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THE FORUM DAILY

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled
 that the
Biden administration could lawfully end the so-called Migrant
Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as "Remain in Mexico," Uriel J.
García reports in The Texas Tribune
. 

In a statement last night, DHS said it welcomed the decision and would
"continue our efforts to terminate the program as soon as legally
permissible," García reports. 

Todd J. Gillman and Dianne Solis of The Dallas Morning News

report on reactions in Texas. 

"This policy was always a terrible and inhumane idea," said Bill
Holston, executive director at nonprofit Human Rights Initiative of
North Texas. "It made it virtually impossible for people who had
legally claimed asylum at the border to pursue their claims in court.
And it subjected them to extreme violence as they waited in dangerous
border conditions. It's policies like this which have driven people to
take ever more dangerous routes to the United States." 

Added Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for
Human Rights in El Paso: "It is a bittersweet victory, after so many
lives have been lost to atrocious immigration deterrence policies both
on the federal level and in the state of Texas." 

Faith groups also are weighing in, as Kyle Dunphey reports in the
Deseret News
. 

"Today's decision recognizes and preserves the executive branch's
ability to reverse untenable, illegal and immoral policies, regardless
of who is in office," Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of
Washington, said in a statement. "The implementation of MPP has
obstructed due process and subjected people to the very dangers that
forced them to seek refuge in the United States in the first place." 

For more on what the Biden administration should do next, see The
Forum's statement
. 

Welcome to Friday'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]
. 

DACA'S IMPACT - The creation of Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals (DACA) offered hope and opportunity to hundreds of thousands
of young undocumented people, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel and Susan Svrluga
report for a Washington Post

piece in which they share the stories of four DACA recipients.
Yet, "DACA's impact has always been tempered by uncertainty."
That's especially true now as it faces several challenges

in the courts, including one that has a hearing scheduled Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force leaders continue to
express their support for DACA, including in a new blog post
by Chief Chris Blue of
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Sheriff Jerry Clayton of Washtenaw
County, Michigan. As they note, the program's protections have
contributed to community safety, and the task force is calling for a
permanent solution from Congress
for DACA recipients.   

GRAND JURY - On Wednesday, the Florida Supreme Court approved Gov. Ron
DeSantis' request for a statewide grand jury on immigration-related
issues, including the "smuggling of undocumented children into the
state," reports Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida
.
The grand jury will have the ability to investigate "parents, guardians
or other family members of unaccompanied [minors] who have conspired
with transnational criminal organizations or other illicit actors to
smuggle, and thus endanger, their children," in addition to the
criminal organizations themselves. 

THRIVING - At first, many Afghan refugee students in Houston
struggled to adapt to the new culture and faced discrimination,
bullying, and other pressures beyond the classroom, reports Duaa Faquih
for Houston Public Media
.
To help with the transition, nonprofit Amaanah Refugee Services offered
in-class support for K-12 students and hired Afghan refugees as
mentors. Houston Independent School District's wraparound services
had also helped to alleviate
some of the stress students faced apart from school: "If they needed
more clothes, if they needed transportation support, if they needed
hygiene supplies - anything that the child needed to succeed and stay
in school," said Shirin Herman of the school district's multilingual
department. With combined support, many students are now thriving.  

Elsewhere: 

* YPN, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based nonprofit formerly known as the Young
Parents Network, helps refugee and other immigrant families make
connections and support young children - including, most recently,
Afghan refugees: "They help us with everything," Alima Rahimi said
through an interpreter. (Emily Andersen, The Gazette
) 

* Dr. Kevin Pottie, a professor at Western University in
Ontario, co-authored a curriculum framework to help health care
professionals meet the needs of refugees and other migrants. (CBC News
) 

**'WHAT JESUS WANTS US TO DO'** - Steven Eng, advocacy director
at the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), reflects on his trip
to the U.S.-Mexico border in an NAE post
newly reposted by The
Evangelical Immigration Table,

of which the NAE is a member. Eng writes of his trip with Abara
Borderland Connections, a faith-based nonprofit in El Paso, that
included simulating a border crossing, viewing historic monuments, and
witnessing "amazing stories that God is authoring along the border." In
the words of one pastor to another member of Abara's staff: "We
don't agree with the politics of this, but when we looked in the face
of asylum seekers, we couldn't turn away. It's what Jesus wants us
to do." 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan  

**P.S.** Several advocacy organizations held vigils Thursday to honor
the recent deaths of migrants in search of a better life, including
victims in an abandoned semitrailer earlier this week. In light of
recent tragedies in Texas, the groups are "calling for more avenues to
legal migration and the restoration of the asylum process at ports of
entry," per Julian Resendiz of the Border Report
. 

 

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