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THE FORUM DAILY

Immigration reforms that address so-called "documented Dreamers," the
agricultural workforce, and border security are part of the renewed
bipartisan immigration conversation in Congress, Caroline Simon reports
for Roll Call
. 

About 250,000 "documented Dreamers" are here legally as dependents on
their parents' visas but then age out of that dependent status. The
America's CHILDREN Act

- introduced as a bipartisan measure in both the House and Senate -
would be a solution. 

"For these young people, turning 21 means facing an impossible choice,"
said Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California). "Either to leave your family
and self-deport to a country that you barely remember, or to stay in the
United States living, undocumented, in the shadows." 

Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois) said documented Dreamers legislation
could move forward as part of a package that also addresses border
security. 

"Think about how many times we've been told we don't have the
workforce we need," Durbin said. "These are young people, educated in
the United States, who grew up in this country believing it was their
home and are really looking forward to a future in this country."  

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

BORDER EXPULSIONS - After threats from drug cartels, Emilsa from
Guatemala and her two American-citizen daughters went to the U.S.-Mexico
border to seek asylum, reports Uriel J. García for The Texas Tribune
.
For a year, they have been living at the Esperanza Para Todos migrant
shelter in Juárez, waiting for Title 42 to be lifted so they can enter
the U.S. altogether. "I just want someone to help me get out of here so
my daughters can attend school and make something of themselves," Emilsa
said. Immigration officials have used Title 42 to expel migrants like
Emilsa some 1.8 million times - effectively blocking them from
requesting asylum. A reminder that we've recently laid out 42 Border
Solutions That Are Not Title 42
. 

**BEYOND TITLE 42** - With Title 42 in the balance, many faith-based
nonprofits are looking beyond the policy and advocating for broader
reforms, Sarah Einselen reports for Sojourners Magazine
. Bethany
Christian Services and World Relief are among the members of the
Evangelical Immigration Table
 and the Alliance for a
New Immigration Consensus , which are seeking
"permanent legal protections for migrant workers, recipients of
Temporary Protected Status, and those protected under the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals program," as well as border security and
infrastructure improvements. "[W]e try to have a dual focus, both on
urgent humanitarian issues like Title 42, but also trying to have a
bigger picture goal in mind," said Lindsey Warburton, The Episcopal
Church's policy advisor. "Why are these things happening and how can
we address them?"  

**REPLACEMENT THEORY** - In The Washington Post
,
Michael Gerson draws a parallel between crimes past and present driven
by white supremacy - and points out that the Buffalo shooter endorsed
the Great Replacement Theory
.
"There is no moral world in which those who libel outsiders, justify
rage, incite bigotry and allege that enemies have broken down the outer
gate are innocent of the likely influence of their words," he
writes. Meanwhile, for The New York Times
,
columnist Thomas B. Edsall dives deep into the origins of the theory,
which were particularly amplified during the Trump era. At Al Jazeera
,
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours explores the theory's influence in the U.S.
and beyond. The Times also has a moderated forum

where students can post about the Buffalo tragedy.  

ALTERNATIVES - Tae Johnson, acting director of ICE, defended the Biden
administration's request for more Alternatives to Detention

programs before a House committee Tuesday, per Suzanne Monyak of Roll
Call
.
In the recent funding request, the administration asked Congress
for 25,000 detention beds, compared with 34,000 currently - and to
instead devote funding to alternatives. Johnson said the proposed
funding levels reflect "the administration's position that
alternatives to detention is the more appropriate and humane way of
dealing with segments of the population that don't pose a public
safety or national security threat." 

REFUGE - New York City's Dar al Taqwa Islamic Center and Mosque has
become a place of refuge for the remaining 14 unaccompanied migrant
children who fled Afghanistan without their parents, reports Jazzmin
Jiwa of Time Magazine
. "Being here
and being away from their families, when they came into a mosque where
they speak the same language, they were extremely happy," says Yusuf
Nasim, their volunteer escort who brings them to the Queens Mosque every
Friday. Elsewhere, meet Daria Bietschasna. The Ukrainian refugee and
high school economics teacher has kept her promise to continue teaching,
despite her students being spread out all over the world, per a team at
NPR
. 

More on local welcome: 

* Despite challenges, volunteers resettling Afghan refugees in Durham,
North Carolina, have "furnished apartments for incoming families, buying
furniture, decorations, appliances, and more." (Ryan Pelosky, INDY Week
) 

* With help from retired Army Green Beret David Bligh, Lutheran Family
Services, and donations from families and staff at North Thurston Public
School, an Afghan family of 7 was able to resettle in Lacey, Washington.
(Drew Mikkelsen, KING 5
) 

**'EMBROIDERING HOPE'** - To close, some literal local color:
"Embroidering Hope" at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church in Upper
Arlington, Ohio, features "75 colorful, finely detailed devotional
embroideries stitched by asylum seekers waiting at the U.S.-Mexico
border from 2019 to 2022," reports Joel Oliphint of Columbus Alive
.
"What is important, I think, is to look at each of these [mantas] and
realize that there's a real person behind that who is or was at our
southern border. And they're there because they were fleeing something
pretty awful," said Joyce Acton, who heads the church's Migration
Ministries group. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

 

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