The Forum Daily | Thursday, October 26, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Dozens of faith leaders in New York gathered outside the Roosevelt Hotel
to demand more federal and state assistance for incoming migrants,
reports Natalie Duddridge of CBS News
.

As more migrants enter the city, shelters like the one in the Roosevelt
are becoming overcrowded. One Venezuelan mother, Caroline, said she
tried to register with the shelter but was turned away.

"We had to leave because they had run out of space. We went to sleep on
the street until this morning. We returned because it was just too
cold," Caroline said.

Access to work permits are among the additional resources faith leaders
are requesting as they help those in need.

"We want to help everyone. That's what the Bible tells us to do. But
we just can't. We're so overpopulated. We don't have the funds.
That's why we're asking the federal government to help us," said
Bishop Fernando Rodriguez of the Fellowship of Christian Churches.

Concern for migrants has been a central theme of a Catholic Synod
meeting in Rome, reports Kimberley Heatherington of OSV News
.
"Welcoming, protecting, promoting and integrating: this is the work we
must carry out," Pope Francis said. Don't miss U.S. bishops' words
and experiences.

In the Chicago area, the Parish of St. Catherine-St. Lucy and St. Giles
is heeding the call but needs more help, as Jessica D'Onofrio of ABC7

reports. And in Boston, Cardinal Sean O'Malley is urging church
members across the local archdiocese to act now and help migrant
families, reports Nick Stoico of the Boston Globe
.

A quick plug: This afternoon our friends with State Business Executives
are hosting a webinar
on business-led immigration solutions with voices from Arizona,
Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah. Learn more and register at the link.

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

**TEXAS BILLS** - The Texas House has approved three border-focused
bills, reports Uriel J. García of The Texas Tribune
.
One would allow police officers to send back migrants and make crossing
the border illegally a state crime, one would allot more than $1 billion
for border wall construction and the third would increase penalties for
human smugglers. The Forum addressed concerns about two of the bills in
a letter
 this
week. Separately, an open letter
to Gov. Greg Abbott,
led by Texas evangelical women, recently surpassed 2,000 signatures.

**MIGRANT CHILDREN** - The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday
addressed incidents of migrant children working dangerous jobs, report
Nina Sparling and Nadine Sebai of The Public's Radio

in Rhode Island. The United States' inability to pass meaningful
immigration reform is one reason migrant children end up as workers,
sociology professor Stephanie L. Canizales writes in a Los Angeles Times

op-ed.

**WAIVER REQUEST** - Maine's Department of Labor has asked the
federal government to allow asylum seekers to get jobs and support
themselves more quickly, reports Randy Billings of the Portland Press
Herald
.
In a letter to DHS and USCIS, Maine Labor Commissioner wrote that a
waiver of the federal waiting period for work permits would "provide a
tremendous boost to Maine's workforce and economy now and into the
future."

**DIFFERENCES** - Legal paths to resettle in the U.S. make a
difference. Monica Eng of Axios

contrasts Chicago's ability to welcome 30,000 Ukrainian refugees with
temporary humanitarian parole with its challenges in welcoming 19,000
Latino migrants within the same time span. First on the list: "Ukrainian
refugees have an easier path to resettlement in the U.S."

Thanks for reading,

Dan

**P.S.**As always, there are lots of interesting immigration-related
findings in the Public Religion Research Institute's 2023 American
Values Survey, just released
.

 

 

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