The Forum Daily | Wednesday July 26, 2023
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A federal judge in California struck down the asylum policy that the
Biden administration has used to deter migrants since the end of Title
42, report Miriam Jordan and Eileen Sullivan of The New York Times
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Judge Jon S. Tigar's ruling doesn't take effect immediately. The
federal government has 14 days to appeal, with the policy staying in
place in the meantime.  

The administration's approach disqualifies most people from applying
for asylum if they crossed into the U.S. without either securing an
appointment at an official port of entry or proving that they sought
asylum in another country along the way. Immigrant advocacy groups sued
the administration on the basis that the policy violated the right of
foreigners to request asylum once they reach U.S. soil, regardless of
how they entered the country.  

In his decision, Tigar wrote, "The court concludes that the rule is
contrary to law because it presumes ineligible for asylum noncitizens
who enter between ports of entry, using a manner of entry that Congress
expressly intended should not affect access to asylum." 

Since the policy took effect on May 12, the number of migrants
apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border has plummeted. The Biden
administration has argued that the policy is crucial in its efforts to
curb unlawful crossings. But as Jordan and Sullivan note, the policy
isn't the only factor in the decline.  

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, 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]>. 

FEMALE MIGRANTS' ARRESTS - Texas has begun jailing migrant women
after facing sex discrimination lawsuits for targeting only men under
the state's border security crackdown, writes Jolie McCullough of The
Texas Tribune
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Troopers were initially instructed to turn women and families over to
U.S. Border Patrol. But now, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
spokesperson Amanda Hernandez said officials had cleared out one
building in a facility to house up to 200 women. By Tuesday, 25 migrant
women were in detention. 

HIGH RISK - Mexican authorities rescued 378 migrants abandoned by
smugglers inside locked trailer boxes last week, reports Julian Resendiz
of Border Report
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Mexico's National Institute of Migration reported two separate
incidents in Veracruz, involving migrants from Guatemala, Honduras,
Ecuador and Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Martin Coronado of EFE
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zooms in on the story of a couple who, along with their newborn baby,
were kidnapped in Ciudad Juarez.  

SMALL TOWNS - "Immigrants could save our small towns," Houston
Chronicle
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Joe Holley writes, reflecting on the decline of such towns in Texas.
Inspired by Mexican cafes run by multigenerational immigrant families
that often thrive in these towns, Holley notes that welcoming newcomers
willing to settle in struggling rural areas offers incentives for
businesses, agriculture and community revitalization. He points to Utah
and Iowa as examples of states implementing initiatives to welcome
immigrants.   

'OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE' - Cyrus Jaffery, who came from Afghanistan
as a refugee, faced numerous professional rejections until he was
finally given a chance. Now he's doing the same for others, Deborah
Jian Lee writes in Fast Company
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now the founding CEO of CJ Insurance Group in Omaha, Nebraska, and
employs people with nontraditional backgrounds. "I see myself every day
in the people that are moving here from Afghanistan," Jaffery said.
"[T]hey're going to become me. We just need to give people the
opportunity to shine." 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

 

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