The Forum Daily | Wednesday July 12, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

How do we counter growing unease amid a period of record migration
worldwide? 

It's a pressing question given the political trends that are resulting
from voters' anxieties. As Tom Fairless reports in The Wall Street
Journal
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disagreements on migration policy caused the Dutch government to
collapse on Friday. Anti-immigrant parties have come to power in Italy
and Finland and are making gains in Sweden, Austria and France. And
anxiety extends to many other countries. 

"Countries are struggling to grapple with these new types of movement,
these new forms of displacement," Alexander Betts, Director of the
University of Oxford Refugee Studies Centre, said yesterday on CNN
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But when governments "fail to provide safe routes and safe passages to
vulnerable people, the consequence is people will revert to human
smuggling networks, gangs, and they lose their lives in very tragic
circumstances." 

Around the world, Betts says, leaders need to address the new drivers of
migration and not "[bury] their heads in the sand." And, in light of
recent tragedies in which hundreds of migrants have perished, we must
remember that "regardless of why people leave, all migrants have a right
to life." 

Amen. 

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 Karime Puga, Clara Villatoro, 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]>. 

ANOTHER DEATH - A 15-year-old girl from Guatemala died in U.S. custody
earlier this week, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
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She was an unaccompanied migrant, had a pre-existing medical condition
and was hospitalized throughout her time in the custody of the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is the fourth death
of an unaccompanied migrant minor in HHS custody this year,
Montoya-Galvez notes. 

FIRST LAWSUIT - Immigrant advocates are filing a lawsuit that seeks an
injunction to stop the implementation of Section 10 of the recently
approved Florida law SB 1718
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of CBS News Miami
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The lawsuit is focused on the transportation of undocumented
individuals into the state. "We are arguing that section is
unconstitutional on its base," said Paul Chavez, an attorney with the
Southern Poverty Law Center. 

**STEM OPT** - The U.S. is adding eight new fields of studies to
STEM Optional Practical Training, a program allowing international
students to gain practical work experience in America, Stuart Anderson
writes in Forbes
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Additions include specific areas of study in the tech, psychology and
architecture fields. The change comes as Canada and other nations are
luring high-skilled foreign workers away, and it provides more students
an opportunity to work in the U.S. after their studies. 

**BISHOPS' PRAISE** - U.S. bishops are praising the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security's recent announcement to expand family
reunification processes for certain migrants, writes Kate Scanlon of OSV
News
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"Unfortunately, what the need for such programs demonstrates [...] is
that backlogs continue to pose untenable challenges for aspiring
immigrants who seek to avail themselves of the limited legal pathways
currently available," said Bishop Mark Seitz of the El Paso Diocese,
who pointed to immigration reform as "the only true and sustainable
solution to these challenges." (Congratulations to Bishop Seitz -
who's also a Forum board member - who is marking 10 years with his
diocese, as Julian Resendiz writes in Border Report
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

 

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