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]. 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 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.

In other notable headlines:

Top Stories

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

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

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

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

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

Immigration Enforcement and Deportation

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

Trump’s immigration crackdown expands to New York City and shows its limits (Nick Miroff and Kim Bellware, The Washington Post)

Former acting ICE director: Publicizing deportations reduces effectiveness (Ashleigh Fields, The Hill)

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

Schools

Rule requiring citizenship checks in Oklahoma schools passes state board vote (Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice)

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

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

Migrant families fear sending their kids to Colorado school amid immigration concerns (Gabriela Vidal, CBS News)

D.C.-area schools try to soothe concerns of broader immigration sweeps (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 (Chris Mautner, Penn Live)

St. Louis already feeling impact of Trump order pausing refugee resettlement (Gregg Palermo, Spectrum News)

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

Muskegon police will not arrest anyone over immigration status, chief says (John Agar, MLive)

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

WA Governor signs order in preparation for potential 'mass deportations' (Helen Smith, K5)

Citizenship

Immigrants become US citizens in event that celebrates them (John Hanna and Nick Ingram, Associated Press)

Congress Intended to Create Birthright Citizenship Under the Fourteenth Amendment (Jason Pye, Independent Center)

Thanks for reading,

Dan