The Forum Daily | Tuesday, December 05, 2023
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THE FORUM DAILY

Aging undocumented farmworkers face major uncertainty when it's time
to stop working, reports Miriam Jordan of The New York Times
.  

The Department of Agriculture now estimates that more than 40% of
America's crop workers are here without a legal status. Although many
pay income taxes, they are unable to access the benefits they've been
paying into.  

With no legal path to citizenship, many are stuck working until they are
physically unable. "God knows I'm not lazy," said Guillermina
Gonzalez, 63. "I am willing to work, but my body aches. I'm not young
anymore."  

Separately, Mexico has stopped migrant deportations and transfers,
saying they lack the funding needed to continue, reports María Verza of
the Associated Press
.  

With the standstill in funding, "Mexico is likely to rely more heavily
on National Guard soldiers for migration management, a mission that they
are barely prepared to fulfill," said Adam Isacson, an immigration
analyst with the Washington Office on Latin America. 

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, Isabella Miller and Darika Verdugo. If you
have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] . 

**POSTURING, MEET POLLING** - Senate negotiations over border and
asylum changes paired with funding for Ukraine, as well as Israel and
Taiwan, have hit a dead end - or not, depending on whom you ask.
Punchbowl News has the latest,
including House Speaker Mike Johnson's insistence that nothing less
than a severe measure, HR 2
,
will do. Meanwhile, our newly released data

in conjunction with The Bullfinch Group show that 86% of Republicans,
and of registered voters overall, want candidates who support targeted
border and immigration solutions. Sandra Sanchez covers the numbers in
Border Report
.
 

**TECH ISSUES** - CBP One, the U.S. government's asylum app,
continues to face criticism for its limitations and inefficiencies,
reports Julia Love of Bloomberg
.
The app, available in only three languages, excludes many asylum
seekers. The Biden administration says it has made improvements, but
average wait times remain extensive. 

**CLIMATE AND MIGRATION** - As the annual U.N. climate conference
continues, University of Delaware Professor Saleem H. Ali writes in
Forbes

that migration spurred by climate change requires a different approach.
He notes the International Organization for Migration's three-point
recommendations to the conference, including creating accessible
financial solutions for vulnerable populations and embracing "human
mobility" as its own strategy. Global leaders quickly will need to
understand migration as "a complex adaptive system of human well-being,"
Ali writes.  

**BIGGER BACKLOG** - More than 100,000 young people with Special
Immigrant Juvenile Status are part of lengthening backlogs to receive
their green cards, reports Daniella Silva of NBC News
.
The program offers a legal pathway for young immigrants who have
experienced abuse or neglect by a parent. A report
published by the End SIJS
Backlog Coalition and Tulane Law School's Immigrant Rights Clinic says
that the number of individuals waiting has more than doubled within the
past two years, from about 45,000 in 2021 to more than 107,000 earlier
this year.  

**ACCESS** - A new bipartisan bill in Wisconsin could expand work
authorization and education access for people with Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA), reports Jessie Opoien of the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
.
The bill would allow DACA recipients to receive state-issued
professional licenses and qualify for in-state tuition at public
universities. For a helpful resource on pending legislation in 17 states
(though not yet Wisconsin), see the Higher Ed Immigration Portal's new
tracker
. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan  

 

 

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