The Afghan Adjustment Act will provide our Afghan allies, those who worked alongside our troops, a clear pathway to permanent residence, as we noted yesterday.  

"The introduction of the Afghan Adjustment Act demonstrates that significant progress is being made to provide Afghan allies, other evacuees, and their families the permanency and stability they deserve," said Laurence Benenson, The Forum’s Vice President of Policy and Advocacy. "Congress must move swiftly in passing the Afghan Adjustment Act."  

Jeff Gammage of The Philadelphia Inquirer breaks down how a bipartisan passage of this bill would positively impact an estimated 76,000 Afghans who were evacuated from Afghanistan, most of which temporarily reside across communities in the U.S. today, and weighs what could happen if Congress didn’t pass this crucial legislation. 

For The New York Times, Maddy Crowell profiles Afghan evacuees like Brown University student Suhaila Hashimi, one of many young women who made the difficult decision to flee Afghanistan last August, and points to the Afghan Adjustment Act as a solution.  

For more on what is in the legislation and how Congress can secure the futures of Afghan evacuees in the U.S., join our Facebook live on Monday at 3 p.m. EST. 

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Becka Wall, the Forum’s digital communications VP. This week we’re trying a slightly different format — let us know what you think! If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected].  

For your radar:  

• President Biden signed the CHIPS Act on Tuesday, which aims to bolster America’s competition in the semiconductor industry. But without necessary immigration reforms permitting high-skilled, STEM talent into the U.S., the act will fall short of its goals, Fiona Harrigan reports for Reason.  
• Ghazal Meratnia, a pharmacy student at Washington State University, has served as the state’s certified medical interpreter for the past decade. Originally from Iran, Meratnia is now helping hundreds of Afghan evacuees navigate medical checkups and other healthcare concerns, reports Connie Young of WSU Insider. 
• The American Civil Liberties Union recently called on federal immigration authorities to end the so-called 287(g) agreements with 54 local law enforcement agencies, which the group cited as "having the worst records of civil rights violations, bad jails or prisons and other factors," reports Suzanne Monyak for Roll Call.  
• An increase in homicides — including the murders of four Muslim men in Albuquerque, New Mexico, since November — "have raised alarm in a city that the authorities had sought to shape into a haven for immigrants and refugees," report Simon Romero, Neelam Bohra, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Ava Sasani for The New York Times. The Associated Press reports that police arrested a suspect who they believe killed at least two of the Muslim men. 
• Hamed Aleaziz of The Los Angeles Times provides an insightful Twitter thread on the ramifications of the implementation of the "Remain in Mexico" policy during the Trump administration and what it means to end the policy now, barring any future court orders. 
• In a piece that took 18 months to report and write, with over 150 interviews, including a review of thousands of pages of internal government documents, please read (if you haven’t already): "the latest incredible, gut-wrenching and infuriating cover story in The Atlantic from Caitlin Dickerson" on Trump’s family separation policy, writes Tom Jones of Poynter.