The Forum Daily | Thursday, January 25, 2024
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The Texas National Guard and state troopers continue efforts to roll out
razor wire and prevent federal Border Patrol officers from entering a
local park, despite this week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling enabling
federal access, report Uriel J. García of The Texas Tribune

and Davis Winkie of the Military Times
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The Supreme Court's ruling vacated a lower-court decision that had
prevented Border Patrol agents from cutting the wire along the Rio
Grande. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security sent a letter to
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office demanding that officers be
allowed access to the park.  

The Texas Military Department said in an unsigned statement the same
day that the agency "continues to hold the line in Shelby Park to deter
and prevent unlawful entry into the State of Texas." Meanwhile, Gov.
Greg Abbott defended his actions, García and Winkie note. 

The mounting feud also includes challenges to Texas' Senate Bill 4, a
law set to go into effect in March, reports Hogan Gore of the Austin
American-Statesman
.
The law, which creates new state penalties for people crossing the
border without authorization, could be delayed by a federal court
order. 

A quick point: The federal government is in charge of immigration
enforcement for some very good reasons - not least that it deals with
foreign governments and can make a single, coherent policy rather than
having 50 different enforcement policies in 50 states.  

Welcome to Thursday'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]
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**ON THE HILL** - In a private meeting with GOP colleagues, Sen. Mitch
McConnell (R-Kentucky) said that time and momentum for a bipartisan
border deal will run out soon if they haven't already, report Jake
Sherman and John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News
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Donald Trump's opposition appears to be a big reason for the shift. 

**OPEN LETTER** - Prominent Cuban Americans in Florida have written
an open letter in support of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
Mayorkas and to speak out against efforts to remove him, reports Alyssa
Johnson of the Miami Herald
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The group, including a former state Republican party chair, urges
Republican leaders in Congress "to put aside political stunts" and work
on border solutions. (Sounds familiar
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**IMPLICATIONS** - Artem Marchuk and his family, who escaped the war
in Ukraine, are among many who have resettled in America under
humanitarian parole, as Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times

reports. The program, allowing temporary residence without visas, has
been a contentious part of the negotiations in Congress. 

**WORK AUTHORIZATION** - In Chicago, about 1,000 migrants - and
possibly more - have received work permits in the past four months,
Monica Eng of Axios Chicago

reports. The move toward more migrants being self-sufficient comes as
the city has issued 60-day eviction notices to migrants in shelters and
has ceased creating new shelter spaces. State officials in November
identified more than 4,600 people in shelters who likely qualify for
work permits or Temporary Protected Status.  

**WELCOME INITIATIVE** - Organizations are coming together in Fort
Wayne, Indiana, to improve immigrant inclusion, reports Taylor King of
WANE
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"Welcoming Fort Wayne Plan" draws on data and community input to welcome
immigrants and refugees, demonstrate their importance to the economic
and cultural growth of the community and align immigrant interests with
civic leadership. Amani Family Services, Downtown Fort Wayne, and
Greater Fort Wayne Inc. launched the plan Tuesday. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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