The Forum Daily | Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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**THE FORUM DAILY**

The Biden administration is considering options to give work permits and
deportation protection to long time undocumented immigrants who are part
of mixed-status families, reports Michelle Hackman of The Wall Street
Journal
.

In recent months, advocates, business leaders, and big-city mayors such
as Chicago's Brandon Johnson have joined mixed-status families urging
Congress and the Biden administration for an immigration solution,
Hackman notes. ??

Currently there are around 1.1 million undocumented immigrants married
to U.S. citizens, per Fwd.us.??

The immigration option with the most potential considered by the Biden
administration for this group of immigrants could be "parole in place
,"
which is like the humanitarian parole

already offered by the administration to some groups. According to
officials, the White House has discussed timing a program for
mixed-status families before the election, Hackman writes.

Separately, migration analysts warn that the fortification of the border
would not stop migrant arrivals, reports Sergio Mart??nez-Beltr??n of
NPR
.

Experts emphasize that border numbers will keep increasing for many
factors including seasonal migration patterns, and global issues such as
war, poverty, and climate factors in all continents.

Reporters - The Forum and some partners will unveil a border framework
tomorrow that prioritizes security and order at the border, while
maintaining humanitarian protections for people who have a valid claim.
Reach out for more information.

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
Darika Verdugo. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected],

**PROTECTIONS**- After over a year of waiting, some of the migrants
flown from Florida to Martha's Vineyard, in 2022, are now eligible for
some protection while moving forward in the process to obtain U visas,
reports Ana Ceballos of The Tampa Bay Times
.
The recruitment tactics used by Florida to relocate them resulted in a
criminal investigation allowing them to apply for U visas, meant for
victims of crimes. Early this month, some of the migrants received the
"bona fide determination" which makes them eligible for temporary work
permits and offers protection from deportation.

**ENERGY**- Despite campaign talk, the plan to boost the oil and gas
industry while implementing mass deportation could pose a conflict,
reports Lauren Villagran of USA Today
.
Through dozens of interviews with those within the field, Villagran
takes a look at how immigrant labor helps keep the industry afloat and
gives the United States energy independence. As Gabe Collins, an energy
analyst at Rice University's Baker Institute comments, "if there was a
mass deportation, it would be profoundly disruptive across the oil
patch."

**EXTREME** - In Ohio, the U.S. Senate race is ringing the bells among
policy experts for the use of extremist language against immigrants by
some candidates, reports Marty Schladen of the Ohio Capital Journal
.
Experts continue to warn that the use of such language could perpetuate
the violence shown towards many immigrants in the United States.
"Bigoted 'invasion' rhetoric that echoes great replacement theory
and generates anti-immigrant sentiment has real world consequences,"
said Lindsay Schubiner of the Western States Center.??"Both for our
communities that are put at risk of violence, and our democracy that
requires the safety and participation of all."

**HEALTH INSURANCE**- A new piece of legislation in Maryland that
could give immigrants access to health insurance awaits the governor's
signature, reports Alexus Davila of WJZ News
.
The Access to Care Act would allow people to buy health coverage from
the state insurance marketplace no matter their legal status in the
United States.

Thanks for reading,

Clara

**P.S.** Join Jennie today at 3 PM
in a
special Facebook live with Christina Dent, author of "Curious" and
Founder and President of End It For Good.

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