|
|
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
|
|
