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THE FORUM DAILY

The Trump administration is planning to dismiss hundreds of thousands of asylum cases, followed by expedited removals of the affected individuals, reports Priscilla Alvarez in a CNN [link removed] exclusive.  

Alvarez notes that 1.45 million asylum seekers would be at risk if this plan is followed through.  

Some asylum seekers have been already affected by fast-track deportations, as reported by Jimmy Jenkins of the Arizona Republic [link removed]. According to court filings in Arizona, the U.S. Government admitted to deporting at least 23 asylum seekers without following the full legal process. 

For more information on the expansion of expedited removals, check out this Forum policy resource [link removed]. 

Separately, earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a policy that will allow the agency to deport minors under a classification known as Special Immigrant Juveniles, which protects victims of abuse, neglect or abandonment, report Carol Marbin Miller, Syra Ortiz Blanes and Ana Ceballos of the Miami Herald [link removed].  

This is not the first action taken related to migrant children, the Herald team notes. In the past months, the administration has cut funding for the legal defense of migrant children, sent DHS agents to conduct wellness checks on minors, and directed immigration officers to target unaccompanied migrant minors. 

Experts and advocates warn of the risk that these children would face if they are sent back to their countries. 

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 Marcela Aguirre. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL** — If the latest reconciliation bill is passed by the Senate, the package would put $150 billion into the immigration enforcement system, a remarkable increase, reports Tim Sullivan of Associated Press [link removed]. Sullivan walks through the potential changes that the new budget could bring. For more on the “Big Beautiful Bill” and its specific plans for immigration, check out our policy team’s recent explainer [link removed]. 

**ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN** — In a recent Congressional hearing, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said that increased deportations have contributed to a slowdown in U.S. economic growth, confirming earlier warnings from economists, writes Stuart Anderson for Forbes [link removed]. Meanwhile, Andrew Lamparski of LEX 18 [link removed] reports on the importance of the contributions that undocumented immigrants make to Kentucky’s economy, and Sergio R. Bustos of WLRN [link removed] highlights that increased immigration enforcement is devastating Florida’s Key West’s economy. 

**ABREGO GARCIA UPDATE** — Despite both a U.S. magistrate and a district judge saying Kilmar Abrego Garcia should be released, the case continues in a legal battle, reports Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg [link removed]. Government attorneys claim that even if an order for his release is given, Abrego Garcia would probably still be taken into Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) custody and deported.  

**CLERGY SUPPORT** — As part of a diocesan observance of World Refugee Day, a group of clergies visited a federal immigration court in San Diego to hear cases and accompany people out, reports Gina Christian of OSV News [link removed]. “Our mission was to…communicate, ‘We are with you... We see you,” said Father Santarosa of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. “You’re not lost on us. You’re not lost on God...”  

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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