The Forum Daily | Friday, January 5, 2024
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas yesterday called for
lawmakers to reach a bipartisan agreement to address migration, reports
Analisa Novak of CBS News
. 

With some Republicans threatening a government shutdown unless Congress
adopts hardline immigration policies, Mayorkas said the focus should be
on "solutions, not making the problem worse by taking away the funding
that our public servants rely on to do their work in the service of the
American people." 

Separately, the United States is seeing a higher number of African
migrants cross the border from Mexico as countries in Europe become
increasingly unwelcoming, reports Miriam Jordan of The New York Times
. 

Tara D. Sonenshine, a former undersecretary of state for public
diplomacy and public affairs, writes in The Hill

that European countries' responses offer a cautionary tale for the
U.S.: "Let's hope we are not moving too far in a direction that
deprives America of its diverse labor force and creates a mood of
resentment against those who legitimately flee other countries to bring
value to ours." 

Welcome to Friday'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, Clara Villatoro and Katie
Lutz. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send
it to me at [email protected]
. 

**PRIDE IN WELCOME** - Erie, Pennsylvania, Mayor Joe Schember isn't
bashful about his city trying to attract migrants. In an interview with
A Martínez of NPR
,
Schember speaks of the city's efforts to welcome new Americans - and
his efforts to work together with local Republicans. "In the last 10
years, we've sworn in 3,337 new U.S. citizens from 110 different
countries all over the world. And we're very proud of that," Schember
said. 

**CHRISTIAN WELCOME** - Ann Wittman strengthens her faith and her
connection to the greater St. Louis community through her work with
displaced Afghans, reports Jonah McKeown of The Catholic Telegraph
.
Wittman offers newcomers with material assistance and friendship. Now
Wittman and her cousin have founded a new organization, HumanKind STL,
to continue the work of welcome. 

Elsewhere in local welcome recently: 

* A casino in Shawnee, Oklahoma, is joining other organizations to
support Afghan refugees. (Carla Hinton, The Oklahoman
) 

* In Williamsburg, Virginia, a former Afghan interpreter and his family
are finding a new community. (Sian Wilkerson, Virginia Gazette News
) 

* The #AfghanEvac coalition, dedicated to resettling Afghan allies, has
grown to include more than 250 organizations worldwide and has helped
125,000 Afghans resettle in the U.S. Founder Shawn VanDiver, a Navy
veteran, re-ups the call on Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment
Act. (Joey Safchik, NBC San Diego
) 

**BUS LAWSUIT** - New York City sued the bus companies responsible for
bringing migrants from the U.S-Mexico border in Texas and into the city,
reports Joe Miller of the Financial Times
. The
lawsuit seeks $708 million from the companies, which Texas hired. The
city says the sum reflects its costs as 33,600 migrants have arrived on
buses since spring 2022. The bus companies earned millions of dollars in
revenue and broke New York law, according to the suit.  

**HISTORY HERE** - In his grand finale for The Dallas Morning News
,
Alfredo Corchado explores the history of Mexican migrant workers in the
United States in the 1950s - including his own family's story.
Corchado looks at the history and meaning of Rio Vista Farm, once a
processing center for Mexican laborers and now a National Historic
Landmark. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

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