Hot off the virtual presses: our policy team’s Q&A on the proclamation. And take another look at Jennie's take. 

The restrictions would be lifted only when average encounters dip to a seven-day daily average of 1,500 and remain below a seven-day daily average of 2,500 for two weeks. There will be limited exceptions, including for unaccompanied children, trafficking victims and people with CBP One appointments. The measures took effect at 12:01 a.m. today. 

President Biden made the announcement alongside local leaders from some border towns, reports Joseph Morton of The Dallas Morning News. "This does not, obviously, fix our entire system, but this is a step in the right direction to try to help us cope with this issue," said Ramiro Garza, Mayor of Edinburg, Texas. The measure is drawing criticism from other Texas officials and advocates, Alejandro Serrano and Matthew Choi of The Texas Tribune report.  

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) plans to sue, report Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times. "[Blocking asylum] was unlawful under Trump and is no less illegal now," said Lee Gelernt, a lawyer at the ACLU, which sued the Trump administration in 2018. 

Immigration challenges in the U.S. go beyond the border, Andrea R. Flores of FWD.us, a former immigration policy advisor for the Obama and Biden administrations, writes in The New York Times. The president should look at other immigration measures he can take to help Americans as well as immigrants, she argues. 

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 today also includes Marcela Aguirre, 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]. 

DISINFORMATION — U.S. groups such as the Only Citizens Vote Coalition are spreading disinformation on the prevalence of noncitizen voters, reports Alice Herman of The Guardian. These misleading campaigns play into conspiracy theories and are fueling fear among some voters, Herman notes. We’ve addressed the very real impacts and risks of such rhetoric. 

HELP WANTED IN NH — New Hampshire’s economy has depended on foreign workers since the early 20th century, a dynamic that continues, as labor shortages strain businesses, Sheryl Rich-Kern reports in Business NH Magazine. Industries such as hospitality, health care and manufacturing are particularly dependent on migrant and immigrant workers, she notes. Concerns for prospective foreign workers and their employers include government backlogs for visa applications, housing shortages and lack of transportation options. 

ARIZONA VOTERS — An update on one of yesterday’s items: A Republican measure that would make unauthorized immigration a state crime will indeed go before Arizona voters in November, Ray Stern of the Arizona Republic reports. After much legislative debate since April, the Arizona House approved sending the measure to the ballot "on a party line, 31-29 vote," Stern reports.  

PRESIDENT-ELECT — Hours after becoming the first female president-elect of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum received a call from President Biden with congratulations and to discuss the border and migration, report Maya Averbuch and Josh Wingrove of Bloomberg. Sheinbaum will take office about a month before the U.S. general election and will have to contend with immigration policies and agreements with the U.S., Averbuch and Wingrove note.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan