The Forum Daily | Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Florida's new immigration law is creating an environment "governed
entirely by fear" for immigrant communities in the state, Gisela Salomon
of the Associated Press

reports. Since Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill in May, immigrants are
more anxious about everyday tasks such as driving their children to the
store or getting a medical checkup. Some families are simply leaving the
state.  

The law is exacerbating labor shortages, with all Floridians seeing the
effects: at the car repair shop, at hotels or even at church, writes
Pastor Joel Tooley, the Forum's Florida mobilizer, in an op-ed for The
Miami Herald
. "What
happens to our neighbor impacts all of us," Tooley writes.  

Labor shortages across the country are occurring in parallel with the
arrival of would-be workers: migrants who don't yet have permission to
work. Democratic leaders continue to pressure the Biden administration
to expedite the permit process so they can contribute, reports Anthony
Izaguirre of the Associated Press
.  

A quick note to reporters and others: Our friends at World Relief,
together with Open Door U.S., are hosting a discussion on Capitol Hill
this afternoon, "Persecuted Christians and the U.S. Refugee Resettlement
and Asylum Processes." More info here
,
and interested media can contact [email protected] .
World Relief also will livestream the event on its Facebook page
.  

Welcome to Wednesday'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 and Katie Lutz. If you
have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] . 

PUSHED BACK - Members of the Texas National Guard ordered hundreds of
asylum seekers back into Mexico, which would be in violation of U.S.
law, reports Lauren Villagran of the El Paso Times
.
"These are people who may face a danger to their lives on the other side
of the border," Adam Isacson, director of defense oversight for the
Washington Office on Latin America, said in a statement. "Forcing them
back, especially if they have set foot on U.S. soil, goes against the
Refugee Act of 1980."  

BORDER CHALLENGES - Apprehensions at the border appear to be
increasing in September, Julia Ainsley of NBC News

reports. More than 7,500 migrants were arrested on Sunday alone,
according to DHS officials. Separately, in a visual piece for Reuters
,
photographers relate migrants' harsh journey at the border, the
world's deadliest land migration route. 

INFRASTRUCTURE - Los Angeles is not experiencing the same migrant
related pressures as some East Coast cities, report Jill Cowan and
Miriam Jordan for The New York Times
. With
the high cost of living and changes in migrant patterns, fewer are
coming to Los Angeles than in decades past. For those that do come, City
Council member Hugo Soto-Martinez says that due to the city's
proximity to the border and history of welcoming migrants, "Luckily, we
have the infrastructure." As for one of those East Coast cities, read
Issac Chotiner's interview with Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration
Policy Institute in the New Yorker
. 

STOPPING SERVICE - The largest freight train company in Mexico,
Ferromex, has said that for the first time it will pause service on 60
of its trains traveling into the United States, reports Didi Martinez
for NBC News
.
This decision comes after an unprecedented number of migrant
hitchhikers, all attempting to make their way to the United States via
freight train. In a statement explaining their decision, Ferromex said
that the closure of certain routes is meant to "avoid accidents or loss
of life."  

 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan  

 

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