The Forum Daily | Friday, April 19, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY**
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has resumed deportation
flights to Haiti despite the ongoing crisis there, reports Jacqueline
Charles of the Miami Herald
.
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The fallout from mass gang violence had led to an unofficial pause in
the flights earlier this year. But an Immigration and Customs
Enforcement flight carrying 52 Haitians landed in Cap-Ha??tien yesterday
morning.??
"It is simply cruel to deport individuals to Haiti at this time. I am
very concerned that we are not following the law and our international
obligations by adequately assessing asylum concerns and basic
humanitarian principles," said Randolph McGrorty, executive director of
Catholic Legal Services in Miami. ??
Haitians with residence in the U.S. since at least Nov. 6, 2022, are
eligible for Temporary Protected Status through Aug. 3
.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said earlier this month that the
administration was not anticipating a TPS renewal or expansion for
Haitians, Charles reports. (Find our fact sheet on TPS here
.)????
Members of the Haitian diaspora are worried for their friends and family
still in Haiti, report Samantha Chery??and??Emmanuel Felton of The
Washington Post
.
In the past few weeks, the violence in Haiti resulted in deaths and the
destruction of homes, leaving many Haitians without shelter. ??
Welcome to Friday'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] .??
**RECS** - The Urban Institute
's
recent report on the experiences of resettled Afghans was the focus of a
conversation this week at the University of Chicago, reports Eunice
Alpasan??of WTTW
.
Passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act is among the report's
recommendations. "Living in legal limbo is incredibly unhealthy for the
mental state of anybody who finds themselves in such a position," said
co-author Jessica Darrow.??
This week in local Afghan welcome:??
* An American Legion post in Kansas hosted a fundraising dinner for the
Manhattan Area Resettlement Team (MART), giving locals an opportunity
"to honor and support Manhattan's newest residents." (AJ Dome, The
Mercury
)??
* In Bennington, Vermont, an Afghan family separated during the 2021
American withdrawal finally has reunited with the help of local
organizations. (Tiffany Tan, VTDigger
)??
* In 2017, she arrived in the U.S. speaking little English; now Soraya
Hosseini - a pseudonym, for her safety - is close to finishing law
school. (Ron Cassie, Baltimore Magazine
)
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**'A SIMPLE ACT'** - Speaking of local welcome - assisting an
Afghan family via the Welcome Corps brought minister Wes Dillon's
faith community in New Hampshire together, Dillon writes in Church
Leaders
.??"Welcoming
refugees has helped our community to be generous and kind. It's a
simple act, but it has turned us into better people," Dillon writes.
Texas is a leader in Welcome Corps signups, Stella M. Ch??vez??of KERA
writes - and??"[i]t's a dream come true for a lot of people," in the
words of Jacob??Mabil,??Arcelia Martin of??The Dallas Morning News
??reports.
**GROWTH** - In a new Brookings Institution report
,
researchers find that immigrants are driving population increases in
many cities, reports Marc Ramirez of USA Today
.
With fertility rates at historic lows
,??"the
growth or decline of a place depends increasingly on migration - both
domestic and international," said??University of New Hampshire professor
Ken Johnson. Our demographic challenges leave us ongoing room to grow
.??
**RISING** - After his mother was murdered in Mexico, Aaron Mariscal
immigrated to the United States at age 13. Just 11 years later, he is
one of the top salesmen at Cardone Ventures in Scottsdale, Arizona,
reports Ellen McNamara of Fox 10 Phoenix
.
"I feel like when you surround yourself with a good environment, the
right people, good values, and you have a great opportunity, that's
when you tap into your potential," Mariscal said.??
Thanks for reading,??
Dan??
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