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**THE FORUM DAILY**
Our prayers remain with all Floridians after Hurricane Milton crossed the state overnight.????

That includes the state's 4.8 million immigrants. Many newer arrivals have no access to TV or internet to get information about the storm and evacuations, and advocates working hard to get information to them faced many challenges, reports Gisela Salomon of the Associated Press [link removed]. ????

"There is a lot of fear of deportation or worse that people live daily so these fears are highlighted in times of disasters when vulnerability is increased," said Dominique O'Connor of the Farmworker Association of Florida. Strict state immigration policies have increased that fear, and language also can be a barrier, Salomon reports.????

In the southwest Florida town of Immokalee, one lifeline during times of emergency is the community radio station, Radio Conciencia, reports Syra Ortiz Blanes of the Miami Herald [link removed].????

The small station has served the town's mostly Latino population for two decades now. "What's most important to us is that the community prepares," said Lupe Gonzalo of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.?? ???? ??

"Vulnerable communities getting reliable information, in their language, from accessible sources can mean the difference between life and death," added Coalition of Immokalee Workers co-founder and morning show host Lucas Benitez.??

Welcome to Thursday'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, Soledad Gass?? Parker, Camilla Luong, Ally Villarreal and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected].??

**DACA HEARING** - Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law [link removed] sets the stage for today's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) hearing at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. And recipients across the country wait to learn about their future in the United States: Anna-Catherine Brigida of Houston Landing [link removed] reports on the human and economic devastation that could take place in the Houston area should DACA end. Meanwhile, a panel at the University of Arkansas discussed DACA's impact, according to Chip Scarborough of 4029 News [link removed]. And, in case you missed it, here's our statement [link removed].????

**A DIFFERENT APPROACH** - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is offering Texas a different approach on immigration: Investing in Latin America and the Caribbean, reports James Osborne of the Houston Chronicle [link removed]. IDB Chief Operating Officer Jordan Schwartz pitched the idea to Texas business leaders recently, arguing that more jobs and opportunities could help would-be migrants to stay in their home countries. "It's [about] what would be best for the relationship between the U.S. and the region to provide growth and stability," Schwartz said.??

**GROWTH** - A new study [link removed] from the Colorado Fiscal Institute finds that immigration helps both state and national economic growth, reports Eric Galatas of Public News Service [link removed]. According to the study, immigrants contribute $54 billion to Colorado's economy alone. "Research shows, study after study, that there is no fixed number of jobs in the state. When immigrants move to Colorado, the economy grows. That doesn't mean fewer jobs, that means more jobs," said Sophie Shea, a policy analyst with the institute.??

**LISTENING** - Sophia Rodriguez describes her 15 years of experience as a teacher, coach and policy researcher with immigrant students in her piece for Chalkbeat [link removed].?? "Immigrant young people continue to feel unheard and disrespected in their local communities and grapple with the uncertainty of their or their parents' immigration status," she writes. "Educators, including teachers and social workers I studied, explained how important it is to 'hear their stories' and to understand the effects of immigration policies."??

Thanks for reading,????

Dan

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