The Forum Daily | Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

As the world changes, so do the reasons people must flee their
homelands. The United States' decades-old asylum system is not
prepared for such changes, reports Miriam Jordan
of The New York Times
.

The Miskito, an Indigenous group from Honduras, is one example. They are
fleeing the effects of extreme weather - but weather and climate are
not on the list as grounds for asylum.

"Our asylum law was crafted when climate change wasn't even being
contemplated, and we are now very aware this is going to be one of the
biggest issues of the century," said Ann Garcia, a lawyer at the
National Immigration Project.

Jocelyn Perry and Yael Schacher of Refugees International wrote recently
in Just Security

about a newly proposed bill that would address climate migration - and
say it deserves bipartisan support.

Stay tuned for a forthcoming Forum paper on this topic.

Meanwhile, tightening asylum laws is at the top of the list for senators
looking to make a bipartisan deal together with additional aid for
Ukraine, Michelle Hackman and Lindsay Wise report in The Wall Street
Journal
.

Although there appears to be some openness to a compromise on asylum
laws, parole programs are a sticking point, Burgess Everett of Politico

reports.

The Forum Daily team hopes you had a thankful and restful weekend.
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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, Isabella Miller and
Marcela Aguirre. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected]
.

**LIMITED RESOURCES**

****- A Texas border crossing is closed to vehicles and an Arizona
crossing has limited traffic in an effort to redirect resources towards
unauthorized crossings, the Associated Press

reports. "As we respond with additional resources and apply consequences
for unlawful entry, the migration trends shift as well," Customs and
Border Protection said in a statement.

**STATES' CHALLENGES** - Cold weather is adding complexity to
cities' and states' challenges to shelter an increasing number of
migrants, report Shia Kapos, Lisa Kashinsky and Katelyn Cordero of
Politico
.
As some states step in to help their cities, governors and other
officials continue to call for more federal support. In Colorado, many
migrants have nowhere to turn after they reach stay limits at shelters,
reports Kristian Lopez of Denver7
.

**FEAR IN FLORIDA**- Florida's SB 1718 law, which took effect in
July, has posed many challenges for undocumented immigrants who have
remained in the state, Christopher Vargas of WLRN

reports. He shares the story of Lucho, one undocumented immigrant whom
the law has affected. He and his family now "live in fear of a run-in
with authorities or a late-night knock on the door," Vargas writes.

**OPINION ROUNDUP** - Don't miss three powerful takes on the need
for secure and compassionate immigration reforms:

* Our national security suffers when immigration policies from the
executive branch bounce around the judicial system, C. Stewart Verdery
Jr. writes in the Washington Examiner
.
The solution? "[F]or Congress to enshrine immigration policies into
law."

* "[L]et's focus on what can unite us," Carl Ruby, Ph.D., senior
pastor at Central Christian Church, urges in the Ohio Capital Journal
.

* Our colleague Arturo Castellanos Canales writes compellingly in Mexico
Today

of the effects of Texas' border policies on U.S.-Mexico relations.

Thanks for reading,

Dan

**P.S.** From Catherine E. Shoichet and Thomas Lake at CNN
,
read how a chance encounter at the southern border forever changed the
lives of an American family and a Mexican migrant.

 

 

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