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THE FORUM DAILY

 

Happy Valentine's Day! We can't express our feelings better than our
Digital Comms team has
. 

Now to the news ... 

Congress' actions in the past week are not helping the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). After border and immigration provisions were
dropped from a supplemental spending bill last week, supplemental
spending compromise last week, DHS could find itself with a budget
deficit as challenges remain formidable, reports Julia Ainsley of NBC
News
.
 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is estimating a budget
deficit of more than $500 million, and crucial areas of its operations
could face shortfalls by May if Congress doesn't offer funding
alternatives, Ainsley notes. 

"Cities and communities along the border and in the interior of the
United States where migrants are awaiting their immigration court
proceedings would suffer," a DHS spokesperson said. 

On the political front, House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland
Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last night after a failed attempt
last week, report John Parkinson, Lauren Peller and Ayesha Ali of ABC
News
.
  

Last night's vote was 214-213, with three Republicans still voting no.
The Senate is expected not to convict Mayorkas - and the Council on
National Security and Immigration, which comprises experts who served in
Republican presidential administrations, is urging them not to
. 

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 Jillian Clark, Isabella Miller, Darika Verdugo and Clara
Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please
send it to me at [email protected]
. 

ECONOMIC IMPACT - Tighter immigration laws could put a significant
dent in the long-term growth of the U.S. economy, report Aris
Folley and Rafael Bernal of The Hill
.
"The vast majority of population growth that we have in the U.S. right
now is from immigration," said Wendy Edelberg of The Hamilton Project
and the Brookings Institution. "This is a key reason why our labor
force grew in the past couple of years." In an op-ed also in The Hill
,
Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers lays out the
need for immigration solutions in his industry. 

CONCERNS - A new bill disturbingly named the "Arizona Invasion Act"
aims to criminalize unauthorized immigration at the state level, reports
Silvia Solis of the Arizona Republic
.
Opponents say the bill raises civil and human rights concerns and note
its similarity to the state's SB 1070 law, which the U.S. Supreme
Court greatly weakened, and Texas' enforcement tactics. Meanwhile,
volunteers who are aiding migrants facing harsh weather in remote areas
are facing threats of arrest, Emily Bregel of the Arizona Daily Star

reports. 

IOWA'S WORKERS - Immigration advocates in Iowa are urging state
lawmakers to stop a group of anti-immigration laws that could impact the
state's workforce, reports Galen Bacharier of the Des Moines Register
.
The legislation under consideration could affect immigrants and workers
in several ways, Bacharier reports. "We are already struggling to keep
people here," said the Rev. Guillermo Treviño, director of Escucha Mi
Voz Iowa.  

JUDGE'S ORDER - A federal judge has ordered ICE to disclose its 339
active policies by October, Nik Altenberg of KQED

reports. The directive follows a complaint filed by immigrant rights
group Al Otro Lado over the secrecy surrounding ICE's operations,
especially concerning immigration detention and deportation procedures
and the behavior of private contractors in ICE detention facilities.  

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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