The Forum Daily | Thursday, March 13, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**As Congressional funding negotiations continue, House Judiciary Chair Committee Jim Jordan (R-OH) signaled his interest in working toward bipartisan immigration reforms, report Brendan Bordelon and Hailey Fuchs of Politico [link removed]. 

Jordan expressed willingness to seek solutions on issues including modernizations to high-skilled worker and farmworker visa programs, as well as permanence for Dreamers. 

The Council on National Security and Immigration (CNSI) applauded Jordan’s willingness to work across the aisle in a statement [link removed].  

"With the Republican congressional majority already taking steps to make needed investments in border security, Rep. Jordan and other leaders have an opportunity to make additional essential updates to our immigration system and work on a bipartisan basis to respond to the country’s economic and national security needs," said CNSI leaders. 

Separately, Pennsylvania's $1.1 billion mushroom industry is preparing for a shock to its labor force after the administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans, highlighting the urgency of reforms to agricultural visas, write Hazel Velasco Palacios and Kathleen Sexsmith in The Conversation [link removed]. 

In Minnesota, a small town worries about the impact that the loss of temporary protections would have on the local community and economy, reports Samuel Martin of The Globe [link removed].  

"If these programs like TPS or DACA go away, we're going to see hundreds, if not thousands, of people in our current workforce no longer have the authorization they need to work for our employers," said Erin Schutte Wadzinski, a District 518 board member in Worthington.  

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. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].  mailto:[email protected].   

IMPACT – California farmers are looking for solutions to preserve their immigrant workforce amid policy changes, reports Rebecca Plevin of the Los Angeles Times [link removed]. As the region grows more than 30% of the country’s vegetables and around 75% of the fruits and nuts, losing a significant part of their workforce could have a great economic impact, Plevin notes. These concerns extend to other states with industries that depend on immigrant workers, Myah Ward of Politico [link removed] analyzes the impact of raids in Republican states’ farms. 

BLOCKED ORDER – A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administration's request to reverse an injunction blocking the executive order to end birthright citizenship, reports Bart Janson of USA Today [link removed]. There are 10 federal lawsuits across the country challenging the order and several judges have temporarily halted its enforcement, Janson notes. 

**SAFETY** – Advocates are calling for the Trump administration to maintain Haitian migrants’ Temporary Protected Status (TPS) due to continued political turmoil and violence in Haiti, reports Hannan Adely of NorthJersey.com [link removed]. Upon their return to Haiti, deportees have been unlawfully imprisoned, violently targeted and ostracized from a community that many left as children, Adely highlights. Separately, Edith M. Lederer of the Associated Press [link removed] highlights the U.S. just extended its ban on flights to Haiti after as the country’s condition declines. 

POPULATION GROWTH – A new Migration Policy Institute analysis [link removed] shows that between 2022 and 2023 –for the first time– immigration was the sole factor in the United States’ population growth, reports Dan Gooding of Newsweek [link removed]. Immigrants also provide an important pipeline of workers, a previous National Foundation for American Policy study [link removed] found that immigrants were more likely to enter the workforce than native-born Americans in a similar period, Gooding notes. Alex Fitzpatrick of Axios [link removed] breaks down the demographic statistics more visually. 

Thanks for reading, 

Clara 

 

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