The Forum Daily | Tuesday August 22, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Ahead of today's hearing on the Justice Department Lawsuit against
Texas, the state moved to the American side of the Rio Grande the
floating barrier set to block migrants crossing into the U.S., reports
Jeremy Wallace of the Houston Chronicle
<[link removed]"out of an abundance of caution." Federal government lawyers noted that
by moving the barriers, Texas resumed "unauthorized construction
activities."  

Early this month, two bodies
<[link removed]"has tested the legal limits of state
action on immigration" - including the floating barrier- some of the
initial general support he gained "appears to be waning." 

Separately, also in Texas, a federal lawsuit has been filed against two
sheriffs and two state prison wardens on behalf of four Mexican migrants
who were arrested under Operation Lone Star and were kept imprisoned for
weeks after their criminal trespassing cases were dismissed, reports
Uriel J. García of The Texas Tribune
<[link removed]"Texas' cruel border politics and policies are wasteful, inflammatory,
and riddled with human and civil rights abuses," said David Donatti of
the ACLU of Texas. 

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara
Villatoro, the Forum's strategic communications manager, and the
great Forum Daily team also includes Ashling Lee and Katie Lutz. If you
have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me
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REPUBLICAN LAWSUIT - This Thursday will start the legal hirings on a
Republican lawsuit that is challenging the Biden's parole
program that have allowed around 181,000 people from Cuba, Haiti,
Nicaragua, and Venezuela to enter the U.S., report Rebecca Santana and
Gisela Salomon of the Associated Press
<[link removed]"I wanted to take this opportunity to
save my life," said a Nicaraguan beneficiary of the program. Sponsors of
migrants have joined the legal proceedings, Santana and Salomon note. 

BUILDING TRUST - In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Daily News
<[link removed]"The
growing prominence of harmful rhetoric in the debate - references to
immigrant 'invasions' - has further undermined trust. I am
concerned it will continue to unnecessarily divide our communities and
pose a danger to all of us," Batista writes. The Chief calls Republicans
and Democrats to "come together with serious solutions, pairing border
security with a pathway to lawful status for members of our communities
who contribute to our social fabric and economy every day."  

LOOKING FOR LEADERSHIP - As GOP candidates take the debate stage
tomorrow, Forum's president and CEO Jennie Murray offers an overview
<[link removed]"[A]mericans favor solutions to
harsh and unworkable policies, we are hopeful that candidates draw on
their past efforts to be constructive on immigration this election
cycle. The debate season offers candidates the opportunity to offer
solutions instead of negative rhetoric," Jennie writes. 

'UNSUNG HEROES' - An award-winning social venture is now
launching a platform that aims to connect buyers to "innovative products
by small businesses, the majority of which are founded by women,
immigrants, and refugees," writes Christopher Marquis for Forbes
<[link removed]"The ones who are able to create economic mobility for their families
despite the challenges facing them... [I] think those entrepreneurs are
the true, unsung heroes," said Andrew Leon Hanna, founder of
platform Mona
<[link removed]