The Forum Daily | Tuesday, January 28, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**

Welcome to an abbreviated edition of The Forum Daily. We’ll be bringing you just the headlines through tomorrow because of other staff commitments. As always, please send stories for consideration to [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. The great Forum Daily team includes Jillian Clark, Soledad Gassó Parker, Dan Gordon, Broc Murphy, Clara Villatoro and Becka Wall. 

Among recent noteworthy stories:  

 

**Top Stories:**

Trump’s First Week Sends Shudders Through Immigrant Churches and Ministries [link removed] (Andy Olsen, Christianity Today) 

Afghans who helped the U.S. are in dangerous limbo after Trump's order on refugees [link removed] (Diaa Hadid and Juliana Kim, NPR) 

What do Midwest law enforcement agencies say about helping ICE with deportations? [link removed] (Holly Edgel, KCUR)  

The Impact of Immigration Reform on U.S. Dairy Farms [link removed] (Karen Bohnert, Dairy Herd) 

Trump made an example of Springfield during the campaign. Immigrants there are bracing for the worst. [link removed] (Irie Sentner, Politico) 

Immigration officers say ‘the worst go first,’ but now there’s no ‘free pass’ [link removed] (Rebecca Santana, Associated Press) 

 

**Birthright Citizenship:**

What ending birthright citizenship could look like in the U.S. [link removed] (Silvia Foster-Frau, David Nakamura and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, The Washington Post) 

Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship would overturn more than a century of precedent [link removed] (Graham Lee Brewer and Janie Har, Associated Press) 

The history of birthright citizenship goes back to 1898 [link removed] (Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei, NPR) 

 

**Faith:**

El Paso leaders speak out as Trump administration expands immigration enforcement to schools, church [link removed] (Angela Kocherga and Aaron J. Montes, KTEP) 

Churches have a long history of being safe havens — for immigrants and others [link removed] (Bill Chappell, NPR) 

Vance spars with US bishops over their pushback on Trump's immigration policy [link removed] (Maria Wiering, OSV News) 

U.S. Catholic leaders respond to criticism from Vice President JD Vance [link removed] (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News) 

 

**Business Concerns:** 

What Trump’s refugee entry pause means for Pittsburgh [link removed] (Charlie Wolfson, PublicSource) 

Cost of migrant visa program, more than Trump, concerns Arkansas farmers [link removed] (Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate) 

Donald Trump’s planned immigrant purge threatens Mass. health system [link removed] (Kay Lazar, The Boston Globe) 

Opinion: Strength in diversity — how immigration benefits Utah [link removed] (Marinda Bush op-ed, Deseret News) 

 

**State Actions: **

Goaded to act by DeSantis, Florida lawmakers rebuke governor, unveil own immigration plan [link removed] (Lawrence Mower, Ana Ceballos and Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald) 

Ryan Walters says he would support immigration raids in Oklahoma [link removed] (Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice) 

Gov. Greg Abbott deploys 400 additional National Guard troops to Texas' southern border [link removed] (John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman) 

Washington Gov. Ferguson signs executive order forming family separation response team [link removed] (Michaela Bourgeois, KOIN Portland) 

Maryland AG joins 11 other states in challenging President Trump's immigration policy [link removed] (Christian Olaniran, CBS Baltimore) 

 

**Immigration Enforcement:**

No court, no hearing: Trump revives fast-track deportations, expands reach nationwide [link removed] (Gloria Rebecca Gomez, Arizona Mirror)  

Trump eyes asylum agreement with El Salvador to deport migrants there [link removed] (Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News) 

Federal agents in immigration operations told to be camera-ready as thousands arrested [link removed] (Josh Campbell, Andy Rose and Nick Valencia, CNN) 

Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps [link removed] (Alaa Elassar, CNN)  

ICE Begins "targeted" immigration arrests in Chicago [link removed] (Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune) 

Multi-agency operation targeted immigrants in Austin and San Antonio [link removed] (Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune) 

 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

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