The Forum Daily | Friday, January 26, 2024
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As we continue to see immigration used as a contentious political
talking point, some Catholic organizations are urging people to remember
empathy, reports Rhina Guidos of the National Catholic Reporter
. 

Lisa Buscher of the Society of the Sacred Heart is one of many nuns who
work with migrants and refugees in border communities. She urges people
to view migration more globally and to remember, "These are ordinary
people in extraordinary circumstances. It could be any one of us." 

Evangelical leaders, too, are calling for compassion, Aleisa Schat of
The N'West Iowa Review

is the latest to report. 

Separately, a team at ABC News

works to shed light on conditions in some South American countries that
are driving migration. 

"Who would want to leave their country, their home? No one.
Circumstances force people to make those decisions," said Mileidy
Navarro, a Venezuelan woman who moved to Colombia with her family six
years ago and now is considering migrating again. 

And for Spectrum News 1
,
Brooke Reilly presents the story of an Ecuadorian asylum seeker who
described a difficult journey not only to the U.S. but after she
arrived. The bright spot, in the woman's words: Once in upstate New
York, people "without even knowing me, open their doors, open their
hearts to me as a person ... and were able to just make me feel so warm
and welcome[,] and that really touched me deeply." 

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 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] . 

**UNCERTAINTY** - Although the weeks-long immigration talks in the
Senate appear still to be alive, they're at risk. This morning House
Speaker Mike Johnson wrote that a deal could be "dead on arrival,"
Lauren Fox and Manu Raju report for CNN
. CBN
News reports on
other challenges for the talks - followed by our friend Matt Soerens
speaking on the perspective border visits provide. The Wall Street
Journal

editorial board's take: "[G]iving up on a border security bill would
be a self-inflicted GOP wound. ... Cynical is the only word that fits
Republicans panning a border deal whose details aren't even known." 

**SEEKING SUPPORT** - Community groups and residents are actively
supporting 800 to 1,000 migrants who have arrived in Whitewater,
Wisconsin, reports Evan Casey of Wisconsin Public Radio
. "When
I finally got here, I was happy ... I (tried) to find a better place to
live, try to feel safe, try to work hard as everyone does," said Byron,
a Nicaraguan immigrant who recently settled in Whitewater. To the
northwest in Eau Claire, faith-based World Relief is preparing to greet
a new group of refugees, reports Tom Giffey of Volume One
. 

**REUNITED** - A family finally has reunited after a 14-year
separation caused by immigration hurdles, reports Alisa Reznick of
KJZZ's Fronteras Desk
.
In 2009, Gloria De La Rosa, an undocumented mother of four, left the
U.S. for a green card appointment in Juarez, Mexico. However, due to her
undocumented status, she faced a 10-year entry ban to the U.S. Now,
Gloria has been allowed to return to the U.S. as a permanent resident.
Bill, her son, reflects on the lost time and the pain the family has
endured. 

**PREPARING WELCOME** - More than 300 Afghan refugees arrived recently
in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, after a charter flight from Pakistan,
reports Hayatullah Amanat of CTV News Saskatoon
.
They are bound for more than 30 communities across Canada. 

This week in local welcome: 

* In St. Louis, a new grant gives a local health care group the ability
to assist more displaced Afghans. (Alvin A. Reid, The St. Louis American
) 

* A resettled Afghan is bringing his country's cuisine to a Knoxville,
Tennessee, food hall. (Ella Wales, WATE
)
 

* PBS Wisconsin Education is offering a "warm" welcome to refugee
children with handmade quilts. (Tara Lovdahl, PBS Wisconsin
) 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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