The Forum Daily | Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY** 

Feeling a bit of whiplash this morning: The U.S. Supreme Court, having
extended its stay on Texas' SB 4 on Monday, ruled yesterday on
procedural grounds that it could go into effect - and then last night,
a lower appeals court ruled that a halt on the law's implementation
can stand, report Alejandro Serrano and Uriel J. García of The Texas
Tribune
.  

The block is in place while court proceedings on the substance of SB 4
continue. Oral arguments are expected today. 

Here's a reminder

of the concerns Texas faith and national security leaders, and Jennie,
raised when the bill was proceeding through the Texas Legislature in the
fall. Every day that SB 4 is not in effect is a good day.  

Separately, a group of South Texas mayors is trying to dispel harmful
myths about border communities and work together to strengthen their
cities' economies, reports Sandra Sanchez of Border Report
.
  

Mayors met Monday to discuss some strategies to work as "collaborative
communities." City leaders also urged Congress to take action on border
solutions.  

"We are looking for bipartisan solutions to the issues that we face, and
the bipartisan border bill is one of those solutions that Congress can
take to improve the situation on the border," said San Antonio Mayor Ron
Nirenberg (I).  

Thanks to the alert reader who caught my error yesterday - the Dallas
Chief of Police is Eddie García. And 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, Darika Verdugo and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share
from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] . 

**AFGHAN ALLIES** - A compromise between the Biden administration and
House Republicans would increase resettlement visas for our Afghan
allies by 12,000, report Phil Stewart and Jonathan Landay of Reuters
.
"This is good but it's not enough," Joseph Azam of the Afghan
American Foundation told Pablo Manríquez and Arturo Dominguez's
Capitol Press .
"[A]t some point, our government has to hunker down and do its part to
make sure every Afghan ally in harm's way is able to make it ... to
safety."  

**LOCAL RESPONSES** - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, recently codified a
new policy protecting migrants from inquiries into their legal status,
report Madison Lambert and Nicole Acevedo of NBC News
.
Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams called for a national
"decompression strategy" for asylum seeker placement, reports Kiara
Alfonseca of ABC News
.
Marlene Galaz, director of immigrant rights policy at the New York
Immigration Council, says current challenges stem from long-running
federal inaction. "Redistributing" migrants would downplay their
humanity and "the community ties that they might [build] or might
already be building," Galaz said. 

**HAITI** - Officials say that the current turmoil and violence in
Haiti has not yet led to an increase in migrants traveling to the U.S.,
report Camilo Montoya-Galvez and Nicole Sganga of CBS News
.
Should one occur, contingency plans include housing migrants at
Guantanamo Bay. "The fact that we are always considering options does
not mean we will take action immediately, or at all," said a National
Security Council spokesperson. 

**DETERRENTS** - In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed additional
legislation meant to deter unauthorized immigrants from living in the
state, report Michael Moline and Jackie Llanos of the Florida Phoenix
.
The measures include a prohibition on "state and local governments from
recognizing non-official ID cards sometimes issued by community groups
to provide people lacking official ID with at least one way to establish
their identities." 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

**P.S.** Also on the local-welcome front, Polk County, Iowa, plans to
open an immigrant and refugee welcome center as its foreign-born
population grows, Jason Clayworth of Axios

reports.

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