The Forum Daily | Thursday, November 6, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is putting together a "National Call Center" in Nashville, Tennessee, meant to help track unaccompanied migrant children for potential deportation, reports Laura Romero of ABC News [link removed].  

A notice placed on a government contracting website this week said the center is expected to be operating next summer, and it could take "6,000 to 7,000 calls per day" pertaining to the location of these children.  

Immigrant advocates are pushing back against the idea for the call center, saying it will only put these children at more risk for deportation.  

"There are a host of federal laws and programs that purport to protect unaccompanied children, which this administration has been actively attempting to dismantle," said Michael Lukens, the executive director of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights."[The call center] will only serve to make it easier to deport them." 

Separately, an analysis shows that 44% of 70 immigration judges fired by the Trump administration had a background of defending immigrants in court, report Ximena Bustillo and Anusha Mathur of NPR [link removed].  

Kathleen Bush-Joseph, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, said that while we can’t definitively know why the judges were fired without more information, "the way the Trump administration is approaching immigration courts reflects a really high prioritization of immigration enforcement and [the administration] has really made deportations this whole-of-government effort." 

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 Marcela Aguirre, Masooma Amin, Jillian Clark, and Dan Gordon. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected].   

**VISAS REVOKED** — The State Department has revoked over 80,000 nonimmigrant visas this year, reports Timothy Nerozzi of The Washington Examiner [link removed]. According to the department the most common offenses for a revoked visa was "assault, theft, and driving under the influence." Around 8,000 of the visas revoked were student visas, indicating a higher number than the reported this summer [link removed]. 

**IMPERSONATION RISK** — The FBI is urging immigration agents to "properly identify themselves" as a number of crimes such as assault and kidnapping have involved individuals who impersonate Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, reports Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill [link removed]. In the agency's bulletin the FBI urge officers to "adequality identify themselves during operations and cooperate with individuals who request further verification, such as calling their local precinct to verify the officer’s identity." 

**FEAR** — Afghan evacuees who came to Indiana after the fall of Kabul now fear the possibility that they could be forced back to a homeland that remains unstable and unsafe, reports Olivia O’Neal of TheStatehouseFile.com [link removed]. Expressing his fears of going back to Afghanistan, one man said he feels safe in his new home: "[Here] I'm not scared of anything happening, like somebody is going to shoot me on the street, or a bomb blast. … I have peace of mind in the community, in my home." 

**SHOWING UP** — In Indiana, faith leaders are advocating for immigrants by organizing vigils outside detention centers, visiting detainees and witnessing court hearings, writes Sadia Kharti in her op-ed for the IndyStar [link removed]. "Jesus' teachings emphasize treating outcasts with compassion and dignity," said Joel Weir, an Orthodox priest, who visits immigrant detainees offering prayers and reflections. Meanwhile, Rabbi Aaron Spiegel, who serves as a witness in court proceedings, told Kharti: "I don't think we're going to change the immigration system until, and unless, the public says this doesn’t work." 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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