hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director since the Obama
administration, Alvarez notes.  

KEEPING A PROMISE - More Afghan refugees are arriving at the southern
border and many advocates are calling for the U.S. government to expand
parole status to them, reports Sanya Mansoor of Time Magazine
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they are ending up in different legal status situations with varying
levels of access to support is another way the U.S. has failed to keep
this promise," says Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute. 

AGING POPULATION - According to new Census data, the
Americans' median age in 2022 was 38.9 years-old, "the highest ever",
reports Daniel De Visé of The Hill
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In short, the median age is rising because the birth rate is falling,
but migration can be the solution, notes De Visé. "Immigrants and
their children are younger than the population as a whole," said William
Frey, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

P.S. This 4th of July many immigrants will take the oath and will
become U.S. citizens across the country. In an op-ed for Forbes,
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Rohit Arora makes a case on how some of them could become Fortune 500
CEOs.  

 

 

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