The Forum Daily | Tuesday, April 1, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**Yesterday, a federal judge in California paused the administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News [link removed].  

Around 350,000 migrants protected from deportation under TPS were expected to lose their protections and work permits by next week, according to a February notice [link removed] by the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.  

"(T)he Court finds that the Secretary’s action threatens to: inflict irreparable harm on hundreds of thousands of persons whose lives, families, and livelihoods will be severely disrupted, cost the United States billions in economic activity, and injure public health and safety in communities throughout the United States," wrote U.S. District Court Judge Edward Chen in his ruling.  

Separately, the administration sent 10 Salvadoran and seven Venezuelan men accused of gang membership to a jail in El Salvador amid increasing legal concerns on this measure, report Arelis R. Hernández and Natalie Allison of The Washington Post [link removed].  

According to a White House official, the men were deported under federal immigration law and not the Alien Enemies Act, as this was paused temporarily by a judge, the Post notes. 

Alan Feuer of The New York Times [link removed] reports that new court papers show that much of the allegations against the Venezuelan men previously deported to the Salvadoran jail are based on aspects such as their tattoos and the clothing they wear. 

Welcome to Tuesday’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, 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].      

**BUSINESS CONCERNS** — Anxiety around the delayed release of additional H-2B visas needed by seasonal businesses like hotels and restaurants across the country reflect a growing uncertainty about how the administration will treat legal immigration, reports Lydia DePillis of The New York Times [link removed]. Separately, in the agricultural business, the town of Avondale, Pennsylvania, worry over the immigrant farm workers they rely on as they produce 70% of the nation’s mushrooms, reports Daniella Silva of NBC News [link removed].  

**HARMFUL CONSEQUENCES** – Amid increasing raid operations, local police officers across the country are hosting sessions to ensure their immigrant communities feel safe and trust them when calling for help, reports Meg Anderson of NPR [link removed]. "[Y]ou are our community. We are your officers. It is a fundamental human right that you feel safe in your home regardless of where you're from," said Santa Fe Police Chief Paul Joye in a session. Tina Traster of RCBJ [link removed] highlights another impact of increased deportation efforts as in Rockland County, New York, residents are scared to leave their homes, and local businesses are losing customers. 

**COMPASSION** – A new study [link removed] by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity found that nearly 10 million immigrant Christians could be impacted by mass deportation, reports Andy Olsen of Christianity Today [link removed]. Diana Chandler of the Baptist Press [link removed] highlights how the Southern Baptist Convention is speaking out against the ending of the CHNV humanitarian parole program, affecting 534,000 immigrants. Kenny Felix, president of the Southern Baptist Convention National Haitian Fellowship, calls churches to follow "God’s love that leads us to be compassionate to others." 

**INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS** — Officials in Minnesota are trying to find answers behind the detainment of a University of Minnesota student by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reports the Associated Press [link removed]. University leadership says that the student is enrolled at the university’s business school and that the institution is providing the student with support and legal resources. In a piece for Forbes [link removed], Stuart Anderson analyzes the recent cases of student visa cancellations. 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

 

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