The Forum Daily | Monday, June 30, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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As the Supreme Court limits [link removed] nationwide orders that had halted the executive order to end birthright citizenship, uncertainty and confusion arise among immigrant communities, report Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke of Reuters [link removed].  

Legal aid organizations saw an increase in calls over the weekend. For many people, the main concern is having a baby that automatically becomes stateless. Lorena, a Colombian woman, expressed to Reuters: "I don’t know if I can give her [my nationality]. I also don't know how it would work, if I can add her to my asylum case. I don't want her to be adrift with no nationality." 

In his piece for Slate [link removed], Matt Watkins dives deeper into the realities facing immigrant families should birthright citizenship stop being the law of the land.  

As Miriam Jordan reports for The New York Times [link removed], the Supreme Court decision did not rule on the constitutionality of the executive order, but rejecting the nationwide injunctions that had blocked the order paves the way for the policy to be enforced, at least temporarily, in most states. 

The birthright citizenship restrictions do not take place everywhere immediately, Jordan notes. Those in the 22 states challenging the order will likely try again, putting off the enforcement of such a ruling. In the 28 states where there were no challenges, the order will go into effect after a 30-day delay. 

What is at stake? As Jennie said on a statement [link removed] Friday: “Birthright citizenship is essential to the meaning of being American...Through our history the children of immigrants have helped drive American innovation and economic growth.” 

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

**Immigration and Faith Communities **

* We're Faith Leaders Calling for Conscience in the U.S. Senate | Opinion [link removed] (Mark J. Seitz and Keny Felix, Newsweek) 

* As Christian missionary, I oppose increasing deficit to deport peaceful migrants| Opinion [link removed] (Thomas Soerens, Milwaukee Sentinel Journal) 

* ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution [link removed] (Andy Olsen, Christianity Today) 

* Catholic Bishops Try to Rally Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Agenda [link removed] (Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times) 

**Community Impact **

* Community clinic provides aid to immigrants shaken up by ICE [link removed] (María Paula Ochoa, NBC4) 

* Immigrants Revived Rust Belt Cities. Now They’re in Hiding. [link removed] (Konrad Putzier, The Wall Street Journal) 

* California’s population shrank in Trump’s first immigration crackdown. It could happen again [link removed] (Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters)  

* Federal funds for Oklahoma migrant students, English learners in doubt [link removed] (Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice) 

**Federal Immigration Policies **

* Trump says the administration is working on a 'temporary pass' for immigrants in certain industries [link removed] (Megan Lebowitz, NBC News) 

* Trump ends TPS for Haitians. More than a half-million people now face deportation [link removed] (Jacqueline Charles and Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald) 

* The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system [link removed] (Jude Joffe-Block and Miles Parks, NPR) 

* What’s in Trump and Senate Republicans’ tax and immigration bill? [link removed] (Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post) 
 

**Immigration Enforcement **

* Concerns Grow Over Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention [link removed] (Miriam Jordan and Jazmine Ulloa, The New York Times)  

* Inside ICE's superpowers [link removed] (Russell Contreras, Axios) 

* Some immigrants chose to leave the US. But is ‘self-deportation’ really becoming a thing? [link removed] (Victoria Clayton, The Guardian) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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