The Forum Daily | Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY**In an interview aired yesterday, President Biden told
Univision
's
Enrique Acevedo that his administration is exploring whether a border
shutdown is possible without Congress, reports Hans Nichols of Axios
. 

"We're examining whether or not I have that power," Biden said. Taking
executive action on the border is considered the "nuclear option" by
those inside the White House, Nichols notes, and the administration has
not made a final decision. 

Separately, rising temperatures as summer approaches are likely to
increase the number of migrant deaths at the U.S.-Mexico border, report
Ali Bradley and Urja Sinha of NewsNation
.
 

"Nothing changes with the level of migration, and we get the
118-to-120-degree days down there. We're likely going to see
unprecedented amounts of death in the desert," said Tucson Sector Chief
Patrol Agent John Modlin.  

The federal government is partnering with Mexican officials and local
leaders to promote the "No Se Arriesgue" (in English, "Don't Risk Your
Life") campaign, reports Julian Resendiz of Border Report
. 

The campaign warns migrants against crossing at a particular stretch of
the border along New Mexico that is particularly dangerous. 

"This site symbolizes the struggle of thousands of migrants who are
exploited by transnational criminal organizations and smuggled across
this treacherous terrain with complete disregard for their safety," said
El Paso Sector Border Patrol Chief Agent Anthony "Scott" Good.  

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]
. 

FLORIDA LAWS - A roofer and father of two is believed to be the first
person who will be prosecuted under Florida's strict 2023 immigration
law, reports Miguel Octavio of WTSP
.
The man is accused of bringing other migrants into the state last
summer. Octavio also examines newer anti-immigration legislation in
Florida and the laws' local effects. "People just want to be able to
survive and be able to thrive and add to this to this great state," said
Nanci Palacios, deputy director of Faith in Florida
 and a DACA recipient. 

FEAR - A new poll
 indicates
that more than half of adult Latinos in the U.S. fear possible mass
deportation efforts "regardless of legal status," reports Russell
Contreras of Axios
.
Former President Donald Trump has said several times that mass
deportations would be part of a second term in office. Large-scale
deportation has swept U.S. citizens up in the past, Contreras notes. 

REALITY - In more heartening news, we may not be as polarized as we
think we are, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Axios

write (and yes, immigration gets a mention). Americans have "a striking
amount of agreement on some very big topics" per a new finding

from the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs
Research, they note. They conclude with a thought experiment that might
"help pop your reality distortion bubble." 

DIGNITY - Former Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wisconsin) highlights the
perspective of many evangelicals and defends the dignity of all human
beings in a Green Bay Press Gazette

op-ed. Citing recent Lifeway Research findings, Ribble emphasizes that a
vast majority of evangelicals want policies that keep families together.
"If Trump, or Biden, wants to appeal to Christian voters, they would do
well to use language and pursue policies that reflect the dignity of
each person as made in the Image of God," Ribble writes. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

P.S. Two quick hits, also heartening: Joshua Vorse of Rocky Mountain PBS

writes of community support for ag workers and their families in
Colorado's Grand Valley. And Arelis R. Hernández of The Washington
Post

covers what the eclipse brought to Eagle Pass, Texas, at least for a
day. 

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