The Forum Daily | Thursday, November 02, 2023
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The United States plans to announce new development financing for
countries who host migrants in the Western Hemisphere, report Ted
Hesson and Andrea Shalal of Reuters
.  

 Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to attend a
summit with President Biden tomorrow (see our preview here
)
to discuss economic issues and migration. The U.S. has been working with
the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to create a new financial
platform for higher- and middle-income countries, and it is also
planning to expand its contributions to the IDB, Hesson and Shalal
note. 

 "We are talking about building competitive regional supply chains that
can compete in the market," a senior U.S. official said. The expectation
is that better economies elsewhere in the hemisphere could reduce
migrant arrivals in the U.S. 

 The summit comes as the mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los
Angeles and New York seek to meet with Biden to discuss getting federal
support to manage the increase in migrant arrivals, reports Colleen Long
of the Associated Press
.  

 In a letter, the leaders expressed that while they appreciate what
Biden has done so far, much more help is needed, especially for work
permits.  

"The crisis is we have folks here who desperately want to work. And we
have employers here who desperately want to hire them. And we have a
federal government that's standing in the way of employers who want to
hire employees who want to work," said Denver Mayor Mike Johnson. 

 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] .  

 

**SECURITY** - Protecting our national security interests requires
changing immigration policies to bolster our workforce in the face of
adverse labor and demographic trends, according to a white paper
published yesterday

by the Council on National Security and Immigration (CNSI). "These
trends have significant implications for the nation's economic and
national security, particularly as we face the growing influence of
competitors such as China," CNSI leaders Theresa Cardinal Brown and
Margaret Stock write in the paper.  

 

**CONCERNS** - A bill advancing through the Texas legislature that
would make entering the country illegally a state crime raises
constitutional concerns, The Dallas Morning News

editorial board writes. The bill would allow law enforcement officers to
arrest migrants who entered Texas illegally, a move that risks abuse of
power and racial profiling, the editorial notes. Gus Bova shares similar
concerns, and others, in his Texas Observer

piece. 

 

**HIGHER RISK** - Data from the full fiscal year confirm a trend
we've reported previously: Migrant deaths in the El Paso region almost
doubled due in part to record-setting heat, reports Julian Resendiz of
Border Report
.
Among 149 migrants who died in fiscal year 2023, nearly 60 perished from
heat-related illness, compared with 19 the year before. Most of the
fatalities took place across the border in one of the largest corridors
for smugglers. Advocates say Texas policies are also pushing migrants to
take greater risks.  

 

**GUATEMALA'S CHILDREN** - International humanitarian aid
organizations are turning their attention toward children whom the U.S.
and Mexico have deported to Guatemala, report Julia Ainsley and Didi
Martinez for NBC News
.
Most children are dropped off in Guatemala City, which in some cases is
hours away from their families' homes. Lutheran Immigration and
Refugee Service has opened a new office in Guatemala to help children
return safely. 

 Thanks for reading,  

 Dan  

**P.S.** Listen to Jennie reframe the migration conversation with a
faith focus on "The Common Good
,"
and then, the National Catholic Reporter,

read Jesús de la Torre of the Hope Border Institute on how the Catholic
Church can continue to assist migrants. 

 

 

 

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