The Forum Daily | Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY** 

In her meeting yesterday with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo,
Vice President Kamala Harris announced that U.S. initiatives to address
causes of Central American migration have generated $5.2 billion in
commitments from the private sector, report Colleen Long and Chris
Megerian of the Associated Press
.
 

The goal of these initiatives is to stem migration by providing more
economic opportunity. "The problems, of course, did not occur overnight,
and the solutions will not be achieved overnight," Harris said. 

Meanwhile, Michelle Hackman and Tarini Parti of The Wall Street
Journal

offer insight into why border and immigration solutions have failed to
move forward, and for so long. 

Congress' inaction and different presidential administrations'
conflicting, and sometimes court-blocked or court-limited, efforts have
resulted in fragmented enforcement, as Migration Policy Institute
President Andrew Selee points out. Now cities and states are attempting
to step in. 

"If you ask me who's setting immigration policy right now, more than
anyone I'd say it is the courts," said Theresa Cardinal Brown of the
Bipartisan Policy Center. "And the consequence is, from day to day, the
people in charge of managing the border don't know what the rules
are." 

Our note: Americans
,
including evangelical Christians
,
still want the kinds of immigration and border solutions that only
Congress can provide.  

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] . 

**TAXPAYERS WIN** - Research indicates [again] that American taxpayers
come out ahead with higher levels of immigration, Stuart Anderson writes
in Forbes
.
"In our projections, the deficit is also smaller than it was last year
because economic output is greater, partly as a result of more people
working," per Phillip L. Swagel, director of the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office. Those same projections foresee a larger
labor force - with attendant GDP growth of about $7 trillion and
revenues of about $1 trillion - "mostly because of higher net
immigration."  

**POLICY PLANS** - As Donald Trump discusses his plans to deport
millions of people should he win back the White House, Los Angeles Times

columnist Doyle McManus talks to legal experts who say he could actually
carry out those plans. Trump's chief immigration advisor, Stephen
Miller, says Trump would "assemble 'a giant force' including
National Guard troops to seize undocumented migrants, transport them to
camps in Texas and expel them." The human impact would be severe,
especially in California, McManus writes: "Many undocumented migrants
are members of families that include legal residents and U.S. citizens,
including children."

**DISORDER** - Texas' Operation Lone Star appears not to be
contributing to order at the border, reports Adam Powell of the El Paso
Times
.
State agencies enforcing Operation Lone Star do not have the same
training as the Border Patrol to handle the nuanced problems that may
arise while overseeing migrants, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) points
out.  

**ARIZONA**- A bill that would have mandated the use of E-Verify
in Arizona
did not proceed after Senate President Warren Petersen (R) cited
"concerns from the business community," reports Ray Stern of The Arizona
Republic
.
A separate border bill similar to Texas' SB 4 could go before voters
in the fall after Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed it during the legislative
session, Stern reports.  

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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