The Forum Daily | Friday, April 4, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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Yesterday, a federal judge expressed that there is a "fair likelihood" that the White House went against his order to stop two flights carrying migrants to El Salvador last month, report Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and Joel Rose on NPR’s All Things Considered [link removed]. 

The Department of Justice was requested again to explain the use of the Alien Enemies Act and the exact timeline of the flights and departures on the day he gave his order. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said that potential next step might involve initiating contempt proceedings, NPR notes. 

Separately, flight attendants working on the chartered planes carrying deported migrants speak out on the directions they get for removal flights, reports McKenzie Funk of ProPublica [link removed].  

Former and current cabin crew expressed their concerns about their inability to treat their passengers humanely in those flights, Funk highlights. 

One flight attendant described the training she and others received: "‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’"  

Welcome to Friday’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 and 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].   

**TPS IMPACT** — In Florida, migrants and their employers express relief after a federal judge ruled that Venezuelans in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) could keep their protections for now, reports Valentina Palm of the Palm Beach Post [link removed]. The loss of TPS could put excessive pressure on South Florida’s economy, as well as the national economy as 350,000 Venezuelans could no longer work after losing their legal status, Palm notes.  

**RELIGIOUS FREEDOM** — The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom highlights in its annual report [link removed] that recent U.S. policy changes, including some on immigration, could affect religious liberty worldwide, reports Samantha Kamman of the Christian Post [link removed]. Commission Chair Stephen Schneck ,called on the administration to restore the refugee program, as many refugees are fleeing religious persecution. Separately, an interfaith prayer vigil was expected yesterday to show solidarity and protect houses of worship from immigration enforcement, reports David Paulsen of Episcopal News Service [link removed]. 

**CARE WORK** — For American families that rely on foreign workers to help with sick or disabled family members, immigration crackdowns represent a threat to their delicate situations, report Vanessa G. Sánchez and Daniel Chang of NBC News [link removed]. Around six million people in the United States receive personal care in their own home or a group home. In 2021, foreign-born workers made up about 18% of the caretaker population in the U.S. Now both immigrant workers and the American families who rely on them face an unclear future, Sánchez and Chang note. 

**UNKNOWN FUTURES** — An Afghan Christian family remains stuck in Pakistan, despite getting close to achieving their dream of a life in Texas, reports Alexandra Villarreal for The Guardian [link removed]. With the Trump administration’s indefinite suspension of the refugee program any chance the family had evaporated, Villarreal notes. "By every metric, they have played by the rules and they are being treated like this," said Justin Reese, one of the volunteers in Texas preparing to welcome the family. Additionally, a new policy threatens the funding of organizations in Texas welcoming refugees, reports Stella M. Chávez of KERA News [link removed].  

More on challenges facing refugees: 

* In Philadelphia, a young Afghan man fights to be reunited with his family (Matt Schiavenza, HIAS [link removed]). 

* For refugees sent to Costa Rica, their lives remain in limbo as they fear going back home (Tico Times [link removed]) 

* Afghan pilots who fought alongside the United States against the Taliban remain unsure of their future resettlement (Sophia Saifi,  CNN [link removed]) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara  

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