The Forum Daily | Thursday, September 7, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Yesterday a federal judge ordered the removal of the buoy barrier
floating in the Rio Grande as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's
Operation Lone Star, William Melhado and Uriel J. García report in
The Texas Tribune
<[link removed]"Abbott announced that he was not 'asking for permission' for
Operation Lone Star, ... [but] permission is exactly what federal law
requires before installing obstructions in the nation's navigable
waters," Federal District Judge David A. Ezra wrote. 

Ezra's injunction, which sets a Sept. 15 deadline for the buoys'
removal, also prohibits the state from installing new, similar
structures, Aarón Torres and Todd J. Gillman report in The Dallas
Morning News
<[link removed]'s claims of an "invasion" -
which, we've noted, sounds an awful lot like dangerous "replacement"
ideology
<[link removed]'s top foreign ministry official for U.S.-Mexico relations,
Roberto Velasco, said the ruling is "an important landmark to
reestablish legality and respect for human rights for migrants and
sovereignty for Mexico." 

Abbott's office already has appealed the ruling.  

Separately, take a minute to read Council on National Security and
Immigration leader Elaine Dezenski's new blog post
<[link removed]"A prosperous, democratic Latin America reduces the
need for humanitarian migration to the United States, offers critical
supply chain advantages, and provides additional resources and human
talent to catalyze 21st century technologies," she writes. 

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 Jillian Clark, Clara Villatoro, Ashling Lee and
Darika Verdugo. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

TO OUR HEALTH -Americans' ability to age with dignity requires more
immigrants, Kristie De Peña and Robert Leonard write in a Time Magazine
<[link removed]"The healthcare system
desperately needs these immigrants with the proper training and
expertise to carry out our mission," said Kevin Kincaid, CEO of
Knoxville Hospital and Clinics in rural Iowa. "The immigration system
makes it very difficult for them, unnecessarily so." 

CONTRADICTION - The U.S. government is facing criticism for its
conflicting stances on Haiti, write Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt of
CNN
<[link removed]'s capital.  

AFGHAN ALLIES - Illuminating coverage has continued as we mark two
years since the conclusion of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Veterans, religious groups and diplomats are continuing efforts to
evacuate Afghan allies, reports Quil Lawrence of NPR
<[link removed]' efforts led to unpaid wages being recovered and ultimately
the introduction of two years of deferred-action protection for workers
who report workplace abuses, a shift in immigration policy under the
Biden administration to root out workplace exploitation. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan  

 

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