The Forum Daily | Monday, December 8, 2025https://www.forumtogether.org

Federal immigration officials are canceling naturalization ceremonies across the country for people coming from Haiti, Iran, Sudan and other countries included in the administration’s most recent travel ban, report Jazmine Ulloa and Orlando Mayorquín of The New York Times [link removed].  

After obtaining their green cards and passing civics tests, naturalization interviews and background searches, immigrants on the verge of citizenship are left with uncertainty. "There is no time frame — nobody knows how long this is going to be," said Teresa Coles-Davila, an immigration lawyer in San Antonio. 

On Thursday, some immigrants who went to Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall for their own ceremonies were blocked, reports Sarah Betancourt of WGBH [link removed].  

"People are devastated and they’re frightened. People were plucked out of line. They didn’t cancel the whole ceremony," said Gail Breslow, executive director of Project Citizenship. 

Elsewhere regarding citizenship, the Supreme Court said Friday it will hear arguments on birthright citizenship, as Justin Jouvenal reports in The Washington Post [link removed]. Read the Forum’s Q&A [link removed] on the subject. 

Meanwhile, new U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the immigration share of the country’s population grew more slowly over the past decade than any decade since the 1970s—with serious implications for the nation’s future population trends, writes David J. Bier of the Cato Institute [link removed].  

We’ve been flagging this trend — and offering a solution — since 2021, including an update last year [link removed].  

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 at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**Federal Policies **

* Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Targets Even Closest Wartime Allies [link removed] (Sune Engel Rasmussen, The Wall Street Journal) 

* From shooting to Slim Jims, immigration agents’ poor tactics made for needless safety risks, experts say [link removed] (Joe Mahr and Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune) 

* When the feds come to town: In cities targeted by Trump’s immigration crackdown, a shared playbook emerges [link removed] (Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN) 

* Colorado judge rules that immigration agents must stop warrantless arrests [link removed] (Allison Sherry on NPR; earlier reporting by Allison Sherry and Chuck Murphy, Colorado Public Radio [link removed]) 

* Judge limits warrantless immigration arrests in DC [link removed] (Hassan Ali Kanu and Kyle Cheney, Politico) 

**State and Local **

* Report sheds light on the lives of Florida immigrants under Trump's second term [link removed] (Nancy Guan, WUSF) 

* ‘Everyone deserves dignity and safety in Springfield’: Anxious residents crowd town hall over fears of immigration raids [link removed] (Jessica Orozco, Springfield News-Sun) 

* A county jail in Arkansas produces hundreds of ICE arrests under a program surging across the U.S. [link removed] (Ryan J. Foley and Julio Cortez, Associated Press) 

* Border Patrol Raided Arizona Medical Aid Site With No Warrant, Showing Growing "Impunity" [link removed] (Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept) 

**Those Seeking Refuge **

* Refugees belong here. They make our Idaho communities stronger. [link removed] (Holly Beech op-ed, Idaho Capital Sun) 

* Around the world, refugees are shut out of the U.S. by Trump’s new policies [link removed] (Rebecca Santana, Dake Kang and Gisela Salomon, Associated Press) 

* Why Somali migrants may still aim for U.S. despite travel restrictions [link removed] (Omar Faruk, Associated Press) 

* Afghans in Wisconsin face uncertainty amid Trump administration crackdown [link removed] (Anya van Wagtendonk, Wisconsin Public Radio) 

**Other Stories of Interest **

* Immigration Isn’t an ‘Invasion’ — It’s the Answer to an Invitation [link removed] (Irvin Ibargüen, Time) 

* He shares the ‘wonders of the night sky’ with DC. But this young immigrant may be forced to leave the U.S. [link removed] (Matt Kaufax, WTOP News) 

* Chicago Priest Completes 900-Mile Pilgrimage for Immigrant Children at Statue of Liberty [link removed] (Steven Schwankert, The Good News Room) 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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