The Forum Daily | Monday, March 25, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY**
Yesterday Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated his
call for the United States to combat migration from Latin America by,
among other things, investing $20 billion a year in poor countries in
the region, during CBS' 60 Minutes

with Sharyn Alfonsi. 

In December, amid an increase in the number of migrants at the
U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken went to
Mexico to discuss collaboration. To tackle the increase of migration,
López Obrador also had proposed that the U.S. lift sanctions on
Venezuela, lift the Cuban embargo and legalize Mexicans living
undocumented in the U.S.  

In the interview, López Obrador said that in the past month Mexico has
been "more careful" about its own southern border. And he has asked the
presidents of Venezuela, Cuba and Central American countries to help
curb migrant flow. But, he said, "That is a short-term solution, not a
long-term one." 

Separately, Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet with President
Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala today to discuss migration-related
issues, reports Colleen Long of the Associated Press.

 

The pair plans to discuss the progress of safe mobility offices
,
among other issues. The vice president also is expected to announce
investments in Central America. 

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

**WORK PERMITS** - The Biden administration could prevent problems for
American industries by giving asylum seekers more time to renew expiring
work authorizations, The Wall Street Journal
's
editorial board writes. "Jobs are a draw for the hundreds of thousands
of border crossers, but voters strongly prefer that migrants work once
they're here," the board writes. We'd add that Congress could act on
a bipartisan bill

that would make work permits valid as long as asylum claims are being
processed, rather than renewable every two years. 

**ENFORCEMENT** - Should Texas' SB 4 go into effect after court
challenges, the state's Department of Public Safety plans to limit
enforcement to border counties, reports Aarón Torres of The Dallas
Morning News
.
But advocates remain wary. Meanwhile, the law is eliciting pushback from
local officials - and the Mexican government
,
Marty Schladen of the Ohio Capital Journal

reports. "SB 4 is rudely disrupting the incredible collaboration between
local law enforcement, (non-governmental organizations) and local
government," El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego said Tuesday, while
the law was in effect briefly. 

**MIXED** - A controversial 2010 law passed in Fremont, Nebraska, was
meant to make it difficult for undocumented migrants to live within city
lines. Now residents' sentiment is mixed as migrants have proved
important to the local workforce, report Didi Martinez, Julia
Ainsley and Laura Strickler of NBC News
.
While some are still skeptical, others see new arrivals as a blessing.
"We need these people, we need this work done. This is what feeds the
nation and the world," City Council President Mark Jensen said. 

**INTERFAITH SUPPORT** - A group of Mauritanian asylum seekers has
found a home at a Latino Lutheran church in Bell, California, despite
religious differences, reports Leslie Berestein Rojas of LAist
.
Grace Lutheran Church has been working with advocates to offer resources
to the Mauritanian group and connected them with a local mosque. The
church is now also a shelter for about two dozen Latin American
migrants. "We help one another," said Zacarias, a Guatemalan
immigrant.   

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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