The Forum Daily | Monday, February 26, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY** 

Speaking at a National Governors Association meeting on Friday,
President Joe Biden lamented that the Senate's bipartisan border and
immigration proposal failed to move forward and said he is considering
executive actions, report Zeke Miller and Seung Min Kim of the
Associated Press
.
 

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said Biden "didn't specify what actions he
is considering, but ... noted that he was confronting the limits of what
he can do without Congress." In The Wall Street Journal
,
Michelle Hackman and Tarini Parti lay out those limits, among others.
And in Semafor
,
Joseph Zeballos-Roig homes in that fact that reinstating the "Remain in
Mexico" policy - which many Republicans are demanding - would
require Mexico's cooperation. 

David J. Bier of the Cato Institute
 writes
that the White House already has taken more than 120 actions to limit
entries at the border. "[V]irtually every measure of border enforcement
currently is, or has at various points been, at a level that is higher
than when Biden came into office - often higher than at any point
under the Trump administration," Bier writes. Key point:
Enforcement-only approaches haven't worked.  

Biden's handling of immigration is frustrating voters in Arizona who
want border and immigration solutions, reports Sabrina Rodriguez of The
Washington Post
.
 

"I'm pissed off that the people who should be and know better and who
should be enacting legislation to alleviate these problems are shrugging
off the responsibilities for political gain," said Caleb Campbell, lead
pastor at evangelical Desert Springs Bible Church, which includes
members who are undocumented. "It's unrighteous, it's unjust and you
see them doing this for political gain on both sides. Disappointment is
not a strong enough word." 

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 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]
.   

**LOCAL SUPPORT** - Thanks to our mobilizer Christy Staats, leaders in
Cleveland met last week to discuss better ways to coordinate support for
arriving asylum seekers and migrants, reports Steven Hernandez of
Cleveland 19
. Meanwhile,
faith communities in Kansas City have started the Heartland Welcome and
Support Coalition to help asylum seekers, Bill Tammeus reports in
Flatland
.
It began as a "direct commandment to welcome the stranger," said Jody L.
Craig of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.  

**VIA CANADA** - The U.S. is pressing Canada to reimpose visa
requirements for Mexicans to stem unauthorized border crossings from the
north, a team at The Wall Street Journal

reports. Canadian officials are evaluating strategies to handle the
increasing number of Mexicans arriving and hoping to request asylum at
the U.S.-Canada border. 

**SCRAMBLE** - The closure of San Diego County's Migrant Welcome
Center is affecting the city, report Matthew Bowler and Gustavo
Solis of KPBS
.
Volunteers are trying to help migrants who now have very limited
shelter options. "We asked if there was a plan after closing the center,
but we did not get a response, so we took it upon ourselves to come up
with something," said Paulina Reyes of the Immigrant Defenders Law
Center. 

**ANOTHER CALL** - The Idaho Senate voted overwhelmingly last week for
a resolution that calls for border and immigration solutions from the
president and Congress, Andrew Baertlein of KTVB7

reports. " ... Congress has got to act. The president has got to act,"
state Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Winder (R-Boise) said. The 30-4
vote followed the Feb. 15 release of a University of Idaho report

about the importance of unauthorized workers to the state, on which
Baertlein also reported
. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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