The Forum Daily | Monday, September 25, 2023
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The United States and Mexico have made an agreement that the latter will
deport migrants from its border cities as part of a package of 15
actions to deter migrants, reports Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Emma
Tucker and Macie Goldfarb for CNN
.

After a meeting on Friday, U.S. Customs released a statement after the
meeting, in which Customs and Border Protection's Acting Commissioner
Troy Miller, "urged coordination of efforts to diminish surging
irregular migration." The agreement included recommendations from
Customs and Border Patrol and Ferromex, the Mexican railway company that
already suspended operations on 60 of its northbound trains due to
migrant hitchhikers. In addition, Mexico should negotiate with the
governments of Venezuela, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia and Cuba to
confirm receipt of their deportees.

Many of the actions agreed to by Mexico aim to prevent more of the loss
of life at the border. Recent statistics show that more families
continue to make the journey from their home countries and cross the
border. The dire conditions of the journey as well as the many
deterrents different U.S. administrations have put in place haven't
stopped the flow of migrants long-term, reports Joel Rose for NPR
.

According to Theresa Cardinal Brown, senior adviser at the Bipartisan
Policy Center [and a Council on National Security and Immigration
leader], "It's very hard to deter somebody who has that level of
desperation through harsh penalties, especially migrants who believe
that if they do not come to America their family will die or their kids
will be killed."

Welcome to Monday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara Villatoro,
the Forum's senior strategic communications manager and the great
Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Ashling Lee, Katie Lutz
and Dan Gordon. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at 

**[email protected].**

**THE BILL WOULD ... -**As we look at a potential shutdown this week,
here's an interesting tidbit in last week's World Relief and Open
Doors U.S. report

on resettlement of persecuted Christians: It explicitly warns that the
House bill some are insisting on, H.R. 2, "would severely restrict
asylum eligibility ... and would add a new fee that could be a barrier
to some fleeing persecution, among other changes." Diana Chandler of
Baptist Press

is among the latest with good coverage of the report.

**NEW NEIGHBORS** - More than 32,000 naturalizations occurred in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area in 2022, according to the latest data, reports
María Ramos Pacheco and José Luis Adriano for The Dallas Morning
News
.
Most new citizens were from Mexico, with people from India and Vietnam
also making up a large number of naturalized citizens. The Dallas area
has now ranked seventh in the nation for metro area naturalizations.

**OPTIMISM** - Immigrants and young Americans could be key to change
the trend of Americans' discontent with the political system, analyses
David Lauter for the Los Angeles Times
. According
to a major new study conducted by the Pew Research Center, only 4% of
American adults say the political system works very well or somewhat
well. But experts believe that with immigrants and young Americans'
voting powers expected to grow in the next several years, their optimism
and action could change the system.

**RESPECT HUMAN DIGNITY** - During a visit to Marseille, Pope Francis
condemned Europe's strict anti-migrant policies and called for
solidarity that respects human dignity, writes Elise Ann Allen of Crux
.
Pope Francis called European countries for more action and remember the
"duty of humanity." "[S]o many brothers and sisters drowned in fear,
along with the hopes they carried in their hearts," the Pope said.
"Faced with such a drama, we need deeds, not words."

Thanks for reading,

Clara

 

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