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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) latest border policy - busing migrants
released from custody to D.C. - in response to the pending Title 42
lift is getting pushback from both Democrats and Republicans, reports
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán of The Texas Newsroom
. 

"Does it actually make the entire situation of comprehensive immigration
reform, economic connections between Mexico and the United States, and
the migration issue - does it make it better?" said Aileen Teague, an
assistant professor of international affairs at Texas A&M University. "I
think that the answer is a resounding no."  

Still, on Wednesday morning, Gov. Abbott followed through with his
promise, as migrants voluntarily bussed from Texas arrived near the U.S.
Capitol, per Joseph Morton and Emily Caldwell of The Dallas Morning
News
.
 

Following in Abbott's footsteps is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who
says funds will be reallocated this summer to bus undocumented
immigrants out of the state, per Jon Brown of Fox News
. 

Related: The Houston Chronicle
's
Jeremy Wallace reports that Gov. Abbott will also begin to "ease the
additional safety inspections of trucks at the busiest border entry
point near Laredo in exchange for promises of more border security by
Mexican officials along one 8-mile stretch of the border," reducing
hours-long delays on the Columbia-Solidarity Bridge.  

Welcome to Thursday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Joanna
Taylor, Senior Communications Manager at the Forum, filling in for Ali
today. If you have a story to share from your own community, please
send it to me at [email protected]
.  

'RENEWED HOPE' - Sister Norma Pimentel, the Director of the Rio
Grande Valley's Catholic Charities, has been collecting pieces of
paper annotated with names, numbers, and messages from migrants
temporarily housed at a growing migrant shelter, telling a common
story: they were all expelled and denied asylum under Title 42. But with
the Biden administration's plans to lift the policy, "there is renewed
hope among those at the shelter - for an end to their agonizing wait
and, at last, a shot at the American dream," as Rosa Flores and
Rosalina Nieves report for CNN
.
"I'm hopeful that someone can listen to their story and hear the fact
that they are hurting, and they need protection," Pimentel
said. "That's all they are asking for." 

IMMIGRATION REFORMS - With Sens. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) and
Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) gathering a bipartisan group of senators to
re-up conversations on immigration reform, immigration expert Nolan
Rappaport offers policy recommendations to get started in an op-ed for
The Hill
.
Among his suggestions: revising the registry date to grant lawful
permanent resident status to certain undocumented immigrants, including
DACA recipients; advancing fair labor laws for undocumented immigrant
workers; and expanding the Central American Minors (CAM
) Refugee and Parole Program. Meanwhile,
Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Michael Bennet (D-Colorado) are
renewing conversations around immigrant farmworkers, per Bloomberg
Government
's
Ellen M. Gilmer. The Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus (ANIC
)
is building support for Congress and the administration to follow
through on many of these legislative solutions and broader immigration
reforms. 

**AFGHANISTAN TO TEXAS** - Ferozuddin Faqeeri and his family are among
the more than 68,000 Afghan evacuees who have resettled in communities
across the U.S., reports Zack Briggs of KENS 5
.
"Now we're blessed because we are safe," said Faqeeri, who formerly
worked for the U.S. Department of Defense with his cousin, Homa Amiri,
for almost two decades. With the help of Catalina Gasper, a retired Navy
veteran whom they had connected with in the military, Faqueeri, Amiri,
and their families were able to relocate to Texas. "It's so amazing
having them here, really is part of our extended family for life,"
Gasper said. 

Locally:  

* With help from about a dozen church volunteers, Christ the King
Lutheran Church and local businesses recently donated repurposed bikes
for Afghan refugees in need in Wisconsin. (Griselda Perez, Spectrum News
1
) 

* A group of sponsors from the International Institute for Los Angeles
helped Afghan college student Zahra Azizi and her family resettle into
their new East Long Beach home. (Harry Saltzgaver,
Press-Telegram/Grunion Gazette
) 

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES - For NPR News
,
Adrian Florido tells the stories of Ukrainian refugees who have asked
for temporary refuge at the U.S.-Mexico border and the volunteers
jumping in to support them. "It's an operation that has been managed
well by a band of grassroots volunteers," said Olya Krasnykh, a
volunteer from Silicon Valley coordinating Ukrainians' arrival to a
temporary shelter in Tijuana. But now, she says, "[w]e're at a
breaking point where we need more help." Meanwhile, in an op-ed for The
Detroit News
,
Michigan state Sen. Adam Hollier and Director of Global Detroit Steve
Tobocman make the case that welcoming Ukrainians and other refugees is
an "opportunity to reclaim our position in the world as a place of
refuge." In doing so, "our communities will be stronger and more
prosperous." 

Thanks for reading, 

Joanna 

 

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