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For??decades??the United States has attracted some of the world's best??research minds. Now, many worry that restrictive immigration policies will block new
talent from entering the country, reports William J. Broad of??The New York Times [link removed].

Ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Broad interviews the three U.S.-based, foreign-born??Nobel winners this year.

One,??Omar??Yaghi,??was born into a family of Palestinian refugees in Jordan and came to the U.S. as a teenager to study chemistry.??He's??now a professor at the University??of California, Berkeley, and called the restrictions "regrettable."

"We've??learned??over and over??in human civilization that scholars can move across borders," Yaghi said.??"This is how knowledge spread and how vast regions of the world lifted themselves out of poverty."

Lisa Gilman, director of George Mason University's Institute for Immigration Research, said of??current??policies,??"If this continues,??we're??going to lose our standing as the world
leader in science and innovation."

Meanwhile, the Canadian government is laying out a plan to attract new talent, even offering??U.S.??H-1B??holders an "accelerated pathway," reports Matina Stevis-Gridneff,??also??of??The New York Times [link removed].

"As other countries constrain academic freedoms and undermine cutting-edge research, Canada is investing, and doubling down, on science,"??M??lanie Joly, Canada's Industry minister, said??in??a??statement.

Welcome to Wednesday'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??Marcela Aguirre,??Masooma Amin, Jillian Clark??and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me [email protected] mailto:[email protected].

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CARDS??INTERRUPTED??**-??Minutes before his green card interview, a Utah father??married to a U.S. citizen??was??arrested and detained by immigration authorities??and sent to??Arizona, reports Shelby Lofton of??KSL??TV [link removed] Celis's??lawyer??said Celis came to the country legally??and??has no criminal record. The detention sparked a protest, as??Caroleina??Hassett of??Fox 13 [link removed]. Among similar cases, Ukrainian refugee??and green card applicant Viktoriia??Bulavina??was??detained??last week, reports??Jeanette Quezada of??NBC San Diego [link removed].

**'STATUS:
VENEZUELAN'**??-??In a new??ProPublica [link removed], filmmaker and reporter Mauricio Rodr??guez Pons follows a Venezuelan family who entered the United States legally and was then stripped of status by the administration. "It's as if you're standing on a rug that's pulled from under you,"??said??Yineska, whose family??lived??here??for two years legally??before the policy change.

Here are more stories on personal impacts:??

* A??mother??was detained while her??15-day-old??baby stayed??in??the neonatal intensive care unit. (Mel Leonor Barclay and??Shefali Luthra,??The 19th News [link removed])

* In Key Largo, Florida,??a??U.S.??citizen??was on her way to work when immigration agents pulled her out of??her car. (Ana Claudia Chacin and David Goodhue,??Miami Herald
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* The rapid deportation of a??19-year-old??college student??reflects an administration tactic to outpace judicial review. (Emiliano Tahui G??mez,??Austin American-Statesman [link removed])

**SOCIAL MEDIA DATA??**- The United States could begin requiring visitors from countries on the visa waivers list to provide up to five years of social media history, reports Frances Vinall of??The Washington Post [link removed]. The??proposal [link removed] making this information a??"mandatory data element" for an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
application, used by tourists and businesspeople coming for up to 90 days.

**PERSEVERANCE??**-??"The Somali community I know is everything that conservatives and Republicans claim to want in America," Faisa Ahmed writes in the??Minnesota Reformer [link removed].??"We did not survive civil war,??famine??and exile just to be intimidated into silence. We have left behind and buried too many, rebuilt too often, and prayed too many times through the darkest hours, to let this break us. Minnesota is our home. America is our home. And our community will not be pushed out."

Thanks for reading,

Dan

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