The Forum Daily | Tuesday, April 8, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**The Trump administration plans to fine individuals subject to deportation up to $998 per day if they do not leave the United States in the period granted for self-deportation, report Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters [link removed].  

The fines would be enacted through a 1996 law [link removed] that was first enforced during the previous Trump administration in 2018.  

Additionally, migrants who entered the United States using the Biden-era CBP One app are now being told they must leave "immediately," reports Valerie Gonzalez of the Associated Press [link removed].  

Since January 2023, nearly 900,000 people were admitted into the U.S. with asylum appointments they scheduled using the CBP One app. Notices are now being sent from the Department of Homeland Security to those in the system advising them to leave, Gonzalez reports. 

Separately, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the administration can continue using the Alien Enemies Act, but deportees should be given a chance to contest their cases before their removal, report Justin Jouvenal and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post [link removed].  

The ruling did not address the underlying questions of the legality of using the Alien Enemies Act, leaving open the possibility of future litigation, the Post notes. 

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:at%E2%80%[email protected].%E2%80%AF 

**A PAUSE** — Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily paused a lower court order that set a Monday night deadline for the administration to bring back from El Salvador a mistakenly deported man, writes Melissa Quinn for CBS News [link removed]. The move gives the Supreme Court more time to consider the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported despite having been granted "withholding of removal," Quinn highlights. 

**MORE VISA CANCELATIONS** – In the last week, nearly 300 international students were stripped of their visas, report Vimal Patel, Miriam Jordan and Halina Bennet of The New York Times [link removed]. Colleges and universities across the country are scrambling to help students who are facing detention and deportation. At California universities alone, three dozen students and alumni face deportation, report Doha Madani and Lindsay Good of NBC News [link removed]. Separately, an international student whose F-1 visa was canceled sued the administration saying the SEVIS record was illegally terminated and is requesting it to be restored, reports Sam Skolnik of Bloomberg Law [link removed].

**‘HEARTBREAKING’** – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced that it will end its partnerships with the federal government to aid refugees and unaccompanied children, reports Peter Smith of the Associated Press [link removed]. In a decision that they described as "heartbreaking," USCCB confirmed that it will discontinue its federally supported programs and services by the end of September. "As a national effort, we simply cannot sustain the work on our own at current levels or in current form," said conference president Archbishop Timothy Broglio. 

**VULNERABLE** – Asylum seekers in Tijuana, Mexico, are considering their options as the Trump administration blocks legal entry and cuts funding for migrant shelters, reports Andrea Castillo of the Los Angeles Times [link removed]. Lindsay Toczylowski, co-founder of Immigrant Defenders Law Center, said: "It’s the first time in [her] career that we can say, ‘There’s no option that exists for you." Alecia Westmorland of the National Catholic Reporter [link removed] highlights the story of the Sisters of St. Joseph who keep supporting migrants stranded in Mexico. 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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