The Forum Daily | Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY** 

Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) of Arizona vetoed a bill - similar to Texas' SB
4 - that would have made crossing the border without authorization a
state misdemeanor and allowed state police to arrest undocumented
immigrants, reports Gloria Rebecca Gomez of the Arizona Mirror
. 

Hobbs said the bill "does not secure our border, will be harmful for
communities and businesses in our state and burdensome for law
enforcement."  

Former Tucson Border Patrol Sector Chief Victor Manjerra told Eric Fink
of KVOA
,
"I think [such a law would put] our peace officers at a liability risk
and even judges who aren't immigration judges at a liability risk. And
that becomes a liability to the state of Arizona, in Texas, that's just
a bad approach." 

Also yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court put a pause on the Texas law
until at least March 13, reports Julián Aguilar of The Texas Newsroom
.
The decision came amid a rush of court activity over the bill.  

And while border states are debating new enforcement measures, at least
10 migrants were injured after falling from a border wall near San Diego
this weekend, reports Emily Isaacman of CBS 8
.
 

"We've definitely seen an increase since the border wall was raised to
30 feet at the end of 2019," said Alexander Tenorio, a neurological
surgery resident at UC San Diego Health. "Not only are the numbers going
up, but the severity of these injuries - it's much, much worse." 

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

**BIBLICAL SPARK** - A recent survey

on evangelicals' views of immigration shows nuance and a desire for
solutions, reports Michael Reneau of The Dispatch
. A
strong majority of respondents want solutions that secure our border and
offer compassion. Jeff Brumley has more on the survey in Baptist News
Global
.
Separately, Michael Cooper-White, president emeritus of United Lutheran
Seminary, looks to Women of Welcome for
inspiration in a Gettysburg Times

op-ed. "[I]t's no surprise that those who may rescue their fellow
evangelicals from unbiblical attacks on immigrants are
women," Cooper-White writes. 

**AI COMPETITIVENESS** - If the U.S. wants to be an innovator and
compete globally in artificial intelligence, we need immigration reforms
to keep foreign-born talent, José-Marie Griffiths writes in an op-ed in
The Hill
.
"If the United States does not invest in all AI talent, the shortage of
qualified practitioners for AI roles will continue to grow, hamstringing
the U.S. economy and, ultimately, harming our national power," writes
Griffiths, former commissioner of the National Security Commission on
Artificial Intelligence and president of Dakota State University. 

**A LONG JOURNEY** - Indians now represent the third largest
immigrant population in the U.S., driven by job shortages and financial
circumstances at home, reports Karishma Mehrotra of The Washington Post
.
Many opt for indirect routes via Mexico or Canada because of current
U.S. visa requirements. This journey, often taking up to a year, is
dangerous and costly, and it poses legal risks, including detention by
authorities en route, Mehrotra notes.  

**LAWS' HARM** - Anti-immigration sentiments in Florida hurt
everyone, Silvana Caldera, a senior policy strategist with the American
Civil Liberties Union of Florida, writes in the Miami Herald
.
Recent laws have hurt local communities, she argues.  "Florida has long
been celebrated for its diverse communities, where cultures and people
from all backgrounds have flourished," Caldera writes. "The state has
benefited - not suffered - from the contributions of newcomers
welcomed into our communities." 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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