The Forum Daily | Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY**

House law makers will present the Senate with the charges for
impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
for impeachment this week, reports Mary Clare Jalonick of the
Associated Press
.  

Two months ago, the House voted along partisan lines to impeach
Mayorkas, passing the measure by just one vote. It is expected that the
Senate will spend little time considering the charges and that any
action will be over swiftly. Yet, a group of Republicans plan to present
procedural roadblocks and delay the discussion of a trial, report Frank
Thorp V, Scott Wong and Julie Tsirkin of NBC News
. 

In an interview with McClatchy, Mayorkas said he is confident the
impeachment case will be resolved quickly, reports Michael Wilner of
the Miami Herald
.  

While discussing immigrations challenges in a different part of the
interview
 Mayorkas
goes on to say that politics get in the way of good legislation and
possible reform, referring to the bipartisan border bill that failed to
pass earlier this year.  

"There are leaders who want to deliver a solution for the American
people, and there are officials who want to continue the problem to be
able to really just communicate slogans," said Mayorkas. "We need
solutions. The American people deserve solutions." 

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara
Villatoro, the Forum's strategic communications senior manager, and
the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Dan Gordon and
Ally Villarreal. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected]. 

**PRIORITIES**- In a report by PBS News Hour
,
Amna Nawaz and colleagues talked with migrants, advocates, Border Patrol
agents and landowners in Green Valley, Arizona. The team gets a glimpse
of the complex reality in a border community. Separately, while border
towns face their own challenges, polls show that voters across the U.S.
consider immigration as their top issue. Tarini Parti and Michelle
Hackman of The Wall Street Journal

analyze how immigration has become such a contentious issue. 

**LOUISIANA** - Louisiana's state Senate pushed forward a bill
mirroring the controversial SB 4 law in Texas, allowing state and local
law enforcement to arrest unauthorized migrants, reports Sara Cline of
the Associated Press
.
While local supporters of the bill blame the federal government for
"neglecting responsibilities to enforce immigration law," opponents say
that the bill would not make anyone safer and is unconstitutional.
Louisiana is just one on growing list of states promoting new measures
around migration, Cline notes. 

**RESETTLEMENT** 

**EFFORTS**- The U.S. resettled 7,431 people this past month
, a significant drop
off from the more than 10,000 refugees resettled in February. According
to Dan Kosten, one of the Forum's policy experts, despite the
decrease, the numbers still show a positive trend in the resettlement
efforts. "What the March numbers demonstrate is the importance of a
refugee pipeline that can sustain high numbers of refugee arrivals from
month to month," said Kosten. 

**'WE ARE SAFE'** - Speaking about resettlements, for a more
heartening start to your day, read the story of Mumbere, a man who
escaped war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and came to the U.S.
to start a new life. He is now a valued employee at a company in Tampa,
Florida, reports Michael Paluska of ABC Action News Tampa
.
In another encouraging story of finding home after escaping violence, an
Angolan family finds community in Lewiston, Maine, reports Kelley
Bouchard of the Portland Press Herald
.
"I am happy because I am alive," says asylum seeker Anadia Miguel. "It
wasn't safe for us before. Here, we are safe." 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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