The Forum Daily | Thursday August 3, 2023
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Mexico's government said Wednesday that a body was found stuck in a
barrier of buoys installed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande,
report Valentine Hilaire and Daina Solomon of Reuters
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"We are concerned about the impact on migrants' human rights and
personal security that [Texas'] policies could have, as they go in the
opposite direction to close collaboration," Mexico's Foreign
Ministry said in a statement
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Last week Mexican authorities sent two diplomatic letters to the U.S.
federal government indicating the barrier "violates a water treaty and
may encroach on Mexican territory."  

Separately along the border, the Eagle Pass City Council voted to end an
agreement allowing Texas state troopers to arrest migrants in a public
park as part of the border crackdown promoted by Gov. Greg Abbott (R),
reports Benjamin Wermund in the Houston Chronicle
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Shelby Park has been the only public property in the state where
troopers are able to arrest migrants. More than 500 migrants were
arrested for trespassing in the last month alone.  

Mayor Rolando Salinas said the agreement caught the city between the
federal and state governments. "The federal government, Congress, needs
to get together and make sure they enact immigration reform - the
thing that everybody says one million times, that never happens,"
Salinas said.  

Yesterday Jennie and faith leader Bri Stensrud weighed in
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on a separate Houston Chronicle
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report that Texas has separated some migrant fathers from their
families. 

We're pausing the Daily on Fridays this month, so we'll be back
Monday. Welcome to Thursday'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 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]>. 

LIMBO - Our hearts are in El Paso, Texas, this morning as the city
marks four years since dangerous rhetoric
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gave rise to the shooting at a Walmart there. Nearly 50 survivors have
submitted applications for U visas
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which crime victims are eligible, but only one has been approved, Allie
Kelly reports in The Dallas Morning News
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Recipients are able to work, but backlogs mean the wait for the visa can
be up to 20 years. 

TROOP WITHDRAWAL - The Pentagon is withdrawing 1,100 active-duty
troops from the U.S.-Mexico border who were deployed when Title 42 ended
in May, report Tara Copp and Rebecca Santana of the Associated Press
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The troops will conclude their 90-day mission by Aug. 8. An additional
400 soldiers will remain until Aug. 31.  

AFGHAN FEMALE PLATOON - Female Tactical Platoon members helped U.S.
forces in Afghanistan gather intelligence from women and children. Now
they continue to advocate for a long-term immigration solution for them
and other Afghan allies, reports Kai McNamee of NPR
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And this week in local welcome: 

* As resettled Afghan allies in Arizona face challenges because of the
uncertainty of their legal status, their communities are advocating for
their permanent protection, as Mars Adema writes in an Arizona Republic
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op-ed.  

* In Northen Virginia, Afghan refugees are forming an Afghan-owned sheep
farming operation with support from Virginia Cooperative Extension
agents. (Marya Barlow, Virginia Tech News
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'THE RIGHT THING TO DO' - Religious communities in Sacramento,
California, have united to assist migrants who were left stranded
without resources after being flown to the city by Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis (R), Jason DeRose of NPR
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reports. The effort is multifaith. "I know we're trying not to be drawn
on the politics," said Matthew Woodward, dean of Trinity Cathedral.
"[B]ut if caring for your neighbor is a political act, then it's a
political act. And it's still the right thing to do."

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

 

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