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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has instructed immigration judges to allow Department of Homeland Security lawyers to request quick dismissal of immigration cases and promptly grant those requests, according to an official memo, reports Julia Ainsley of  NBC News [link removed]. 

These quick dismissals allow arrests to happen immediately and without the opportunity to appeal. According to experts, the instructions within the DOJ’s memo are legal, as immigration judges report to the executive branch and are not a part of the independent judiciary. However, the decision is still upsetting many immigration judges, highlights Ainsley.  

This new measure gives the green light to Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents to arrest people at immigration court right after their cases are dismissed, assisting the agency’s goal of 3,000 arrests per day, reports Ximena Bustillo of NPR News [link removed].  

"This is all part of a strategy by the current administration to essentially bypass the legal system, to bypass courts, deny people the opportunity of getting a fair day in court in order to rapidly deport as many people as possible without respect for the rule of law,"Greg Chen of the American Immigration Lawyers Association told NPR.  

Welcome to Thursday’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].   

**THIRD COUNTRY DEPORTATIONS** — A Circuit panel in Washington D.C. granted an emergency request by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to halt a previous court order instructing the federal government to facilitate habeas petitions for migrants deported to El Salvador, reports Ryan Knappenberger of the Courthouse News Service [link removed]. The DOJ argued that the court's order would force the government to “engage in diplomatic negotiations.” Separately, Kosovo agreed to “temporarily relocated” a small group of deportees sent by the U.S., reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News [link removed]. 

**DISRUPTED** — Recent policy changes are creating some chaos for American businesses as they are forced to terminate thousands of workers who are being stripped of their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or parole, reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg [link removed]. “Things could change in two minutes. It’s the exact opposite of how you want any business to run,” said Helen Konrad of McCandlish Holton PC. Separately, a team with the Los Angeles Times [link removed] highlights an increase in immigration enforcement raids targeting farming businesses across California.   

**MILITARY DEPLOYMENT** — Local veterans are criticizing the Trump administration's deployment of military personnel within the U.S. and are calling on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, reports Robert Goulston of GBH News [link removed]. George MacMasters, a veteran with two decades of service in the U.S. Marines and Army, said “Personally, I don’t like to see military personnel deployed within our states because we’re trained for foreign adversaries.” In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) plans to deploy the National Guard amid immigration enforcement protests throughout the state, reports Marlene Lenthang of NBC News [link removed].   

**FAMILIES** — In Florida, Cuban and Haitian families affected by the recent travel ban are pleading with President Trump to allow their loved ones to come to the United States, report Nora Gámez Torres and Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald [link removed]. “I hope that the people at the top, those who sign and pass the laws, also take into account that we, permanent residents, also have our children in a prison country, and we want to have them here with us,” said Clara Yoa, a Cuban national and small business owner in Tampa whose three children are still in Cuba.  

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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