The Forum Daily | Thursday, March 6, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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An immigrant family housing facility known for its allegations of mistreatment and family separations will reopen under a new contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reports Russell Contreras of Axios [link removed].  

The private prison company CoreCivic announced the new agreement and reopening yesterday, Contreras notes.   

Meanwhile, the plan of using Guantánamo as a detention facility for migrants is being reconsidered due to logistical and financial challenges, reports a team at NBC News [link removed]. 

Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times [link removed] analyze how inside the Trump administration, the pace of deportations is becoming a point of contention. 

Separately, the mayors of Boston, New York, Denver and Colorado presented arguments on their local laws protecting migrants before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, reports Jonathan Allen of Reuters [link removed]. 

The ‘sanctuary policies’ are being questioned for restricting local officials in helping enforce federal immigration regulations, Allen points out. For more on this topic check this Forum resource [link removed]. 

Amid the increasing deportation efforts, Jennie notes in a recent op-ed for Newsweek [link removed], that while American voters support the deportation of violent criminals, there is a significant lack of support for harsher immigration deterrents and tactics, such as a family separation or raids.  

 "We must seek immigration reform solutions that uphold human dignity, family unity, and American values," Jennie writes. 

Welcome to Thursday’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]. 

**UKRAINIAN & AFGHAN UNCERTAINTY** — Legal protections for 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict could be revoked as soon as April, report Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters [link removed]. Officials said that if the plan is confirmed, these groups could be put on a fast-track to deportation. Separately, a travel ban by the administration could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. as soon as next week, report Jonathan Landay, Ted Hesson and Humeyra Pamuk also from Reuters [link removed]. The ban would be based on a government review of countries' security and vetting risks, the team notes. 

**TAXES** — Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes every year. If the federal government begins using the IRS to track people, there’s a risk that immigrants will stop paying taxes, writes Adrian Carrasquillo of The xxxxxx [link removed]. Experts agree that these taxes are a crucial part of upholding programs like Social Security. "These are workers that are positively contributing to our communities—they’re our neighbors and coworkers who are contributing not just through their labor in critical industries like agriculture and construction, but they’re paying their taxes and don’t get benefits back," said Pablo Willis, communications director for Americans for Tax Fairness.  

**STATUS REPORT** – The Trump administration is required to provide a "status report" regarding efforts to reinstate refugee admissions as a follow up of a federal judge ruling last week, report Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service [link removed]. The request comes from an emergency hearing held on Tuesday in Seattle. A lawyer representing the federal government claimed programs were directed to resume but did not offer additional details. 

**'MORAL RECKONING’ **– A small group of Chicago-based nuns began advocating for immigrants forty years ago. Today, they continue their fight despite new challenges, reports Jessie Wardarski of the Associated Press [link removed]. Additionally, forty-five religious organizations signed an "Ash Wednesday Declaration" in support of refugee resettlement programs, calling out the current administration for "devastating vulnerable families and jeopardizing their futures," reports Mark Wingfield of Baptist News Global [link removed]. 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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