The Forum Daily | Tuesday July 25, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

The U.S. Department of Justice took legal action on Monday against the
state of Texas over Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) border security actions
along the Rio Grande, reports John C. Moritz of the Austin
American-Statesman
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"We allege that Texas has flouted federal law by installing a barrier in
the Rio Grande without obtaining the required federal authorization,"
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said in a news release.  

According to Gupta, the floating barrier threatens both public safety
and navigation, raises humanitarian concerns and "risks damaging U.S.
foreign policy," with Mexico having protested.  

The federal suit came hours after Abbott - who appears to want this
fight - sent President Joe Biden a letter saying Texas would continue
with its border measures, which include coiled razor wire along the
river's banks and a buildup of National Guard soldiers. 

Here's the law at issue
<[link removed]> - and precedent, such
as Arizona's clash with the U.S. more than a decade ago over SB 1070
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an uphill battle. 

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, Clara Villatoro, Christian Blair and Ashling
Lee. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send
it to me at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

LABOR SUPPLY - The Federal Reserve's job of balancing the labor
market and combating inflation has been made less painful by an increase
in immigration, reports Jeanna Smialek of The New York Times
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As pandemic-related restrictions eased and processing backlogs cleared,
more immigrants entered the United States, providing a steady supply of
workers for various industries. Looking longer-term, by 2040 "America
could have more than six million fewer working-age people than in 2022,"
The Wall Street Journal
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editorial board writes. "The only way to counter the domestic trend is
by attracting workers from abroad."  

CLIMATE AND MIGRATION - Climate change has hurt and probably will
keep hurting farmers in Central America, which is contributing to
migration especially from Honduras, report Marisa Peñaloza and Joel
Rose for NPR
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In western Honduras, "Some [people] are trying to adapt to the changing
reality of erratic rainfall and extreme weather, while others are simply
waiting for the right moment to leave," they write. In our recent
collaboration on migration narratives in northern Central America
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researchers also found that climate change is influencing people's
decision to migrate - though narratives don't always reflect this
reality. 

COURT BACKLOGS - A new report
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indicates that a historic backlog of immigration cases is contributing
to migration to the U.S.-Mexico border, reports Sandra Sanchez of Border
Report
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According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
<[link removed]> at Syracuse
University, there are 2.4 million backlogged immigration cases. Asylum
cases are 40% of immigration court caseloads, and noncitizens wait an
average of four years for a hearing on their asylum claims. 

BISHOP'S JOURNEY - Previously we've mentioned
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Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, and now Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post
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tells more of his story. Once an undocumented immigrant from war-torn
Central America, he overcame hardships and relied on faith to become
D.C.'s first Salvadoran bishop. His appointment was in keeping with
Pope Francis' more inclusive vision for the church, Tumulty writes.
"We cannot say that we love God if we do not love those who are closer
to us," said Menjivar. "Empathy, my brothers and sisters. Empathy -
putting ourselves in the shoes of others - is to realize our common
humanity." 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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