The Forum Daily | Monday, November 20, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

City and county officials in Texas are concerned that the state's
Senate Bill 4 would come at a high cost to local governments, Andrea
Drusch and Iris Dimmick write in the San Antonio Report
.
 

SB 4 also is causing concern in El Paso, Adam Powell and Daniel Borunda
of the El Paso Times

report. "We have pushed community policing and laws like these really
work to erode that relationship we have with our community," El Paso
County Sheriff Richard Wiles said. 

The bill would allow police officers to arrest migrants who entered the
country illegally and local judges to order deportations. Advocates
argue that it defies federal law and will lead to racial profiling. (Gus
Bova of the Texas Observer

doesn't mince words on these points.) 

And Mexico's government has issued a statement rejecting the law,
reports Uriel J. García of The Texas Tribune
:
"The Government of Mexico reiterates its rejection of any measure that
contemplates the involuntary return of migrants without respect for due
process."

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the bill into law soon. Speaking of
Abbott, Jill Colvin, Paul J. Weber and Michelle L. Price of the
Associated Press

report on Abbott's endorsement of Donald Trump during the two's
visit to a border town yesterday. 

Welcome to Monday'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] . 

**JOINT EFFORTS** - President Biden and Mexican President Andrés
Manuel López Obrador reaffirmed their commitment to combating fentanyl
trafficking and addressed migration in a meeting Friday, reports Maegan
Vazquez of The Washington Post
.
"Further progress needs to be made to address the migratory phenomenon,"
López Obrador said. "We're working on that jointly, in coordination."
For more on how fentanyl is and is not related to the border and
migration, see our recent resource
. 

**PAROLE** - While Texas is leading a lawsuit against a Biden
administration program allowing humanitarian parole for migrants from
four countries, parole recipients wait to hear their fate, Uriel J.
García of The Texas Tribune

reports. As of October, more than 269,000 people have been accepted
into the program. "I don't see this program necessarily as the answer to
all of our problems, but I think that this program is really a bright
spot in an extremely broken immigration system," said Eric Sype, an
American who has sponsored his Nicaraguan friend through the program.  

**CITIES RESPOND** - Some cities are having migrants choose between
temporary shelter and a ticket to their destination, reports Jesse
Bedayn of the Associated Press
.
But some of those destination cities also are strained, and several
cities' mayors have jointly asked the Biden administration for more
help. Meanwhile, churches and other local organizations and governments
are doing their best to help. Chicago suburb Oak Park is one example, as
Esther Yoon-Ji Kang of WBEZ Chicago

reports, and Katie Hyson of KPBS

tells the story of welcome at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in San
Diego. 

**FINDING SOLACE** - After a difficult journey from Nicaragua and with
an asylum application pending, Jarol Sobalvarro has found community and
solace at St. Patrick Parish and with its choir, Sophie Carson reports
for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
.
"They look out for me," Sobalvarro said. "They respect people for who
they are. For me, that's worth a lot." The piece is one in a five-part
series on immigration in Milwaukee. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan  

**P.S.** Watch the trailer for "The Test,"
a short documentary that tells
the story of one man as he prepares to take the U.S. citizenship test
with the help of his community.  

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