The Forum Daily | Monday, September 29, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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Since federal agents began detaining immigrants at U.S. immigration courts across the country, Sister Leticia Gutiérrez Valderrama has devoted her time to accompanying those affected in El Paso, Texas, reports Rhina Guidos of the National Catholic Reporter [link removed]. 

“[A]bove all, I recognize that when I accompany someone, when I defend someone, when I am with them, I am with the Lord Jesus himself, present in each and every one of my sisters and brothers, the Lord Jesus is there,"Gutiérrez Valderrama said. "That is a really great, really strong force for me." 

Elsewhere, hundreds of Catholics came together in Washington, D.C., to celebrate their faith’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees yesterday. The day included an impassioned homily by Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington, D.C., questioning current immigration enforcement, reports Kevin Clarke of America Magazine [link removed].  

Cardinal McElroy encouraged citizens to speak up for their neighbors: “As a church, we must console and peacefully stand in solidarity with the undocumented men and women whose lives are being upended ....” 

Meanwhile, in response to the shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas last week, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the deployment of agents from the Department of Justice to immigration facilities around the country, reports Jasper Ward of Reuters [link removed]. 

The Forum is hosting our annual Leading the Way convening today and tomorrow, and we’ll be back in your inboxes Wednesday. Welcome to Monday’s edition. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Masooma Amin, Jillian Clark and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**In the Courts** 

* Ohio lawmaker wants judges to consider immigration status in setting bail, parole, sentences [link removed] (Nick Evans, Ohio Capital Journal) 

* A peek inside the confusion and 'chaos' of Indianapolis' new immigration court [link removed] (Noe Padilla and Kristine Phillips, Indianapolis Star) 

* ‘The angel of immigrants’ is taking her fight to the Supreme Court [link removed] (Ande Richards, NJ.com) 

**Immigration Enforcement** 

* Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in ICE detention [link removed] (José Olivares and Will Craft, The Guardian) 

* Sweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared” [link removed] (Derek Seidman, Truthout) 

* DMPS superintendent Ian Roberts may face long shot bid to stay in US, but much is unclear [link removed] (Lee Rood, Des Moines Register) 

* ‘I’m From Here!’: U.S. Citizens Are Ending Up in Trump’s Dragnet [link removed] (Jazmine Ulloa, Allison McCann and Jennifer Medina, The New York Times) 

* Family of Milford teen detained by ICE unaware of his whereabouts: ‘All I want is to know if he is alive’ [link removed] (Marcela Rodrigues, The Boston Globe) 

**Immigrant Workers and Contributions **

* Bipartisan Bill Would Free Up Visas to Ease Physician Shortage [link removed] (Victoria Knight, Medscape) 

* 'I Felt Like a Nobody': The Hidden Lives of Immigrant Caregivers [link removed] (Tsisnami Sakvarlishvili, Pulitzer Center) 

* Here are the real consequences of a $100,000 H-1B fee [link removed] (The Washington Post Editorial Board) 

* These Red Vermont Towns Wanted ‘America First.’ They’re Getting More Than They Bargained For [link removed] (Will Bredderman, Politico) 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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