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