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Former President Donald Trump's language around immigrants and immigration is becoming darker, reports Myah Ward of Politico [link removed].????

In 20 speeches since the presidential debate in September, Trump's dehumanizing language has showed "a stark escalation," Ward writes. At an event Friday in Aurora, Colorado, Trump shared a plan called "Operation Aurora" that would invoke a law last used for World War II internments, reports Fernando Cervantes Jr. of USA Today [link removed].????

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 "was designed to allow??the president to authorize the relocation, arrest or deportation of any man older than 14 years old who hailed from a country at war with the United States."??

It's worth noting that the United States has not declared war. ??

Amid the rhetoric, a new poll in Wisconsin indicates that most Republicans don't support mass deportation, reports Jack Kelly of Wisconsin Watch [link removed]. Speaking of polling, our most recent round demonstrates [link removed] that voters prefer a candidate focused on immigration solutions, not dehumanizing rhetoric.??

Meanwhile, at a rally in Arizona, Trump announced a plan to hire 10,000 new Border Patrol agents, report Meg Kinnard and Nicholas Riccardi of the Associated Press [link removed]. Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times [link removed] analyzes how Trump's border and immigration proposals, including this one, lack detail as to how he'd carry them out. ??

Elsewhere regarding Trump:??

* Over 1,000 Children Still "Separated": Film Shows Impact of Trump's Zero Tolerance [link removed] (Fisayo Okare, Documented)??

* Trump Is Coming for Birthright Citizenship [link removed] (Anne Kim, Washington Monthly) - and don't miss Forum Senior Fellow Linda Chavez's related piece [link removed].??

Much of the Daily team is headed to a conference, so our editions tomorrow and Friday will be shortened. Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP. The great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Soledad Gass?? Parker, Camilla Luong, Clara Villatoro and Becka Wall. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected].??

**GALLON OF MILK** - Mass deportations would "decimate" our food supply, Frida Garza and Ayurella Horn-Muller report in Grist [link removed]. In The New York Times Magazine [link removed], Marcela Valdes zooms in on the importance of immigrant labor in dairy industry, with a focus on Idaho. And finally, many economic experts agree that inflation would worsen under policies including large-scale deportations, Paul??Wiseman??and??Christopher Rugaber of the Associated Press [link removed] report.??

**SUPPLY AND DEMAND** - The construction industry in Texas and beyond relies on migrant labor, Jack Herrera reports in a Texas Monthly [link removed] piece in which he devotes admirable time to the people filling that need. The "fundamental constraint," per workforce development expert Brent Orrell of the American Enterprise Institute: "We just don't have enough people." Separately, Jeanna Smialek, Lydia DePillis and Natasha Rodriguez at The New York Times [link removed] parse out the true impacts of immigrants on housing prices - including their supply-side contributions. ??

**ALL WORKERS BENEFIT** - All of that and native-born workers don't lose out, reports Fatima Hussein of Associated Press [link removed]. According to government data, migrants offer "promotional opportunities for native-born workers," she notes, then breaks down what Trump has said, how immigrants benefit the economy, the native-born workers question and what mass deportations could do.??

**AN INCREASE** - Migration through the dangerous Dari??n Gap increased in September, reports Juan Zamorano of Associated Press [link removed]. More Venezuelans are migrating??after the country's fraught elections, he notes. Panamanian President Jos?? Ra??l Mulino said his administration would curb migration, but in a recently released report [link removed], Refugees International casts doubt on whether Panama's measures and rhetoric will reduce migration long-term.??

Thanks for reading,????

Dan??

**P.S.** In Forbes [link removed], Stuart Anderson writes about the three immigrants to the U.S. who won Nobel Prizes in economics.

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