The Forum Daily | Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY**

Business groups across industries keep urging Congress for immigration
solutions that fulfill the labor market's need for workers, report
Enda Curran and Augusta Saraiva of Bloomberg
. 

"It's really a shame that politics gets in the way of something that
everybody agrees is a problem," Edwin Egee of the National Retail
Federation. 

Trade associations and business groups want legal immigration paths to
address labor shortages and support economic growth, including (but not
limited to) changes in employment-based visas and new measures to grant
work authorizations, Curran and Saraiva note. 

In Forbes
,
Stuart Anderson writes that recent changes in the H-1B visa program for
professional workers aim to offer a fair process for all companies but
will not solve "a fundamental shortcoming" in country's immigration
law. "The H-1B annual limit is too low for America's size and an
economy that relies on technical talent to grow and innovate," he
writes. 

Concerns in the nursing home sector, just one that is facing severe
labor shortages, are alarming (especially to someone with older
parents). In a recent survey, two-thirds of nursing homes "are concerned
that escalating workforce challenges may force them to close their
facility," reports Josh Henreckson of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
.
 

The sector is trying to secure a higher number of immigrant nurses and
therapists. Already, "immigrant certified nursing assistants have
already been one of the few points of stability," Henreckson notes.  

The Forum has addressed how immigrants can help meet the needs of a
neighboring sector: home health care workers
. 

Welcome to Wednesday'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]
. 

**OUR VALUES/NOT OUR VALUES** - On Monday the Forum released "A Better
Way Forward: 2024 Immigration Principles
"
to shine a light on the values-focused conversation we need in the midst
of a tense election year. (Don't miss the videos
.) In
contrast, candidate and former President Donald Trump has escalated his
anti-immigrant rhetoric by comparing migrants to the fictional character
Hannibal Lecter, as Megan Lebowitz and Jake Traylor of NBC News

report. According to new polling last week
,
voters still want cooperation and solutions - and, by a 35-point
spread, say dehumanizing language about migrants contradicts American
values. 

**SIDE EFFECTS** - Some members of Congress have expressed concerns
about the "catastrophic situation" in Haiti and its repercussions on
migration to the United States, report Matt Berg and Nahal Toosi of
Politico
. The
crisis in Haiti has reached a new level this week after criminal gangs
tried to take control of the main international airport, reports a team
at ABC News
. 

**STATE LEGISLATION** - Iowa's Senate passed a bill

Tuesday that would make unauthorized migration a state crime, reports
Robin Opsahl of the Iowa Capital Dispatch
.
Similar to Texas' SB 4, which is currently held up in court, the Iowa
bill would allow state law enforcement to arrest undocumented
immigrants. It now moves to the Iowa House for consideration. 

**ID CARDS** - In Florida, Republican lawmakers are supporting a bill
that targets community programs' identification cards provided to
undocumented immigrants, reports Syra Ortiz Blanes of the Miami Herald
. The IDs can make
life easier - and safer. "In Miami-Dade, the IDs can ... help law
enforcement identify victims and witnesses of crime," Ortiz Blanes
notes. "ID holders can also use them to pick up children from school and
go to doctor's appointments. The community IDs cannot be used to vote,
drive or receive social welfare benefits." 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

**P.S.** Check out artist Josué Baltézar's murals, meant as a message
of support for immigrant communities. Lisa Deaderick of the San Diego
Union-Tribune

has the story. 

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