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THE FORUM DAILY

Today the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to have a court
hearing on a challenge to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA),
following the 10-year anniversary
 in
June of the announcement of DACA. 

"After 10 years of living with uncertainty about the future of the
program, the undocumented community deserves more," writes José
González Camarena, a former DACA recipient and senior managing director
of the DACA Initiative at Teach For America, in an op-ed for NBC News
THINK
.
"DACA recipients cannot continue living from court case to court
case." 

Faith leaders like Dan Boone, president of Trevecca Nazarene University
in Nashville, Tennessee, agree: Congress must act on DACA. "Ending it
would mean canceling [recipients'] work authorizations and threatening
the future for millions more Dreamers," he writes in an op-ed for The
Tennessean
.  

"I join evangelical leaders from throughout the country
 in
praying Congress will act quickly this year. Dreamers matter to me, not
because of a political preference, but because God tapped me on the
shoulder and showed me the plight of my neighbor." 

And for the Georgia Recorder
,
Jim Hollandsworth, co-founder and executive director of the Path Project
and the former executive pastor at Graystone Church in Loganville,
Georgia, writes: "While the American Dream may look different today, the
idea still resonates. DACA has given many people the chance to
experience that dream for themselves. We have a responsibility to make
it possible for them to continue their lives and earn a pathway to
citizenship." 

The need for a permanent solution from Congress has been clear - but
stalled - for many years, as noted in our press statement

ahead of the DACA hearing. Without congressional action, such as the
Dream Act
,
DACA recipients and other Dreamers will remain in limbo.  

Welcome to Wednesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Marcela
Aguirre, the Forum's Assistant VP of digital communications. If you
have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me
at [email protected]
. 

**AWARD** - Speaking of making dreams come true, as part of this
year's Leading the Way convening in D.C., we will honor leaders and
organizations making their community and our country a better place for
immigrants and refugees via the Forum's Keepers of the American Dream
Award. Do you know anyone like this? If so, we'd love to get your
nominations. Please reply to this email with honoree ideas or submit
them in this form

by Friday. 

**STEM PATHWAY**- On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers
proposed a measure to streamline green cards for immigrants who have
doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM)
from the U.S. or comparable institutions abroad, per Ellen M. Gilmer of
Bloomberg Government
.
The group proposed the measure as an amendment to the fiscal 2023
National Defense Authorization Act (slated to be considered next week),
which is narrower than STEM provision included in a House-passed version
of the competition bill
,
notes Gilmer. The newly proposed amendment would apply to eligible
immigrants specialized in "advanced computing, artificial intelligence,
cybersecurity, advanced missile propulsion technologies, semiconductors,
and other areas of study." 

**DOCTOR LICENSES** - Foreign doctors are often not allowed to
practice clinically in the U.S., despite training in their home
countries and strong qualifications, writes Jina Krause-Vilmer, CEO of
Upwardly Global and Jeremy Robbins, executive director of the American
Immigration Council, in an op-ed at the Chicago Tribune
.
But thanks to an initiative by a coalition of health care institutions
and immigrant and refugee groups, an emergency government proclamation
during the peak of COVID-19 authorized over 360 internationally trained
doctors to temporarily work under the supervision of licensed doctors in
Illinois.  

**LABOR SOLUTIONS** - Immigration can continue to help solve labor
shortages across various industries in the U.S., per Ahtra Elnashar for
Sinclair Broadcast Group
.
Expanding the H-2A visa program, in addition to recapturing unused green
cards, removing bureaucratic and administrative restrictions, and
attracting and retaining STEM immigrant workers, are among some of the
solutions
 the
Forum has pointed to. As our policy expert Arturo Castellanos-Canales
told Elnashar: "America is uniquely positioned to demonstrate, once
again, that immigrants are the solution, not the problem."  

**AFGHAN ADJUSTMENT ACT** - The Azizpour family fled Afghanistan late
last year, temporarily resettling in  Hazel Dell, Washington, via
humanitarian parole, reports Scott Hewitt for The Columbian
.
Under parole, they continue to face uncertainty about "their immigration
status, their future in America, and any hope of [the children's
father] joining them," from Germany. "The best way to manage the crush
of Afghan refugees would be congressional action," said attorney Alma
Jean, director of the immigration counseling and advocacy program for
Lutheran Community Services Northwest. An Afghan Adjustment Act

would "allow Afghan evacuees to apply for permanent status here after
one year of parole," "protect them from deportation," and "provide
avenues for processing and accepting Afghans stuck in other countries,"
added Jean. 

Today's local stories: 

* Over 70 Afghans have resettled in Madison, Wisconsin, with support
from Dane County's only refugee resettlement agency, Jewish Social
Services, which hired new staff, volunteers, and several other local
organizations to help. (Erin Sullivan, WMTV
) 

* In Modesto, California, 17 Afghan women were the first to complete a
training program offered by the International Rescue Committee Turlock
and Modesto Junior College to help them obtain home childcare
licenses. (Kevin Valine, The Modesto Bee
) 

Thanks for reading, 

Marcela 

 

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