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THE FORUM DAILY
The U.S. Supreme Court has put an indefinite hold on Texas’ SB 4 while legal challenges proceed, reports Julián Aguilar of KERA News. The law would allow state law enforcement to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border without authorization and effectively create a state deportation system.
SB 4 originally was to take effect March 5 but was blocked first by a U.S. district judge. Multiple advocates and community groups continue to weigh in against the law.
"Laws like SB 4 have been proven to erode community trust in law enforcement, and hurt families and businesses by going after people based on appearance," write Zaira Garcia and Susie Haslett of FWD.us in an op-ed for the Austin American-Statesman.
In Dallas, Police Chief Eddie Guerra worked to reassure the community, per David Urías of Univision Dallas-Fort Worth. "To our residents, documented or undocumented, you have nothing to fear," Guerra, who is a member of the Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force, said in Spanish. "This [police] department has worked hard to gain the trust of our community, our whole community."
Community leaders also are concerned about how the law would work in practice. Valerie Gonzalez of the Associated Press has an explainer on the practical aspects.
A quick correction: Jennie’s C-SPAN appearance Sunday was with Kimberly Adams. 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, Ally Villarreal and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].
FASTER PROCESSING — Officials see the Family Expedited Removal Management program as a test for faster processing and potential deportation of asylum seekers, Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times reports. Aleaziz analyzes the pros and cons of the program, which the Biden administration started using after lifting Title 42. "It’s definitely increased our family unit removals over the last nine months compared
to before," said Thomas Giles of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Earlier this month, the Forum posted actionable recommendations regarding the program.
FUNDING NEEDED — Congress is up against a Friday deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Without additional funding to help manage migration, states and counties are up against deadlines, report Ted Hesson and Liliana Salgado of Reuters.
In Pima County, Arizona, a migrant shelter plans to stop most operations in two weeks. The $1 million per week price tag "is not something that can be easily absorbed into a Pima County budget," County Administrator Jan Lesher said. Our take: Order and compassion will require more funding in addition to solutions that reduce border pressures.
DANGER — Commentator Ana Navarro spotlights the risks to all U.S. Latinos from Donald Trump’s rhetoric about migrants, reports Dominick Mastrangelo of The Hill. " ... [W]hen he’s referring to them as ‘not people,’ as ‘invaders’ ... I think he’s putting a target on all of our backs," Navarro said. Here’s some context on this kind of rhetoric.
WORKFORCE — Tens of thousands of migrants are on the verge of losing their work authorization if the Biden administration does not act on the backlogs, reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law. Advocates and local governments are asking the administration to extend the work eligibility period for workers waiting for their renewals, similar to steps taken two years ago. "Our economy can attribute much of the
boom of building back from COVID to immigrant workers, [and] making folks exit the workforce is obviously a really big problem," Jennie says in the piece.
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