The Forum Daily | Monday, May 5, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**New this morning: The Council on National Security and Immigration (CNSI) released a statement [link removed] urging the administration to provide due process protections around the Alien Enemies Act. 

"If the administration chooses to use this authority, it must ensure individuals receive notice of the allegations, a meaningful chance to contest them, and access to judicial review," the CNSI said. 

Yesterday, in a "Meet the Press" interview with NBC News [link removed]' Kristen Welker, President Donald Trump questioned the right to due process when it comes to immigrants, report Amanda Terkel and Lawrence Hurley of NBC News [link removed].  

The president expressed uncertainty when asked whether he agrees with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who just last week [link removed] said that everyone in the United States deserved due process. 

When Welker pointed out that the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution guarantees due process for all, the president said, "I don’t know. It seems — it might say that, but if you’re talking about that, then we’d have to have a million or 2 million or 3 million trials." 

The Forum also has weighed in [link removed] on due process in immigration enforcement. 

Meanwhile, Rwanda is in discussions with the White House on a possible deal for accepting U.S. deportees, reports Hereward Holland Reuters [link removed].  

Rwanda Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe confirmed the negotiations late Sunday: "It has not yet reached a stage where we can say exactly how things will proceed, but the talks are ongoing." 

On a lighter note, congratulations to Derby winner Sovereignty and his team. Ximena Bustillo of NPR [link removed] spoke with Sovereignty’s jockey, Venezuela-born Junior Alvarado, beforehand and takes a look at the Latino presence in horseracing. Alexis Mathews of WLKY [link removed] reported on advocacy for immigration reforms in the run-up to the Derby. 

Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Broc Murphy, Clara Villatoro 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]. 

**Advocates Speaking Out **

* Retired Border Patrol agent: We can have both secure southern border and fair system [link removed] (Robert Wang, Canton Repository) 

* Christian leaders sent a letter asking President Trump and Secretary Noem to protect Afghan Christians [link removed] (World Relief) 

* After mourning pro-migrant pope, US bishops will face renewed questions over Trump crackdown [link removed] (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service) 

* 'We're getting it done': IRIS forges ahead in helping new arrivals, despite federal cuts [link removed] (Chris Polansky, Connecticut Public Radio) 

**Enforcement and Border **

* Trump’s Deportees to El Salvador Are Now "Ghosts" in U.S. Courts [link removed] (Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker) 

* Recent immigration arrests at courthouses around the country have advocates worried [link removed] (Gene Johnson and Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press) 

* Defense Department designates a second military zone on US border, extending into Texas [link removed] (Associated Press) 

* Nashville immigrant rights groups protest after ICE, THP arrests [link removed] (Nicole Hester, The Tennessean) 

**Inhumane Treatment in Detention **

* ICE Detainee Dies After HIV Undiagnosed for Months During Custody [link removed] (Billal Rahman, Newsweek) 

* Deported to Cuba, mom says she never had an 'option' to take her 17-month-old daughter with her [link removed] (Carmen Sesin, NBC News) 

* Lives cut short in ICE custody: Seven migrants die in Trump’s first 100 days [link removed] (Paola Nagovitch, El País) 

**Educators and Students **

* As Trump attacks higher education, some students avoid U.S. colleges [link removed]  (Susan Svrluga, Maham Javaid and Mikhail Klimentov, The Washington Post) 

* Fact sheet distributed to FGCU campus community says Florida campuses are not 'protected' [link removed] (Tomas Rodriquez, Fort Myers News-Press) 

* Fearing deportation, a beloved music teacher gives a final lesson [link removed] (Karina Elwood, the Washington Post) 

* How a School in a Tiny, New York Town Beat ICE [link removed] (Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg) 

**Congress **

* GOP Stays Silent On Deporting Americans In Unusual Immigration Markup [link removed] (Stuart Anderson, Forbes) 

* House Judiciary Committee wants to impose fees on immigrant children [link removed] (Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global) 

* House panel advances sweeping bill of Trump immigration priorities [link removed] (Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill) 

* DHS Border, Immigration Enforcement Funds Soar Under Trump Plan [link removed] (Ellen M. Gilmer, Bloomberg Government) 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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