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**THE FORUM DAILY**

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial in
the Senate is scheduled to start today after the House delivered its two
articles of impeachment yesterday, reports Richard Cowan of Reuters
. 

Many lawmakers are among those who see the impeachment as political.
Democrats have talked about dismissing the impeachment articles quickly,
but senators may reach an agreement to allow debate, Leila Fadel and
Claudia Grisales of NPR

report. Further procedural hurdles also are among
Republicans' potential tactics, Cowan notes. 

National security leaders, including many veterans of Republican
administrations, have been outspoken

against Mayorkas' impeachment. "A partisan impeachment based on policy
disagreements will exacerbate existing polarization and risks
undercutting our national security," Council on National Security and
Immigration (CNSI) leaders said in February
. 

Separately on NPR

this morning, Denise Gilman, co-director of the University of Texas
School of Law's immigration clinic, tells A Martinez that shutting down
the border - as President Biden is considering - would mean
"refusing to process asylum seekers." 

Whereas Title 42
was ostensibly a public health measure, Biden is considering using a
part of the law that former President Trump used for travel bans
,
predominantly for people from majority-Muslim countries. 

"That provision, in some circumstances, allows for the exclusion of
certain specific categories of individuals, but it does not allow for a
wide-scale shutting down of an entire asylum program at the border,"
Gilman said. In the courts, she added, "I feel pretty confident that
this action would not go very far." 

Reporters - Jennie just visited the border and is available for
interview. 

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] . 

**ASSISTANCE** - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is allotting
$300 million to help localities and organizations assist incoming
migrants, including $12.2 million for the El Paso, Texas, sector,
reports Heriberto Perez of KVIA
.
Together with a competitive grant program still to be established, the
nationwide amount is down 18% from last year, as Andrea Castillo reports
in the Los Angeles Times
.
The Department of Homeland Security is urging Congress to pass a
bipartisan national security bill that would provide more funding,
Castillo notes. 

**(MIS)INFORMATION** - Social media and technology
have revolutionized the way potential immigrants receive information
- and misinformation - about the journey to and life in the United
States, Harrison Hanvey and Julia G. Young write in an op-ed in The Hill
.
Ultimately, new technology and information channels "present both
greater problems for migrants and those who respond to migration, as
well as greater possibilities for intervention and improvement," they
write.   

**DETENTION** - Concerns persist around a private immigrant detention
center in Tacoma, Washington, Peter Talbot of The News Tribune

reports in a deep dive. The facility is known for using solitary
confinement and chemical agents on detainees and promoting a work
program that has drawn objections. The Tacoma City Council, the state
Legislature and local activists all have been involved in efforts to
close the center, but courts have ruled that state and local power is
limited. 

**OKLAHOMA** - Similar to efforts in other states, a proposed Oklahoma
law would punish people who come to the state and stay without
authorization, reports Lionel Ramos of KGOU
.
Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat (R) says the bill is meant to deter people
without authorization from coming to Oklahoma; his statement also
[inaccurately] cites "endless opportunities" via legal immigration.
"Anti-immigrant bills like HB 4156 breed fear and mistrust within our
communities," said Gabriela Ramirez-Perez of the Oklahoma Policy
Institute. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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