The Forum Daily | Wednesday, January 29, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**Welcome to an abbreviated edition of The Forum Daily. We’ll be back to our full newsletter tomorrow. 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. 

Some big news from last night: The Trump administration canceled an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans, as Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times [link removed] reports.  

Depending on next steps, the move could end protections and work authorizations for 300,000 people in April and another 300,000 in September, as Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council posted [link removed]. 

In other notable headlines: 

Top Stories 

* All undocumented immigrants are "criminals," Trump administration says [link removed] (Russell Contreras and Avery Lotz, Axios) — and see our related polling [link removed]   

* What has changed with immigration under Trump and what is still playing out? [link removed] (Elliot Spagat, Associated Press) 

* Texas Gov. Greg Abbott activates 'strike teams' to arrest migrants [link removed] (Alex Driggars, Austin American-Statesman) 

* Department of Justice cuts off federally funded legal aid to detained migrants [link removed] (Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune) [link removed]

* ‘No rebuilding without them’: Trump’s immigration crackdown will affect disaster recovery [link removed] (Nina Lakhani, The Guardian)  

Immigration Enforcement and Deportation 

* ‘No hay gente’: Oak Cliff business owners, staff feel the effects of deportation fears [link removed] (Priscilla Rice, KERA) 

* Trump’s immigration crackdown expands to New York [link removed] and shows its limits [link removed] (Nick Miroff and Kim Bellware, The Washington Post) 

* Former acting ICE director: Publicizing deportations reduces effectiveness [link removed] (Ashleigh Fields, The Hill) 

* Arrested under Biden, deported under Trump: Guatemalans sent back and welcomed with cookies [link removed] (David Culver, Evelio Contreras, Jerry Simonson and Rachel Clarke, CNN) 

Schools  

* Rule requiring citizenship checks in Oklahoma schools passes state board vote [link removed] (Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice) 

* Texas district investigating teacher who said ICE needs to come to high school [link removed] (Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill) 

* Public schools try to protect undocumented students from Trump immigration raids [link removed] (Adam Edelman and Daniella Silva, NBC News) 

* Migrant families fear sending their kids to Colorado school amid immigration concerns [link removed] (Gabriela Vidal, CBS News) 

* D.C.-area schools try to soothe concerns of broader immigration sweeps [link removed] (Nicole Asbury, Lauren Lumpkin and Teo Armus, The Washington Post) 

State and Local Reactions 

* Pa. mayor says city will not work with ICE in immigration crackdown [link removed] (Chris Mautner, Penn Live) 

* St. Louis already feeling impact of Trump order pausing refugee resettlement [link removed] (Gregg Palermo, Spectrum News) 

* Trump halts services for refugees already in US, including 176 children in Des Moines [link removed] (F. Amanda Tugade, Des Moines Register) 

* Muskegon police will not arrest anyone over immigration status, chief says [link removed] (John Agar, MLive) 

* Denver Mayor Mike Johnston rebukes Congressional Republicans after committee request to testify on "sanctuary city" policies [link removed] (Austen Erblat, CBS News) 

* WA Governor signs order in preparation for potential 'mass deportations' [link removed] (Helen Smith, K5) 

Citizenship 

* Immigrants become US citizens in event that celebrates them [link removed](John Hanna and Nick Ingram, Associated Press) 

* Congress Intended to Create Birthright Citizenship Under the Fourteenth Amendment [link removed] (Jason Pye, Independent Center)

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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