THE FORUM

APRIL 2021 EDITION

 

 

The border is top of mind for press, policymakers and the general
public. So, in this issue of

**The Forum**, we cover the who, what, why of the situation at the
border along with policy proposals. Read below for more.

And if you're looking for a way to take action, join advocates from
across the U.S. urging their governors to provide shelter for the
unaccompanied children arriving at our border.

 

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Let's start with some quick facts about the border...

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Next, watch this short video clip
from
the Forum's Ali Noorani to take a look at the numbers of migrants
crossing our Southwest border. Then, dive deeper with our in‑depth
explainer

to get a breakdown of what these numbers all mean and
where we go from here.

 

Now that we've taken a look at the numbers, let's look at the
stories of these migrants...

In a special episode
of the

**Only in America** podcast, we start big picture with Danilo Zak, our
Senior Policy & Advocacy Associate, to lay out the issues, then hear
from Linda Chavez, former Reagan White House official and current senior
fellow at the Forum, about her experience visiting the border (which she
wrote about in **The xxxxxx**
). We close with
Joanna Williams, Executive Director of the Kino Border Initiative
, who provides an on-the-ground
perspective on their important work.

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What are some of the push-pull factors contributing to the increase of
migrants?

It's not just the immigrant-friendly promises of President Biden's
campaign, it's due to the violence, poverty, and corruption in their
home countries and "to make life better for someone that they love -
parents or children or siblings," says Jo Ann Van Engen, co-founder of
the Association for a More Just Society-Honduras who has called Honduras
home for the past 30 years. Van Engen breaks down why people make the
difficult decision to go to the U.S. in a conversation
with Sarah Quezada from our partner Women
of Welcome , a community of over 100,000
Christian women dedicated to a compassionate welcome of immigrants.

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What are some solutions to our border crisis? For starters, the solution
isn't more border enforcement...

It's smarter and more compassionate U.S. immigration policies, like
those discussed by a roundtable of experts
convened by the
Forum's brand-new project, the
Council on National Security and Immigration
.

And as Ali and Kurt Ver Beek, cofounder and president of the Association
for a More Just Society-Honduras said in an op-ed for **The Boston
Globe**
,
Congress and the Biden administration must help rebuild confidence in
both the U.S. and in Honduras. "That means managing the border with
order as well as compassion. It means making a commitment to address the
poverty, corruption, and violence that lead so many to flee Central
America. And it means updating the US immigration system so that it
works for Americans, not smugglers."

 

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new way forward, not just on the border, but for our entire immigration
system.

 

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