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Ukrainian families with ties to the U.S. are still struggling to find
refuge in the country, Franco Ordoñez reports for NPR News
.
 

Olena Kopchak and her family of three are among the millions of
Ukrainian refugees who fled their homes. They're temporarily housed in
a small bedroom apartment in Warsaw, Poland, but are hoping to connect
with Kopchak's sister, Svitlana Rogers, who lives in New Jersey.  

Rogers has called upon her state's senators and House members and is
constantly checking the State Department and United Nations websites for
updated information.  

"I'm feeling like we're stuck in limbo, and we don't know where to
go," she said.  

A new parole program could help families like Kopchak's - and the
Biden administration is preparing to roll out such a program for
Ukrainians as early as next week, Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak
of CNN

report. The program comes as the administration recently committed to
welcoming up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. 

Details are still being finalized, but an administration official drew
parallels with the resettlement of Afghans, with the State Department
and DHS involved.  

As my colleague Danilo Zak wrote recently in The UnPopulist
,
parole is the best fit for Ukrainians who have a separate path to
permanent residence here, such as those with family members already in
the U.S. That's because humanitarian parole
,
on its own, offers only temporary status - and uncertainty.  

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan
Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP, filling in for Ali
today. If you have a story to share from your own community, please
send it to me at [email protected]
.  

POLICY DIVISIONS - For The American Prospect
,
David Dayen takes a hard look at Title 42's history. Its use since
March 2020 has resulted in more than 1.7 million expulsions, leaving
migrants without access to an asylum hearing - and causing inflated
border numbers, as that number includes repeat attempts. Dayen notes
that Republicans have resisted pandemic-era restrictions but are eager
to keep this one, even as some migrants are allowed entry. For NBC News
,
Sahil Kapur reports on the infighting about the forthcoming policy lift,
while underscoring the "the mismatch between law and resources" to
reverse it. The politics are distracting from the reality that we need
longer-term border solutions and immigration reforms - the subject of
a press call today at 11 a.m. Media can contact Audrey Garden
for details. 

BIGGER PICTURE - Amid the focus on the border, the larger immigration
issue is the dwindling workforce - and how it contributes to
inflation, columnist Catherine Rampell writes for The Washington Post
.
Among "missing" workers, "a huge chunk were foreign-born workers who
either never arrived in the United States in recent years or who were
already here but have been forced out of their jobs because of
government incompetence. ... [T]he many businesses that rely on these
workers are losing critical staff, making inflation worse." Trump-era
policies, the impact of COVID-19, and "Biden's foot-dragging" are to
blame for the missing immigrant workforce, notes Rampell. Without their
contributions, it "directly affects voters' pocketbooks - and, by
extension, Democrats' political fortunes," she concludes. Meanwhile, a
new CBS poll

shows that inflation is a primary concern among Americans, per Jennifer
de Pinto, Fred Backus, and Anthony Salvanto. 

GRAPHIC TRUTH - This is a tough one. For The New York Times
,
an Opinion Video investigation reveals how the Taliban "have been on a
campaign of revenge killings against former U.S. allies," per Barbara
Marcolini, Sanjar Sohail, and Alexander Stockton. According to the
video, an estimated 490 Afghan allies have either been murdered
or forcibly disappeared, with the number still growing and the official
number unknown. The video contains graphic images and audio but tells a
heart-wrenching story about Afghans missing - and the toll it has
taken on families, who want to seek justice but fear retribution.  

On the home front: 

* The Islamic Center of Nashville and the Salahadeen Center are among
the mosques and community groups spearheading "initiatives to support
the Afghan community during Ramadan," including Ramadan education
and iftar dinner events through May 2. (Liam Adams, Nashville
Tennessean
) 

* Madeleine Grucza with Welcome Neighbor St. Louis recently connected
with Matt Strelo, the owner of Rockin' Jump Trampoline Park, to
welcome Afghan families in the area with a free visit. "This Trampoline
Park would be a great place during Ramadan for the kids just to relax
and have fun together," Gruzca said. (Pepper Baker, KSDK
) 

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE - Tyche Hendricks of KQED

tells the story of Deisy Ramírez, now 24, who fled Guatemala with her
two young children due to severe domestic abuse in 2019. Although an
earlier court ruling affirmed that victims of gender-based violence have
grounds to seek asylum, the argument "ran counter to the way asylum law
was interpreted during the Trump presidency." But Ramírez and her
attorney prepared for the case, and by the time Deisy was due for her
testimony in court, administrations had transitioned: The Biden
administration had announced an interim rule meant to define
gender-based violence

and help immigrants seek asylum. Ramírez's request was granted, but
many women like her continue to face a long road to asylum. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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