New Hampshire voters are concerned that Donald Trump "is too extreme to compete in the November general election" even though he came out on top in the Republican primary yesterday, report Josh Boak and Linley Sanders of the Associated Press.   

Of course, immigration has been one of Trump’s key issues in the campaign. In an analysis for Forbes, Andy J. Semotiuk explores the difficulties Trump would face in carrying out one of his (extreme) promises, the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. In short, the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law stand in the way, he writes.  

As more voters rank immigration as their top concern — Rafael Bernal of The Hill has that story — Kirk Semple and Jonah M. Kessel of The New York Times offer a unique opinion video of how the immigration debate has moved from the bipartisan consensus-finding of the 1980s to the current polarization. They note that Americans still want solutions not just for the border but for legal immigration processes, as the Forum also has found consistently. 

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s strategic communications VP, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Isabella Miller, Jillian Clark and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].  

PLEA — Nine Democratic governors sent a letter to President Biden and congressional leaders seeking cooperation to address border and immigration challenges, reports Chris Lisinski of Statehouse News. "America needs a federal solution that supports our economy, immigrants and fixes our immigration system," the governors wrote. Meanwhile, frustration over the negotiations was on the menu at Republican senators’ lunch yesterday, Jordain Carney and Ursula Perano report in Politico. Alexander Bolton of The Hill has more on Republican senators’ concerns. 

TEXAS BATTLE — After the Supreme Court's ruling allowing federal border officials to cut razor wire and reach migrants along the Rio Grande in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton said that their battle will continue, reports John C. Moritz of USA Today. Yesterday the Texas Military Department posted pictures on X of Texas National Guard soldiers adding more razor wire along the river in Eagle Pass.  

FAMILY — Some Haitian immigrants are experiencing the collateral effects of migration including emotional struggles and family disruptions, reports Verlande Cadet of Global Press Journal. Youdeline Garçon, who arrived in the U.S. under the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program for Haitians, has experienced childbirth and other life challenges without her husband, whose application wasn’t successful. Nathasha Charles stayed in Haiti with her son when her husband came to the U.S. "Many Haitians would not have considered leaving their country and their families if the socioeconomic conditions were different," she said. 

‘LET’S HELP EACH OTHER’ — As advocacy to streamline migrant work permits continues, longtime immigrant workers are helping newcomers adapt, reports Karen Yi of Gothamist. As new day laborers stand in common gathering spots waiting for work, immigrants such as Silvano Bautista step in to offer advice on how to get fair pay. Lucia Goyen, day laborers program director at Catholic Charities of New York, says of older workers’ relationship with newcomers, "They came to more of a mutual understanding of, ‘we know, we've been there, so let's help each other out for the good of everybody.’" 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 P.S. The opening of a new Turkish restaurant in Hartford, Connecticut, gave the city’s mayor an opportunity to celebrate his "city of immigrants," as Stephen Underwood of the Hartford Courant notes. "Over so many generations, whether they were Irish, Italian, Uzbek, or West Indian, everybody has brought their own literal flavor to the city," said Mayor Arunan Arulampalam.