The Forum Daily | Friday July 7, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

The U.S. resettled 6,844 refugees in June
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consecutive month with similar numbers of resettlements, encouraging
progress that hasn't been seen in years. 

"It's certainly a very positive sign that the refugee program is on
the road to recovery. But the pipeline of ready to travel refugees must
be maintained or monthly arrival numbers could decline," said Forum's
policy expert Dan Kosten. 

The efforts must continue, since we are still far from an ideal goal of
resettlements. During the nine months of fiscal year 2023, the U.S. has
resettled 38,653 refugees out of the ceiling President Biden set
at 125,000. If the current trend is sustained, the U.S. could reach
half of the resettlements set in the Presidential ceiling. 

Separately, Welcome Corp <[link removed]>, a private
refugee sponsorship through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP),
announced yesterday a new targeted education sponsorship initiative that
will offer refugees a new path to American colleges, reports Eric Hoover
of The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Welcome Corps on Campus
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will allow a minimum of five people over the age of 18 to form a
sponsorship group. The group members must have a connection to a
participating college in the program and live in the community. 

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

HARSH CONDITIONS - Tens of thousands of people are waiting in Mexican
border towns to get asylum appointments under harsh sanitary conditions
at migrant camps, reports an investigative team of Reuters
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illustrate the situation, in Matamoros the population of a camp exceeds
5,000 people. In addition, nearly 3,000 migrants are dispersed in
shelters, hotels, abandoned houses, and an out-of-service gas station,
according to local officials. Reuters zooms in on some stories that show
a hard reality in the Mexican side of the border. 

RESTRICTIONS - Florida published a list of out-of-state licenses that
are no longer valid in the state in accordance with the hardline
immigration law implemented by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), reports Kaycee
Sloan for WFLA
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Driver licenses from Delaware, Connecticut, Hawaii, Rhode Island and
Vermont that have been issued to undocumented migrants are invalid in
Florida since July 1. The list of invalid out-of-state licenses will
go through periodic updates, Sloan notes.   

VENEZUELAN IMMIGRANTS - The arrivals of Venezuelans have more than
doubled <[link removed]> since
2021, immigration advocates are calling for President Biden to
redesignate Venezuela's Temporary Protected Status to offer protections
to a large group of them while they were for the resolution of their
asylum cases, reports Fisayo Okare for Documented
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"TPS is not the cure to everything. But it is an extra safety mechanism
to deal with the many people who are here," said Deborah Lee of Legal
Aid Society. 

VOLUNTEERS AWARDED - The Afghan Resettlement Project, a committee of
volunteers from the Rotary Club of Fulton, received the Community
Excellence Award at the Missouri State Capitol for their efforts
in helping Afghan families, reports Andrea Merritt of the Fulton Sun
<[link removed]>.
The program provides housing, support, and integration into the
community. 

More local welcome:  

* In Iowa, Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott is personally mentoring a
25-year-old Afghan refugee in accounting, providing him with an
opportunity for a better future. (Sheila Brummer, Siouxland KWIT
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* In Texas, the Center for Refugee Services and other organizations in
San Antonio are supporting Afghan refugees with scholarships for high
school and college. (Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News
<[link removed]>) 

Thanks for reading, 

 
Clara

 

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