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THE FORUM DAILY

Starting Monday, the U.S. will host the ninth Summit of the Americas
in Los Angeles, our
first time hosting since 1994.  

The gathering, which presidents and prime ministers from most of the 35
nations of the Americas will attend, "represents a significant
opportunity for the Biden administration to cooperatively address the
increasing regional migration on a hemispheric basis," Arturo
Castellanos-Canales, the Forum's Policy & Advocacy Associate, writes
in a blog post
. 

The administration should not only home in on the contributions and
values of immigrants in the U.S., but also take the summit as an
opportunity to highlight the nation's "longstanding commitment to
humanitarian protections

while forging bonds within the hemisphere to tackle the root causes of
migration
." 

Leadership, empathy, and collaboration with leaders from across the
hemisphere are key, notes Castellanos-Canales.  

And as Douglas Schoen, a longtime Democratic political consultant,
writes in The Orange County Register
:
"Ultimately, this Summit should be a wake-up-call for the Biden
Administration - one that will hopefully produce lasting changes in
both domestic and foreign policy that strengthen our ties with the
Americas and help spread democracy in the region, and around the
world." 

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Becka Wall,
the Forum's Vice President of Digital Communications, hoping you all
have time to relax and have a potato day
this weekend if you need one.
If you have a story to share from your own community, please
send it to me at [email protected].  

**REUNITED** - Hanzala Hadi, age 2, and his parents have reunited in
the U.S. after his parents had to leave him behind as they escaped
Afghanistan, Dan De Luce reports for NBC News
.
The boy's lack of an Afghan passport, and then the Taliban's long
pause on refugee flights, delayed the reunion. "He is home now," said
his father, N. Hadi, who has a special immigrant visa after working with
a private security company that helped train Afghan national police. "I
can't believe it." 

On the local-welcome front: 

* A long but worthwhile read: In New York City, groups are trying to
fill in where federal support for Ukrainian and Afghan arrivals is
falling short. (Lauren Hilgers and Joshua Rashaad McFadden, The New York
Times Magazine
) 

* Afghan refugees who work at a Tyson Fresh Meats plant in Nebraska are
often far from their caseworkers in Iowa, which can pose a challenge -
but Tyson's is working to help them find housing and additional
support. (Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio
) 

* Bob Brunson in Marina, California, spearheaded efforts to create a
sponsor circle of 11 neighbors to help Monir, who offered tech support
to navy seals, bring his family to the U.S. to resettle. (Sara Rubin,
Monterey County Weekly
) 

**'YOU HAVE FAILED US'** - For the San Francisco Chronicle
,
Heather Kight tells the heart-wrenching story of Raghad Saleh, a
12-year-old girl who had been separated from her family in war-torn
Yemen over a visa issue - only to be further traumatized in her San
Francisco neighborhood after being attacked in a hate crime. Last
November, her story was highlighted in a letter to Mayor London Breed,
written by the Tenderloin Community Benefit District, pleading for help.
"We are immigrants and refugees. We are children and mothers and
fathers," the letter, signed by 400 neighbors, reads. "We are the
Tenderloin, and you have failed us." Since the story was published, the
Tenderloin Community Benefit District has established a fund to raise
money to help the family find a bigger, more affordable home in a safer
neighborhood. 

**ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES** - A May 16 Supreme Court ruling in an
immigration case could have serious economic consequences, Hiba M. Anver
opines in Bloomberg Law
.
The court held that federal courts cannot review cases in which an
immigrant thinks an error was made in the denial of their application.
"If this decision dissuades highly skilled workers from accepting offers
of permanent employment in the U.S., and immigration levels drop even
further as a result, the current economic situation may worsen," Anver,
a partner with Erickson Immigration Group, writes. 

**PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP** - Over 45,000 Americans have applied to
privately sponsor and resettle Ukrainian refugees, according to new
Department of Homeland Security data, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of
CBS News
.
"Because many Ukrainian refugees have family and loved ones in the
United States, they may want to extend their stay here or become
permanent residents," said Meredith Owen, policy director at Church
World Service. "But beyond their familial connections and their fear of
returning to a country devastated by war, many will have made deep
connections in our local communities." 

Thanks for reading, 

Becka 

P.S. Asian immigrants have been at the forefront of building unique
communities from New Jersey to Mississippi to California. For The
Washington Post
,
Kim Bellware, Emily Liu, Anne Branigin and Shannon Liao dive into why,
sharing powerful migration stories and beautiful photos. 

 

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