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THE FORUM DAILY
As a microcosm of the American immigration debate — including misinformation — Springfield, Ohio, is getting more attention, William Brangham and Mary Fecteau of
Sen. and vice presidential candidate JD Vance (R) said Haitian migrants in the city are "draining social services and causing chaos," in addition to making a baseless claim that Haitian migrants are abducting and even
Brangham interviews Haitian immigrants as well as faith leaders, business owners and the mayor to understand the reality of the situation. Yes, there are strains — but also opportunities — as immigrants have driven the city’s population growth of more than 20% in recent years.
"There's things in the last five years that have really changed and has been a forward improvement for Springfield," Mayor Rob Rue said. "But this is taxing the resources of the city. ... We say we need help."
Rue is not the only local official striving for solutions, Jessica Orozco of the Springfield News-Sun reports. "[I]f we can take a step back and approach it with rational, practical
solutions instead of fear and emotion, that’s the only way that we’re going to get through this as a community," said Clark County Commissioner Melanie Flax Wilt (R).
Local challenges — this time in Norfolk, Massachusetts — also are the focus of Ruby Cramer’s piece in The Washington Post, with photographs by Jodi
Hilton.
Welcome to Tuesday’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].
SOLUTIONS OVER FEAR — Ahead of tonight’s debate — and a charged House hearing today — our new polling shows that Americans prefer political candidates who focus on solutions for our immigration system rather than employ negative rhetoric about immigrants. Rafael Carranza and Raphael Romero Ruiz of the Arizona Republic report on five immigration-related topics that could arise in the debate: border numbers, asylum restrictions, myths around migrant crime, deportation policies and immigration court
backlogs.
ECONOMIC GOOD — Contrary to fear-based narratives, immigration has helped stabilize the labor market without driving inflation, reports Larry Light of Chief Investment Officer. "Positive economic impacts from increased immigration start from gainful employment but rapidly extend to greater entrepreneurship, innovation, consumption and fiscal contributions," said Michael Arone, chief investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors.
LEGAL CHALLENGES — Republican state officials challenging the Biden administration’s Keeping Families Together and other parole programs should "first have to establish that they have been harmed, or will be injured, by the policies," reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law.
"They just haven’t proven harm," said Talia Inlender, deputy director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy. "To the contrary, states are actually benefiting from these programs."
REFUGEES — The Biden-Harris administration plans to set the same cap on refugee resettlement, 125,000, for the next fiscal year, reports Ted Hesson of Reuters. Some advocacy groups are pushing the administration to aim higher as displacement around the world continues to increase, Hesson notes. U.S. resettlement numbers have increased and
could reach 100,000 this fiscal year, which would be the highest total since the mid-1990s.
Thanks for reading,
Dan
With the help of a local church, a family of Venezuelan migrants in Chicago has purchased their first home, reports Leah Hope of ABC 7.
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