The Forum Daily | Thursday, August 17, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Experts hired by the Department of Homeland Security's Office for
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties found "barbaric" and "negligent"
conditions in more than two dozen ICE detention facilities across the
nation from 2017 to 2019, Tom Dreisbach of NPR
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reports. 

Inspectors found a range of misconduct and "what they described as
racist harassment of immigrants and retaliation against detainees who
filed complaints," Dreisbach reports. The government reports also cited
inadequate staffing of ICE medical clinics and a lack of adequate
medical health care as consistent, and sometimes deadly, problems. 

"Migrants have human dignity, and ICE detention centers must prioritize
humane treatment," Forum President and CEO Jennie Murray said in our
statement
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"The Biden administration must ensure that the conditions described in
these reports do not persist today." Read more of our suggestions at the
link.  

Special thanks today to Karime Puga, who has helped us with the Daily
this summer. We're pausing the Daily on Fridays this month, so we'll
be back Monday. I'm Dan Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications
VP, and the rest of the great Forum Daily team includes Clara Villatoro,
Ashling Lee 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]>. 

**HARSH CONDITION**S - The idea for buoys in the Rio Grande dates to
the Trump administration, an alumnus of which is now the Texas "border
czar," Julia Ainsley reports for NBC News
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Meanwhile, in the remote Border Patrol facility in Ajo, Arizona, some
migrants have been held in a chain-link enclosure amid triple-digit
temperatures, reports Melissa Del Bosque of The Border Chronicle
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The situation was first reported by The Intercept
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on July 21. This past weekend, humanitarian volunteers and activists
held a 24-hour stakeout followed by a protest in front of the Border
Patrol facility, Del Bosque writes. 

LIMITING OUR POTENTIAL - Business leaders are highlighting labor
shortages as a barrier to the implementation of the Inflation Reduction
Act, reports Alisa Reznick of KJZZ's Fronteras Desk
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Fewer young Americans are pursuing careers in construction and
manufacturing as immigrants with the necessary skills face immigration
status challenges and visa backlogs. Business owners are urging the
Biden administration to expand workforce authorization for immigrants. 

MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS - Researchers publishing in medical journal
Pediatrics this week found that Latino children living in states with
more anti-immigrant laws and policies have higher odds of chronic
physical or mental health conditions, writes Edwin Flores of NBC News
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The study emphasizes "the importance of addressing the health impacts
of state laws as well as the effects of public attitudes that perpetuate
racist and/or anti-immigrant sentiments." 

HURDLES - Jeff Brumley of Baptist News Global picks up on our new
polling
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showing strong support for legislation along the lines of the Afghan
Adjustment Act
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need is clear as the impermanence of resettled Afghans' status
contributes to their resettlement challenges. Mehr Sher of Carolina
Public Press
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and Carla Hinton of The Oklahoman
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on those challenges in their respective states. And don't miss Navy
veteran #AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver's appeal to the president
and Congress in The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Locally this week: 

* Hello Neighbor <[link removed]>'s Founder and CEO
Sloane Davidson writes about how communities can build on our welcome of
Afghans - including by passing the Afghan Adjustment Act. (George W.
Bush Presidential Center
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* Speaking of neighbors, read how Utahns are helping former-refugee
schoolchildren belong (Holly Richardson, writing in the Deseret News
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And KSL has the first of a series on "the experiences of Afghan refugees
in Utah and the people who try to help them" (Andrea Smardon, KSL.com
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

 

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