The Forum Daily | Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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The National Border Patrol Council has endorsed the bipartisan Senate
deal to address the border and provide aid for U.S. allies, reports
Julie Tsirkin of NBC News
.
The group, which endorsed Donald Trump in 2020, said the bill would
"drop illegal border crossings nationwide."

The Chamber of Commerce is on board too, reports Julia Shapero of The
Hill
:
"The economic disruption and human suffering wrought by our border
crisis have become so severe that Congress cannot afford to ignore these
problems any longer," Chamber Executive Vice President and Chief Policy
Officer Neil Bradley said in a statement.

Yet the bill's future appears tenuous, even in the Senate, Burgess
Everett and Ursula Perano report in Politico
.

Meanwhile, its provisions are disappointing for people with Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), reports Richard Cowan of Reuters
.
The Dreamers' exclusion from the compromise affects the 544,690 people
currently protected from deportation and able to work and study, all of
whom were brought to the United States as children and don't have a
path to citizenship.

The bill does include help for our Afghan allies, Leo Shane III of the
Military Times

reports. "It's critical that Congress uphold our nation's word to
our Afghan allies and continue to defend democracy across the globe,"
said Rye Barcott, CEO of With Honor Action.

We'll remind the naysayers that large majorities of Americans want
solutions for these allies
,
as well as for Dreamers and the border
.

We included an incorrect link on Friday. Here is the link to Halena
Sepulveda's piece for Spectrum News 1
. Welcome
to Tuesday'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]
.

**DREAM UNREALIZED** - Jasmine Arenas of CBS News Colorado

is among the latest to highlight how longer wait times for DACA renewals
are leaving thousands of recipients [not to mention their employers] in
a state of exacerbated limbo. "I'm coming up on seven years with my
current employer, if I don't get [my renewal] on time, I basically lose
my job," said Maria Ovando. Glennis Hoffman, founder of the
WeAreDREAMERS Network, tells Liz Gonzalez of Fox 26 News

in California, "Our livelihoods are at stake. Everything's at stake
right now for DACA recipients."

**'CAPACITY TO WELCOME'**- Sasha Chanoff of WBUR

highlights the success of the Welcome Corps program as a way that
Americans are assisting eligible new arrivals. So far, about 2 million
Americans have taken steps to sponsor people who want to seek refuge
here, Chanoff reports. "These numbers represent a dramatic expansion of
American capacity to welcome newcomers and demonstrate that sponsorship
is a unifying force at a time when America's sense of common purpose
is badly eroded," Chanoff writes.

**THREATS**- Southern Arizona's migrant-aid organizations face rising
threats from armed vigilantes and misinformation, reports Emily Bregel
of the Arizona Daily Star
.
Wrongfully linked to traffickers by extremist groups and inflammatory
political rhetoric, Tucson's Casa Alitas shelter and others have ramped
up security measures. Meanwhile, a migrant processing facility near
Eagle Pass, Texas, was evacuated in recent days after the FBI was
alerted to threats from known extremists, Jorge Ventura reports in
NewsNation
.
And in Texas Monthly
,
Bekah McNeel has a deeper look at Christian nationalist rhetoric among a
border convoy.

**NEIGHBORS**- Brooklyn, New York, parents rallied to support migrant
families facing eviction around Christmas, Jay Root of The New York
Times

reports, with photos by Victor J. Blue. New Yorkers donated winter
clothing, meals and funds, raising $15,000. The initiative enabled three
families to find temporary housing in their neighborhood. 

Thanks for reading,

Dan

 

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