The Forum Daily | Tuesday, August 5, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**
Some United States citizens in California are now keeping their passports on them at all times for fear of Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) raids and racial profiling, reports Melissa Montalvo of The Fresno Bee [link removed].  

“This is the first time I renewed my passport not for travel but for proof of citizenship,” said Fresno resident Paul Liu.  

Meanwhile, Republican Latino law-makers voiced their concerns over how current immigration enforcement policies could impact Latino voters’ electoral decisions in the future, reports Marianna Sotomayor of The Washington Post [link removed]. 

House Republicans see a strategic opening to advance immigration reforms, citing a sharp drop in border crossings as the ideal moment to act. Many of them believe that President Trump has the political leverage to offer immigration solutions and change the current policy trend, Sotomayor highlights. 

Separately, a woman who has lived in the United States for 30 years is facing deportation, despite her lawyers' objections that such expedited removal tests a federal law that says that longtime immigrant residents cannot be removed without a chance to plead their case, reports Andrea Castillo of the Los Angeles Times [link removed].   

On Saturday night, the woman’s lawyers filed a lawsuit seeking an emergency stop to her deportation, arguing her right to due process has been denied. The lawyers say that the ruling on this legal challenge could set a precedent for millions of other undocumented people in the United States. 

Until recently, expedited removal was usually reserved for those detained within 100 miles of the border. Since the beginning of the year, however, the practice was expanded. To better understand the expansion of the expedited removal policy, check out this Forum resource [link removed]. 

Welcome to Tuesday’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 and Nicci Mattey. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected].   

**WORFORCE CHALLENGES** —  A new analysis [link removed] from the National Foundation for American Policy indicates that the recent decline in the labor force is in part because of recent immigration policy shifts, causing problems for businesses and the economy, writes Stuart Anderson for Forbes [link removed]. Experts note that this issue is affecting U.S. born citizens, as U.S. born unemployment rate is up [link removed]. Separately, an analysis by Drishti Pillai and Samantha Artiga of KFF [link removed] highlights the role that immigrants play in the rural workforce, particularly in key industries such as health care and agriculture. 

**AFGHAN ALLIES IMPERILED** — As the Trump administration terminates humanitarian pathways and legal protections for Afghans, attorneys worry that even the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program is jeopardized, reports Tobi Raji of The Washington Post [link removed]. Advocates and lawyers working with Afghans raised concern as multiple Afghan allies who were following immigration processes have been arrested.  

**IMMIGRANT YOUTH** — As a policy that allowed deferred action for children and youth approved for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status has ended, a new group of immigrant youth are at risk of deportation, reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law [link removed]. The program allowed qualified juveniles to receive benefits such as a driver's license and health insurance. Several immigration advocacy groups are challenging the administration in federal court over the program’s cancellation.  

**PRAYERS FOR HOPE** — This past weekend dozens of faith leaders gathered in the Florida Everglades to pray for those detained within the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” reports a team at WSVN [link removed]. The faith leaders and advocates said the gathering was meant to give hope to those detained. “Just to let it be known that we’re here, and we want them to know they’re not forgotten, and they are loved and remembered,” said the Rev. Arthur Jones III with the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fort Myers. 

Thanks for reading, 

Clara 

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