The Forum Daily | Monday August 7, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Biden administration
policy restricting asylum-seekers can remain in effect while a lower
court ruling blocking the policy is appealed, reports Lucy Hodgman of
Politico
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The 2-1 decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was "an
unexpected win for the Biden administration," Hodgman notes.  

Austin Denean of Sinclair Broadcast Group's The National Desk
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analyzes how the litigation process continues a pattern of federal
courts "effectively determining U.S. policy while Congress has been
unable to pass any meaningful reforms of the system." 

Inaction in Congress has left presidents to create policies open to
court challenges - or reversals by a successor, which also can elicit
lawsuits.  

"Everyone agrees that our immigration system is fundamentally broken and
it's not responsive to the economic needs of our country, to some of our
priorities as a nation," said Erin Corcoran of the University of Notre
Dame. 

And Jennie Murray, our President and CEO, said, "When an administration
[is] forced to solve for something, it becomes much more political. It's
been that administration's mark on that action, rather than a
bipartisan solution out of Congress." 

Welcome to Monday'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]>. 

ANTI-IMMIGRANT RHETORIC - More than 160 advocacy groups, including
the Forum, have written a letter urging Congress to denounce white
supremacist, anti-immigrant rhetoric given its potential to incite
violence against marginalized communities, writes Ariana Figueroa of
News from the States
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The shooter at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart in 2019 was motivated by the
Great Replacement conspiracy theory
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Figueroa notes. Thank you to the El Paso Times
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for printing the letter in full on Thursday's anniversary of the
shooting. 

LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY

** **- A new report by the Washington Office on Latin America and
the Kino Border Initiative exposes ongoing human rights abuses by U.S.
Customs and Border Protection agents at the southern border, writes
Betsy Reed of The Guardian
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report documents a consistent lack of accountability for agents'
misuse of lethal force, intimidation, sexual harassment and falsifying
documents. Only 1% of the 78 complaints filed on behalf of migrants
between 2010 and 2022 resulted in disciplinary action.  

IMMIGRANT STUDENTS - Two recent reports commissioned by the
Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration reveal that
students from immigrant families constitute nearly one-third of all
students enrolled at American colleges and universities, Sara Weissman
of Inside Higher Ed
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up from 20% in 2000. "When we think about critical skills shortages,
the future workforce, it has to include immigrant students, including
undocumented students," said Miriam Feldblum, executive director of the
Presidents' Alliance [an Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus
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'A HUMANE WAY' - Many Eagle Pass residents and city leaders have
dropped their initial support for Operation Lone Star implemented by
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), as Aaron Nelsen of Texas Monthly
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reported recently and Uriel J. Garcia of The Texas Tribune
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dives into today. "There's a humane way to do it. We can't help them
all, but maybe we're supposed to help some. Maybe that's what
God's calling us to do," said Magali Urbina, a pecan farmer who voted
for Abbott but is uncomfortable with the operation. Don't miss the
photos in the Tribune's piece, either. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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