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THE FORUM DAILY
The White House is planning to substantially increase the number of migrants being sent to Guantánamo Bay starting this week, report Nahal Toosi and Myah Ward of Politico.
According to documents obtained by the Politico team, at least 9,000 individuals are being vetted for transfer.
Separately, protests continue to grow across the United States in backlash against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, report Sergio Martínez-Beltrán and Jasmine Garsd of NPR.
With increased efforts across the country to triple their daily arrests, ICE has received criticism regarding some of the tactics used to achieve the detention goals, report Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters.
“It seems like they're just arresting people they think might be in the country without status and amenable to deportation,” said Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute.
In Nebraska, an ICE raid at a meat packing plant caused chaos and confusion for the company and surrounding community, detaining around 80 workers allegedly due to their immigration status, report Jeremy Turley and Natalia Alamdari of Flatwater Free Press.
The raids shocked executives at the plant, who said immigration officials collected and reviewed their employees’ I-9 forms in February.
Justin Lahart and Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal analyze how the immigration crackdown is already negatively affecting the job market, although it will take a while to see the policies’ full effect.
Welcome to Wednesday’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].
A CALL FOR SOLUTIONS — The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles condemned recent immigration raids and confirmed 14 of its members were detained, reports David Paulsen of the Episcopal News Service. Meanwhile, Gina Christian of OSV News highlights Catholic Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles as he prays for “restraint and calm” during clashes between military personnel and protesters. Archbishop Gomez called on Congress “to get serious about fixing our broken immigration system that leads so many to seek to cross our borders illegally.”
More on the effect of recent policy changes:
CLERGY VISAS — The Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, is hoping that the recently introduced Religious Workforce Protection Act will address immigration challenges faced by foreign-born religious workers in the United States, reports Gina Christian of OSV News. Though the bill would provide a solution for affected clergy, its future is still uncertain. For a full overview of the bill, take a look at the Forum’s newest explainer.
CASES RECONSIDERED — A judge ordered the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement to revisit the cases of migrant children who have been left in government custody after recent stricter ID requirements for family sponsors, reports Rebecca Boone of the Associated Press. The judge emphasized that the changes were made without proper justification or advance notice. Modifications in the requirements have delayed the release of minors. Migrant children now remain in shelters for about 217 days before reunification with a relative.
POSITIVE BENEFITS — UC San Diego economics professor Gaurav Khanna speaks with Thomas Fudge of KPBS on how foreign-born skilled workers coming to the United States helps both the American economy and the home countries workers leave behind. Khanna speaks on the findings of his research, saying that compared to the popular narrative around migrants, the situation is usually “more nuanced and generally quite positive.”
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