When Brazilian-born Bruna Sollod first applied for DACA, she was a college student in her 20s. But with challenges to DACA still winding through the courts, Sollod worries she may lose protection and be deported — away from her career and her 3-month-old son, reports Caroline Simon of Roll Call. 

"As a 20-something-year-old when I first got DACA, I thought for sure that by the time I got here, in this stage of life, by the time I had a family … that I would be a citizen," said Sollod, now communications director at United We Dream. 

She’s not alone: Hundreds of thousands of immigrants protected under DACA, including would-be new applicants, fear the same uncertain fate. 

The bottom line: Congress must pass a permanent legislative solution for DACA recipients and other Dreamers to live their full lives without fear of getting kicked out of the only country many of them have ever called home. 

The Evangelical Immigration Table and the Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force are among the groups urging Congress to pass such reforms, as Sandra Sanchez reports for Border Report. 

"DACA has allowed hundreds of thousands of young people — including many who are integral members of evangelical churches, campuses and organizations — the opportunity to pursue their dreams, support their families and serve their communities," the Table’s letter to members of Congress reads. "… [I]t’s clear that it is past time for a permanent solution for Dreamers — one that only Congress can provide."  

Said Pharr, Texas, Police Chief Andy Harvey, a Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force member: "After 10 years of DACA, it is clear that Dreamers are contributing members of our communities. They help keep our nation safe, yet many live in fear of being undocumented. I urge lawmakers to work across party lines and find a permanent solution that allows law-abiding Dreamers to feel secure in their communities." 

Stay tuned for a special DACA/Dreamers edition of The Forum Daily tomorrow. 

Welcome to Tuesday’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]. 

‘THIS IS MY REALITY’ — For WBEZ, Anna Savchenko interviews Carlos Alberto Benitez Cruz, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois Chicago, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was only 4. "I do not call myself a dreamer," he says. "I’m just an undocumented person. Because the Dream Act didn’t work. And I’m not dreaming. This is my reality." And in AZ Central, Arizona State University graduate and aspiring law school candidate Mario Montoya expresses similar sentiments: "I’ve been overwhelmed with fear and anxiety with every lawsuit, presidential administrative memorandum, and court ruling. At any second, my legal presence in the only country I have known could be taken away." 

THE NEED — Federal immigration reform would alleviate Georgia’s labor shortage as a record number of employees resign, John Pezold, a restauranteur and Republican former state legislator, writes in the Ledger-Enquirer. More than 40 percent of restaurant chefs and nearly a quarter of restaurant managers are foreign-born. They have not only bolstered the economy but "enhanced the culture, diversity and flavors of Georgia’s food," he writes. Pezold points to the Dream Act and Farm Workforce Modernization Act, both of which are bipartisan. "Georgia’s federal delegation should explore all avenues to enact immigration reform that supports our economy and allows us to expand our talent pool," he concludes. 

SUPREME COURT — The Supreme Court continues to make it more difficult for immigrants and advocates to challenge immigration policies in the courts. On Monday, it ruled that lower federal courts cannot grant relief to entire classes of immigrants but can decide only on cases brought individually, reports Tierney Sneed for CNN. In a partial dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, "It is one matter to expect noncitizens facing these obstacles to defend against their removal in immigration court. It is another entirely to place upon each of them the added burden of contesting systemic violations of their rights through discrete, collateral, federal-court proceeding." 

REFUGEE SUPPORT — A group of universities, including the University of Albany, is calling on higher education institutions to welcome and support refugees and displaced students ahead of World Refugee Day on Monday, Havidán Rodríguez and Rey Koslowski of the University at Albany write for the Times Union. "This includes making visas more accessible to displaced international students; maintaining and expanding supportive processes that give students and scholars more flexibility within their visas; and — perhaps most critically — launching broader private sponsorship of refugees," they write. 

On the local front: 

• Notre Dame de Namur University’s Belmont campus in California is offering about three dozen Afghan refugees housing for up to three months. "As a Catholic university dedicated to our founding core principles of social justice, we are delighted to answer the call to act upon our stated values and advance our mission," said NDNU President Beth Martin. (Rya Jetha, Bay City News Foundation) 
• Rahmatullah Hamdard and Sulaiman Sulaimankhil, Afghan refugees and founders of Hope for Education and Leadership in Afghanistan (HELA), have found their own hope resettling in St. Louis, thanks to the community: "People here were so welcoming. People welcomed us with warm hugs. That gave us a new hope. We started our new life here. We started to have our new home here." (KMOX) 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan