The Forum Daily | Tuesday, October 03, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

 

A new report

shows that Latinos were responsible for 9.2% of Ohio's economic growth
during the decade ending in 2021, reports Peter Gill of The Columbus
Dispatch
.

In general, Ohio is relying on immigrants for some of the most in-demand
work fields. Although immigrants represent only 4.7% of Ohio's
population, they make up 24.7% of physicians and 23.1% of postsecondary
teachers. "Overall, the view is immigrants are quite good for the
economy," said Mark Partridge, economist of Ohio State University.

More evidence we need them: Labor shortages still have dairy processing
plants operating below capacity. The situation is "a threat to business
viability" and could evolve into food insecurity, J. David Carlin of the
International Dairy Foods Association writes in an op-ed in Dairy Foods
.

The Farm Workforce Modernization Act aims to improve the situation for
farmers and farmworkers, but the bill is dormant in Congress. "[A]ccess
to a more stable workforce would decrease business expenses, which will
help lower food prices at the grocery store," Carlin writes. "... It's
never too late to do the right thing."

Meanwhile, Census Bureau data indicate that today's migration numbers
in the U.S. are not historically high, David Bier of the Cato Institute
writes in USA Today
.
"[T]he past decade has seen unusually slow growth in immigration" -
slowest since the 1960s, he notes. And that's causing economic strain.

"The solution? We need people," Bier writes. "We need workers across all
skill levels to drive our economy, support our aging population and
maintain our global competitive edge."

Welcome to Tuesday'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] .

**KEEPING THE PROMISE**- The Afghan Adjustment Act

"would help settle the moral debt America incurred with its botched
withdrawal," Sierra Dawn McClain writes in a Wall Street Journal

column. Afghans such as Daryoosh Kabeer, an experienced military pilot
who for two decades helped the U.S. military fight the Taliban, cannot
make long-term plans given their legal limbo. Bipartisan action in
Congress could halt their legal uncertainty. "Keeping its promise to
them is the least America can do," McClain writes.

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**BISHOP'S TAKE** - The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops migration committee praised the refugee resettlement cap for the
fiscal year that began Sunday, Carol Zimmermann of The Tablet

reports. At the same time, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso [also a Forum
board member] raised concerns about a drop in allocated spots for
Eastern Europe and Central Asia. "We welcome the administration's
efforts to increase resettlement from the Western Hemisphere, while
reiterating that this should not come at the expense of other
populations," Seitz said.

**ACCOUNTABLE** - Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) urged the Biden
administration to offer broader support to cities seeing high numbers of
migrant arrivals, reports Mitch Smith of  The New York Times
.  "We
ask that the White House and the administration continue to look for
ways to 'cut the red tape' and speed up the work authorization
process by all means necessary," Pritzker wrote.
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**OVERCOMING BARRIERS** - A nonprofit in Plano, Texas, stepped up to
help after recognizing that a language barrier was keeping highly
educated immigrants in low-paying jobs, reports Haeven Gibbons of The
Dallas Morning News
.
The Storehouse, a nonprofit mainly known for its work as a food bank,
has set up educational and job partnership programs to help educated
immigrants rebuild their careers.

Thanks for reading,

Dan

 

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