After months of negotiations, yesterday senators released their bipartisan border and immigration bill yesterday, as Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports for CBS News. 

A week ago, Jennie talked about what real solutions could look like. The Senate bill takes some steps in that direction, while leaving a lot out. Some of the good: progress toward addressing our Afghan allies’ need for certainty and a solution for "documented Dreamers." 

On asylum reforms, the bill is mixed. It addresses some important policy changes to asylum adjudication and would provide more resources; however, it also would give the executive branch the ability to restrict access to the asylum system during spikes in unauthorized border crossings. 

And the not-so-good: Solutions for Dreamers, people with Temporary Protected Status, and the farm workforce are missing. 

"No matter what happens with this bill, it cannot be the end of Republicans’ and Democrats’ courageous work together," Jennie said last night. "Americans need, and want, more." 

Speaking of not so good, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) wrote that the bill "will be dead on arrival" should it reach the House, Siobhan Hughes and Michelle Hackman of The Wall Street Journal report. 

Meanwhile, a growing group of Christian women are turning to the Gospel as they open their hearts regarding migrants, Lauren Villagran reports in USA Today.  

"The Bible doesn’t have anything to say about U.S. immigration policy, but it does have a lot to say about the immigrant and the refugee," said Bri Stensrud, Director of Women of Welcome. She tells her peers, "Your compassion isn't political. It's meant to be prophetic."  

Don’t miss the closing quote from Carla Cochrane, who visited the U.S.-Mexico border after feeling a spiritual calling. 

Welcome to Monday’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, Clara Villatoro and Ally Villarreal. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected]. 

SAVING THE ECONOMY — Nebraska’s economic growth is hindered by a tight labor market, low population growth and a skilled worker shortage, reports Henry J. Cordes of the Omaha World-Herald. In a state Chamber of Commerce study, expanding legal immigration is among a handful of recommendations to make Nebraska more competitive and welcoming. And in The New York Times, Amanda Taub and Lauren Leatherby offer a global perspective on how population decreases contribute to divisive politics. Immigration "has allowed a few wealthy countries to cushion the blow of demographic change," they note. 

FEUD — In a border press conference with visiting Republican governors, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) defended his border tactics and again described migrants as mounting an "invasion," report Pooja Salhotra and Madaleine Rubin of the The Texas Tribune. About half of the 25 governors who released a joint statement last month praising Abbott’s tactics and feud with the federal government were present.  

DEPORTATIONS — The United States has resumed deporting some Mexican migrants by flying them deep into Mexico, reports Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times. After two years of focusing on deportations for Mexicans over land, an increase in crossings has spurred the change, he writes. Mexican officials say the flights will continue on a regular basis.   

‘BRAIN DRAIN’ — More than 150 universities and colleges are supporting efforts to save Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) through an appeals court amicus brief, reports Rae Ann Varona of Law360. DACA recipients contribute roughly $9.4 billion in taxes, the signatories note. "Denying DACA recipients removal protection and work authorization would open the spigot for 'brain drain' — instead of contributing to the U.S. economy, these graduates may well end up taking their skilled labor elsewhere," they write. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

P.S. On a happier note, Su Casa Family Ministries in Memphis, Tennessee, is helping immigrants learn English and navigate their new lives, Corie Ventura of WREG reports.