The Forum Daily | Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Raising and extending border barriers doesn't necessarily stop
migrants - but it does put them at greater risk of serious injuries
and death. Miriam Jordan of The New York Times

is the latest to report on the trend. 

Physicians along the southern border are trying to better track and
study the phenomenon and suggest that the increase stands out beyond the
higher number of migrants coming to the border, Jordan writes. 

"One look, and I know it's another wall fall," said Brian Elmore, an
emergency medicine physician at Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center in El Paso. 

Meanwhile, with pressure from the U.S. government to curtail migration
north, El Salvador has begun to charge a $1,130 fee to travelers from
dozens of countries who connect through the country's main airport,
reports Megan Janetsky of the Associated Press
.  

Authorities say 57 people from mainly African countries and India have
paid the fee since the end of October. Officials say the fee is not
explicitly to counteract migration, though the government acknowledged a
recent increase in migrants from these countries. 

**A note that we're heading to Houston** for the Forum's annual
Leading the Way convening. What better time than a year from the 2024
election to gather faith, law enforcement, business and national
security leaders and talk about immigration solutions that unify rather
than divide? We'll bring you an abbreviated Daily tomorrow, with no
edition Thursday or Friday. 

On my reading list: J. David Goodman, Edgar Sandoval and Robert
Gebeloff's piece in The New York Times

on Texas' changing demographics.  

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] . 

**MAYORKAS** - Eight Republicans joined Democrats last night in at
least slowing a politicized effort to impeach Homeland Security
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, report Melissa Quinn and Caitlin Yilek of
CBS News
. The
House voted 209-201 to refer the impeachment measure, introduced by Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia), to committee. A DHS spokesperson
said the effort is "completely without merit and a harmful distraction
from our critical national security priorities."  

**ON CAMPUS** - Good news at colleges and universities: International
students are returning after the pandemic. The growth rate of such
students is at its fastest in 40-plus years, reports Nick Anderson of
The Washington Post
.
The number of international students in U.S. higher education grew 12%
last school year from the previous one, according to a report
from the State Department and Institute of
International Education. Students from India and other South Asian
countries fueled the growth. Their economic contribution last school
year alone was a cool $40.1 billion, Anna Esaki-Smith reports in Forbes
. 

**CITIZENSHIP** - A bill in New York that would help the families of
military veterans become U.S. citizens is awaiting Gov. Kathy Hochul's
signature, reports Jamie DeLine of News10
.
The measure would provide legal resources and social workers to guide
eligible family members through the process. 

**GRANNIES RESPOND** - An appeal to nationwide members of Grannies
Respond/Abuelas Responden seeks
secondhand winter coats to help legally processed migrants on the
Texas-Mexico border stay warm, reports Sandra Sanchez of Border Report
.
Organization leaders launched the effort after a visit to the Rio Grande
Valley in October where they heard the needs of Team Brownsville
, a nonprofit that assists
migrants.  

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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