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THE FORUM DAILY
In Miami, a lucrative real estate market is seeing the negative effects of the administration’s immigration enforcement policies, as uncertainty makes immigrants wary to buy or rent long term, report Augusta Saraiva, Michael Smith, and Anna J Kaiser of Bloomberg.
Home sales are down nearly 17% in Miami compared with last year’s numbers, according to data collected by Redfin Corp. This is six times the national decline, Bloomberg notes.
"Some people are afraid — they want to buy or rent, but they say, ‘How can I if I don’t know if next year, or next week, my visa is going to be extended or not?’" said Maruja Gil, a Miami real estate agent with almost two decades of experience.
Separately, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, neighbors and business owners are concerned about what will happen to the substantial immigrant population that revitalized the town, reports Matthew Rink for USA Today.
Among the immigrant population in Charleroi are 700 Haitians who are facing the impending end of their Temporary Protected Status.
In a Time op-ed, Karen Tumlin, founder and director of Justice Action Center, writes about the administration’s focus not only on people who already lacked authorization, but also who have been here lawfully "after doing everything the federal government has asked of them."
Welcome to Wednesday’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].
CAPITAL — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been carrying out operations at Washington, D.C., restaurants, reports Jessica Sidman of the Washingtonian. Many had prepared for the possibility, and yet: "We were under the impression that they were focusing on trying to find criminals," said Bo Blair, owner of Millie’s. "And this is just a whole new level of harassment to our hard-working, law-abiding employees."
CHILDREN AT RISK — The administration’s plans for large-scale deportations are putting a large number of children, including U.S. citizens, at risk of deportation or family separation, reports Patricia Caro of El País. That’s despite initial assurances that only criminals would be targeted. Among children, nearly 5 million citizens live with at least one undocumented parent, Caro notes.
Here’s more about the people whom the policies are affecting:
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A family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, deals with the fallout of a belligerent immigration-enforcement action that resulted in the detention of a husband and father. (Paul C. Kelly Campos, WBUR)
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In Spokane, Washington, an immigrant who has lived in the U.S. since he was a toddler and has been on a legal path was detained. (Mandy Taheri, Newsweek)
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In Juneau, Alaska, one family stays for the hope of a better life, despite the fear of deportation. (Yvonne Krumrey, KTOO)
SOLIDARITY — "If immigrants are under attack, we all are," write USC professors Jody Agius Vallejo and Manuel Pastor in a Los Angeles Times op-ed. They urge Californians not to abandon their immigrant neighbors. "Our region has always formed a front line — for justice, for resistance, for possibility. We can allow fear and cruelty to rule, or we can continue to meet this moment with courage and clarity," they write.
A DREAM REALIZED — Oscar Ramos moved to the United States from Mexico 14 years ago. After hard work, Ramos and his wife will open their own taco shop in Richfield, Minnesota, tomorrow, reports Frankie McLister of WCCO News. "We're doing something really great for the community, it's not just another taqueria," Ramos said of his new venture.
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