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Migrants who once headed north are now traveling south, as the Trump administration's??border??and immigration??policies make welcome in the
United States seem??unattainable for many,??reports??Daniel Gonzalez of??The Arizona Republic [link removed].??

Media reports??and??what??other migrants??are saying??fuels??decisions to turn??back,??Gonzalez??reports.??

Juan??Pin??a, a 45-year-old migrant from??Venezuela,??saved up for months??to make??the journey north??with family members.??They??made??their??way through six countries, including five days in the Dari??n Gap. Now, in??Tuxtla Gutierrez, a city in south Mexico,??they??have??decided to??turn back.??

"We sacrificed a lot to achieve that??dream, to improve our family. Now we will see what awaits us in our country, Venezuela,"??Pin??a??said.??

Separately, in??many??Chicago neighborhoods,??locals are stepping up??in an effort to??protect??their neighbors, reports Heather Schlitz of??Reuters
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"We are not??a violent city. This is not a war zone, and??I think these guys??are terrorizing us and trying to incite us," Courtney Conway, a lifelong Chicago resident,??said about??the??actions??she??has??seen from Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) officers in her city.??

In an interview with??CBS News' [link removed] O'Donnell,??President Trump??said immigration raids "haven't??gone far enough."??

On a happier note, congratulations to the never-say-die Los Angeles Dodgers on their World Series win. James Rainey of the??Los Angeles Times [link removed] in
the team's??combination of international and American-born stars and Series heroes.??

Welcome to Monday's edition???of??The Forum Daily.??I'm??Dan Gordon, the??Forum's VP of Strategic Communications, and the great??Forum??Daily??team also includes Masooma Amin, Jillian Clark, Nicci Mattey and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send???it???to me [email protected] mailto:[email protected].??

**Immigration Enforcement and Detention??**

* Senate report details dozens of cases of medical neglect in federal immigration detention centers [link removed]??(Claudia Lauer, Associated Press)??

* What I Saw at the Epicenter of Trump's War on 'Illegals'
[link removed]??(Tim??R??hn, Politico)??

* Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing [link removed]??(John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post)??

* ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using - with little apparent oversight [link removed]??(Tom??Schuba, Chicago Sun Times)??

* Kristi Noem says no Americans have been detained in ICE sweeps. That's false. [link removed]??(Nick Karmia??and??Maria Ramirez Uribe,
Poynter??Institute)??

**State and Local??**

* New data shows 1 in 4 ICE arrests happened in Texas under Trump's immigration crackdown [link removed]??(Uriel J. Garc??a, Colleen??DeGuzman, Alex??Nguyen??and Carla Astudillo,??The Texas Tribune)??

* ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas [link removed]??(Dell Cameron, Wired)??

* Salt Lake City mayor, council leaders broadly condemn ICE airport arrest in 'gateway to our state' [link removed]??(Jose Davila IV??and??Addy Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune)??

* An ICE raid near St. Louis targeted food workers. An attorney sees it as part of
a larger crackdown [link removed]??(Danny??Wicentowski, St. Louis Public Radio)????

* Immigrants power kitchens, chefs say.??So??a Chicago group is raising money for their protection. [link removed]??(Ambar Col??n, Chicago Sun Times)??

**Economy??**

* Builders Find Hardship in Trump's Tariffs and Deportations [link removed]??(Sydney Ember, The New York Times)??

* Trump Immigration Rule Could Make H-1B Visa Holders Too Costly To Hire [link removed]??(Stuart Anderson,
Forbes)??

* A Palmetto flea market is struggling amid the immigration crackdown [link removed]??(Nancy Guan, WUSF)??

* Texas restaurants struggle with tariffs, immigration crackdowns [link removed]??(Bryanna Carroll, Fox 7 Austin)??

Thanks for reading,????

Dan??

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