The Forum Daily | Monday, March 3, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**Migrant families are being held longer than federal guidelines suggest in a large tent facility in California, report Fola Akinnibi and Rachel Adams-Heard of Bloomberg [link removed]. 

The center is operated by United States Customs and Border Protection, which recommends families with children be held in such facilities no longer than 72 hours, but in some cases the detention time in this facility is extending for more than 10 days, sources told Akinnibi and Adams-Heard.  

A recent Senate Judiciary report [link removed] outlines how these facilities are not equipped for long term stays and put families with children at risk for disease and other dangers.  

"The longer children remain in these facilities, the more the risk to their mental and physical health increases," said Neha Desai, director of the National Center for Youth Law. 

Separately, the uncertainty for unaccompanied children caused by the Trump administration’s recent confusing directives on access to legal representation is "callous," writes Francis Wilkinson, a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion [link removed]. 

On February 18 the administration sent a memo halting legal services for immigrant children through contractors. Three days later the directive was rescinded, generating confusion and uncertainty, Wilkinson highlights.  

During a recent media briefing run by the nonprofit KIND, experts shared the impact that such confusion will have on children and the people trying to help them, reports Jeff Brumley of the Baptist Global News [link removed]. 

On this regard, Alvaro de la Cruz-Correa, an immigration lawyer in Spokane, Washington, told Rachel Spacek of OBP [link removed]: "It feels like the system is winning when it comes to making the lives harder for both immigrants and their lawyers."     

Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Clara Villatoro, the Forum’s assistant VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Soledad Gassó Parker, Dan Gordon, Broc Murphy and Becka Wall. We are trying out a shorter version of the newsletter on Mondays to help get you the latest in immigration faster after the weekend. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**Immigration Enforcement **

* Trump seeks to fast-track deportations of hundreds of thousands [link removed] (Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post) 

* Lawsuit Against Panama Challenges Detention of Trump Deportees [link removed] (Farnaz Fassihi and Julie Turkewitz, The New York Times) 

* ICE awards $1B contract to private prison firm for major immigrant detention center [link removed] (Ariana Figueroa, Idaho Capital Sun) 

* Fears of ICE Raids Turn Streets Quiet in Heavily Hispanic Part of NYC [link removed] (Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Todd Heisler, The New York Times) 

* Trump White House Touts Arrests of Violent Migrants, but the Crackdown Is Much Broader [link removed] (Tarini Parti and Michelle Hackman, The Wall Street Journal) 

* Proposed registry is Trump tool to criminalize migration, advocates say [link removed] (Julian Resendiz, Border Report) 

**State and Local**  

* DeSantis: Sheriffs now able to enforce immigration laws under new agreement with feds [link removed] (Ana Goñi-Lessan, Tallahassee Democrat) 

* Leavenworth considers prison cells for Trump’s mass deportation plan [link removed] (Mary Sanchez, The Beacon News) 

* After Years Pursuing Citizenship This Austinite Questions Her Future in the U.S. [link removed] (Benton Graham, The Austin Chronicle) 

* Economic impact on Massachusetts could be significant if protections end for migrant workers [link removed] (Katie Johnston, Boston Globe) 

* A 2018 law aimed to ‘Trump-proof’ California on immigration. What has it accomplished? [link removed] (Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times) 

 

**Faith** 

* Cardinal McElroy calls for compassion in immigration policy as he prepares to lead in Washington [link removed] (Deepa Bharath, Associated Press) 

* JD Vance 'surprised' by pushback from Pope Francis, US bishops on immigration [link removed] (Allison Prang, National Catholic Reporter) 

* The Intersection of Religious Freedom and Immigration Enforcement [link removed] (David K. Trimble, Real Clear Politics) 

* Catholic refugee contracts canceled, risking life-saving aid in US and abroad [link removed] (Brian Fraga and Brian Roewe, National Catholic Review) 

**Other stories we’re reading: **

* Fact Check: Undocumented immigrants can and do pay taxes [link removed] (Reuters Fact Check) 

* Business groups quietly push back on Trump's immigration raids [link removed] (Brittany Gibson and Marc Caputo, Axios) 

* Doctors must defy ICE to fulfill their duty to heal [link removed] (Y. Tony Yang, The Hill) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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