The Forum Daily | Thursday, December 12, 2024https://immigrationforum.org/

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The incoming Trump administration plans to end a longtime policy that steers Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officers away from churches, schools and hospitals, report Julia Ainsley and Didi Martinez of NBC News [link removed]. 

According to sources familiar with the administration’s plans, the president-elect could rescind the policy as early as his first day in office.  

"Immigration enforcement has always required a balance," said Lee Gelernt of the American Civil Liberties Union. " ... [M]erely because it may be lawful to make arrests at hospitals and schools doesn’t mean it’s humane or wise public policy." 

Along these lines, our new survey [link removed] with The Bullfinch Group raises a flag regarding the breadth of deportations the incoming Trump administration is considering, as Marty Schladen of the Ohio Capital Journal [link removed] reports.  

One key data point: 75% of Republican registered voters surveyed agreed with the statement, "In accordance with American values, family unity, respect for human dignity, and protection for the persecuted must remain key priorities as the government increases border security and immigration enforcement." 

The survey also showed that most Americans, including 65% of conservatives, want immigration enforcement to focus on public safety threats rather than "all individuals without legal status." 

"The [incoming] administration should not take Americans’ immigration concerns to mean they support mass deportations for people who are here and contributing," Jennie told Schladen.  

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 Gassó Parker, 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].     

**DEFINITIONS** — Recent immigrant arrivals to the United States are the highest in our history, reports David Leonhardt of The New York Times [link removed], with graphics by Albert Sun. We have caveats on some of the numbers: People with temporary permission to be in the U.S., via humanitarian parole or other circumstances, are lawfully present. Along these lines, Adam Cox and Ryan Goodman warn in Just Security [link removed] that the incoming administration is setting the stage to "[t]arget immigrants with official permission to be in the country while labeling them ‘illegal immigrants.’ " 

**ASYLUM RATES** — Approval rates for people requesting asylum in the United States are dropping significantly, reports Russell Contreras of Axios [link removed]. According to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, asylum grant rates fell by 35.8% in October. The data show that people from South and Central America are less likely to be granted asylum than those from Asia and Eastern Europe. 

**HOUSING** — Despite claims from the incoming Trump administration, large-scale deportations are unlikely to make a dent in the housing crisis, reports Robbie Sequeira of Stateline [link removed]. The nuanced connection between immigration and housing availability in the United States includes the importance of foreign-born labor in the construction industry, Sequeira notes. For more info, check out Forum’s resource [link removed] on immigrants and housing. 

**FEAR AND FAITH** — Catholic communities and organizations across the country are preparing for the upcoming changes in immigration, report Dan Stockman, Camillo Barone and Chris Herlinger of the National Catholic Reporter [link removed]. "We're a young parish now," said Father Fred Daley of Syracuse, New York. "[Immigrants have] brought wonderful new life to the parish." As a whole, the parish has become a support network for newcomers, assisting with critical needs. Now, native-born parishioners are sharing the concern for immigrants’ futures. "We're seeing a renewed effort to do everything we can," Daley said. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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