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