The Forum Daily | Monday, June 9, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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Federal immigration sweeps in workplaces and other areas of Los Angeles prompted protests over the weekend from frustrated neighbors and advocates, report Frank Stoltze, Megan Garvey and Jared Bennett of LAist [link removed].  

With tensions rising, the White House deployed the California National Guard to intervene over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D).  As the president threatened [link removed] [link removed] additional actions overnight, the action has prompted the state of California tothreaten a lawsuit [link removed] challenging the deployment, as reported by Sarah Fortinsky of The Hill [link removed].  

The Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal [link removed] analyzes recent immigration enforcement actions and lays out potential political fallout for both President Trump and Democrats, urging "common sense"to prevail. 

Separately, the new travel ban goes into effect today, blocking the entry of nationals from 12 countries and imposing partial restrictions for 7 more. Despite that Democrats and at least one Republican have called the ban "inhumane and unnecessary, "advocates do not expect the same opposition of the 2017 ban during the first Trump administration, report David Nakamura and Marianne LeVine of The Washington Post [link removed]. 

For one Afghan family settled in the United States, the travel ban means a definite pause on plans to bring a beloved niece to live with them, allowing her to escape the trials of living under Taliban rule, reports Jeffrey Collins of the Associated Press [link removed].  

While the ban makes exception for Afghans with Special Immigrant Visas who helped the United States during the conflict in Afghanistan, this does not apply to extended family of those individuals.  

Welcome to Monday’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, Callie Jacobson, 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]. 

**Federal Policy Changes **

* DHS memo details how National Guard troops will be used for immigration enforcement [link removed] (Tom Bowman and Ximena Bustillo, NPR) 

* Trump’s Ambition Collides With Law on Sending Migrants to Dangerous Countries [link removed] (Carol Rosenberg, The New York Times) 

* Peruvian migrant acquitted in the first trial over the new militarized zone at US-Mexico border [link removed] (Associated Press) 

* Ohio immigration advocate: Homeland Security screwups aren’t just silly, they’re scary – Ohio Capital Journal [link removed] (Marty Schladen, Ohio Capital Journal) 

**Immigration Enforcement** 

* ICE arrests under Trump top 100,000 as officials expand aggressive efforts to detain migrants [link removed] (Camilo Montoya Galvez, CBS News) 

* Immigrants’ courthouse arrests in NYC prompt fear and calls for investigation – Spectrum News 1 [link removed] (Noorulain Khawaja, Spectrum News 1) 

* Immigrants’ rights advocate: Criminals should be deported but that's not what's happening [link removed] (Frank Mulligan, The Standard Times) 

* What really happened outside the Paramount Home Depot? The reality on the ground vs. the rhetoric [link removed] (Rachel Uranga and Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times) 

**Immigration Policy Effect **

* Haitian immigrants in Ohio: 'There is fear' after court ruling, travel ban – Spectrum News 1 [link removed] (Sheena Elzie, Spectrum News 1) 

* Trump’s travel ban hits Florida’s diaspora communities – Politico [link removed] (Kimberly Leonard and Veronica Bianco, Politico) 

* Trump's travel ban takes effect Monday. What does it mean for Massachusetts' Haitian community? [link removed] (Hanna Ali, WBUR) 

* Bay Area Iranian, Afghan communities concerned as Trump's travel ban goes into effect [link removed] (Marianne Favro, NBC Bay Area) 

* City Council will vote on excluding children illegally in U.S. from after-school programs – Jacksonville Florida Times-Union (David Bauerlein, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union) [link removed] 

* Soccer Fans Fear Being Targets of U.S. Immigration Raids [link removed] (Tariq Panja, The New York Times) 

* The great poaching: America's brain drain begins [link removed] (Erica Pandey, Axios) 

**Refugees **

* Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond calls for expulsion of all Afghan refugees – The Oklahoman [link removed] (Dale Denwalt, The Oklahoman)  

* We can't save them all — but that's no reason to abandon refugees | Opinion [link removed] (Ellen Einterz, Indy Star) 

* U.S. Abandons Afghan Allies as Trump Administration Shuts Down Resettlement Programs [link removed] (Beth Bailey, Reason) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

**P.S.** In Omaha, Nebraska, Afghan newcomers from different generations use food to thank their neighbors and keep their connection to home, reports Nasrin Nawa of Flatwater Free Press [link removed].  

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