The Forum Daily | Thursday, January 9, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**Our hearts go out to everyone affected, directly or indirectly, by the fires in Southern California — including one of our Forum colleagues and many within our networks of family and friends. 

In immigration news, despite the incoming Trump administration’s promises of an immigration crackdown, migrants continue to arrive in Mexico looking for ways to come to the United States and rebuild their lives, reports Diana Baptista of Context [link removed] from Thomson Reuters.  

Many are wary of Trump’s promise to end the CBP One app, the main option for asylum seekers to seek protection in an orderly, sanctioned way. 

"Things are already hard for us without a president putting more obstacles in our way. We just want a better life," said Steven, a 37-year-old man from Honduras who has been in Mexico for a year and counting.  

Meanwhile, some politicians and advocates are bringing a new mindset to legislative negotiations, focusing on promoting the modernization of legal immigration pathways to align with economic demands and humanitarian relief, reports Julia Ainsley of NBC News [link removed].  

Speaking of legislation, critics of the immigration-related bill in Congress this week are raising concerns about the power over federal immigration policy that it would grant to state attorneys general, as Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council lays out on MSNBC.com [link removed].  

And for the reading list: The xxxxxx has launched an immigration newsletter, "Huddled Masses." In the inaugural edition [link removed], Adrian Carrasquillo questions the media’s readiness to cover the administration’s actions and their effects. 

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].  

**PRICING AND LABOR** — Business leaders in Texas are expressing concerns about the incoming Trump administration’s mass deportation plans, a team at The Texas Tribune [link removed] reports. Some local businesses fear for their survival in a state where, Pew [link removed], about 8% of the workforce lacks authorization. "We gotta have the business community step up," said Stan Marek, owner of a large Houston construction firm. Large-scale deportations also could further drive up beef prices, reports Billal Rahman of Newsweek [link removed].  

**HARD LINES** — Newly elected Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz says her office will continue to focus on public safety, not immigration status, report Ivan Taylor and Mauricio Maldonado of CBS News Miami [link removed]. "Our priority is safety," she said. "Your status in immigration is not something that we ask for. That is not part of the contact that we have with our citizens." On the other hand, in Cincinnati, a private firm is recruiting retired law enforcement officers to help with the deportation efforts, reports Dan Horn of the Cincinnati Enquirer [link removed].  

**EMERGENCY APP** — The Mexican government is planning to roll out an emergency cell phone app for Mexican citizens facing deportation from or detention in the United States, reports Patrick J. McDonnell of the Los Angeles Times [link removed]. According to Mexican government estimates, about 4.8 million Mexican nationals live in the U.S. without authorization. The Mexican government also is looking at other measures to protect its vulnerable citizens in the States.  

**LEGACY** — As the country observes a day of mourning for former president Jimmy Carter, Aerlande Wontamo of World Relief reminds us of one of his greatest acts as president, The Refugee Resettlement Act of 1980. "I hope the president-elect and both Republicans and Democrats in Congress will recommit themselves to President Carter’s signature program, which has been a stunning success both in keeping our nation safe and our economy resilient," Wontamo writes in a Religion News Service [link removed] op-ed.  

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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