The Forum Daily | Monday, January 12, 2026https://www.forumtogether.org

"I’d love to have a comprehensive immigration policy. Something that really worked. It’s about time for the country," President Donald Trump said in a wide-ranging interview last week, Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times [link removed] reports. 

The president also said of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients, "They should feel safe." And he said enforcement agents "should not pursue immigrants based on race or ethnicity alone." 

He acknowledged the political difficulty of immigration reforms, and other comments — including during the same interview — are contradictory. 

Responding to these comments, Muzaffar Chishti, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, noted that "immigration is key" for President Trump in securing the support of the business community: "His connections to the corporate world are deep and long lasting. He is keen on having the corporate end of his base on his side."

Separately, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said yesterday that hundreds of additional federal agents will be sent to Minneapolis, ostensibly to support immigration enforcement efforts, reports Minho Kim, also of The New York Times [link removed]. 

Thousands of people attended weekend protests in the city, and Minnesota officials questioned the federal investigation of last week’s shooting death of Renee Macklin Good, reports Dana Ferguson of Minnesota Public Radio News [link removed]. 

A Minneapolis church opened its doors Sunday for a special service of ‘Lament and Hope’ after a clamorous and tragic week for the city, reports Rebecca Santana of the Associated Press [link removed]. 

St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church serves a mostly immigrant community in a neighborhood where immigration enforcement operations have been ongoing and increasingly visible in recent months. 

"I want us to, through the reading we had today, to remember that we can get through this together, not alone, because we’re very brave and resilient," participant Jose Luis Villasenor said after the service. 

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 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]. 

**Immigration Enforcement **

* ICE tactics and training under scrutiny after Minneapolis shooting [link removed] (A team at The Washington Post) 

* High School Principals Share How Immigration Enforcement Impacts Students [link removed] (Amy Rock, Campus Safety Magazine) 

* Trump administration jails migrant teens in facility known for child abuse [link removed] (Douglas MacMillan, The Washington Post) 

* Immigration enforcement ramp-up has only just begun, VP Vance promises [link removed] (Trevor Hughes, USA Today) 

**Federal Policy **

* Trump Threatens to Denaturalize U.S. Citizens If They ‘Deserve’ It. Experts Raise Grave Concerns About Future [link removed] (Callum Sutherland, Time) 

* U.S. Citizens Are Joining the Military to Protect [Their] Undocumented Parents [link removed] (Greg Jaffe, The New York Times) 

* How Trump’s plan to charge foreigners more is causing chaos at national parks [link removed] (Jake Spring, The Washington Post) 

**Refugees and Asylum **

* Department of Homeland Security launches investigation targeting Minnesota refugees [link removed] (Lydia Morrell, KARE11) 

* The Cruelty of Trump’s Crackdown on Afghan Refugees [link removed] (Editorial Board, The New York Times) 

* Afghans in the U.S. abandon hope of bringing over their families — now the priority is to avoid deportation [link removed] (Nilanjana Gupta, The National) 

* U.S. helped us flee the Ukraine war. Then ICE took my husband. | Opinion [link removed] (Shakhnoza Mihboieva, USA Today) 

* Refugee resettlement agencies try to keep doors open as White House shuts out new arrivals [link removed] (Paul Kiefer, Wisconsin Watch) 

**The Economy and States’ Workforces **

* Does Kansas need its immigrants despite crackdown? Key business leaders say ‘yes’  [link removed](Roy Wenzl, Wichita Eagle and KLC Journal) 

* Washington [state] lawmakers introduce Immigrant Worker Protection Act [link removed] (Nonstop Local) 

* The U.S.-born Unemployment Rate Rose After Trump Reduced Immigration [link removed] (Stuart Anderson, Forbes) 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

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