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THE FORUM DAILY

The Biden administration resettled about 25,400 refugees in the fiscal
year that ended Friday, just 20% of the 125,000 limit Biden had set,
reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
.  

The preliminary number from a State Department source would represent
more than double the number of refugees the U.S. resettled in 2021 - a
record low of 11,445, as our press statement underscores
.
But more work lies ahead to, in Montoya-Galvez's words, "rebuild a
resettlement system gutted by Trump-era limits and the COVID-19
pandemic." Last week, President Biden set the same 125,000 admissions
cap for fiscal year 2023.  

It's also worth noting that the numbers exclude at least 130,000
Afghans and Ukrainians who entered the U.S. under humanitarian parole
 or
as asylum seekers at the border. Those have been strong efforts by the
administration - and the American people welcoming them
.
But, unlike those who arrive through the Refugee Admissions Program,
they have no certainty about future permanent status.  

Deputy Assistant State Department Secretary Sarah Cross told
Montoya-Galvez that the administration plans to launch a private refugee
sponsorship program later this year that would allow private citizens to
support refugee resettlement.  

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan
Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP. We'll be taking a
break tomorrow for Yom Kippur and will be back on Thursday. If you have
a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected] .  

**NATIONAL GUARD** - On Monday, Gov. Chris Sununu (R-New Hampshire)
announced that more than 160 soldiers from the state's National Guard
would be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a
mobilization order from the Department of Defense, Hannah Cotter of
WMUR

reports. Sununu said guard members will focus on surveillance and
"assist with the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs at the
border." Deployment is slated to last a year. Speaking of the border,
take a couple of minutes to watch our policy expert Danilo Zak's new
video explainer

about the transport of migrants between states - and about the
solutions we really need to address challenges at the border. 

**ALLIES IN DANGER** - Thousands of our Afghan allies still in danger
in Afghanistan have been barred from visas, often because of
technicalities, reports Andrea Castillo of The Los Angeles Times
.
"I can't continue my life like this. The Taliban, if they find me,
they will send me to jail or kill me," said a former interpreter
identified only as "H.S." for his safety. He said his date mix-up
between the Western and Afghan calendars during a counterintelligence
screening led to his visa denial. For NPR
,
D. Parvaz reports on the anxiety for the 74,000 Special Immigrant Visa
applicants still waiting for a process that can take four years. They
include women, for whom leaving Afghanistan is especially difficult.
Meanwhile, in a Florida Today

op-ed, Loki Mole writes that the Biden administration and Congress have
a moral obligation to welcome and honor our Afghan allies by passing the
Afghan Adjustment Act

- in part to honor veterans like Mole's grandfather. 

In local welcome:  

* Since the fall of Kabul, nearly 300 Afghan evacuees have resettled in
mid-Missouri. Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri has
supported evacuees with job resources, shelter, education workshops and
more. (Jamie Holcomb, Columbia Missourian
)  

* The nonprofit organizations Catherine McAuley Center
 and Central Furniture Rescue
 are partnering to furnish Afghan
families' homes in the Cedar Rapids area before their arrival. (Elijah
Decious, The Gazette
) 

* Partnering with Accenture, Welcome.us and Human Rights First, Google
hosted an asylum clinic at its headquarters in New York City, pairing 22
Afghans with volunteer attorneys and support staff to help with their
applications. (Sophie Salmore, Human Rights First
) 

**RESETTLING IN OHIO **- Violetta Musiiovska fled Ukraine with her
two daughters in March and has resettled in Ohio at least for now.
Nearly six months later, she's still waiting for work authorization
from the U.S. government, reports Peter Gill of The Columbus Dispatch
.
While Ukrainian parolees are eligible to work and receive financial
assistance, they must apply on their own, which is time-consuming, Gill
notes. "I want to do something myself," said Musiiovska, a former
manager at a women's health clinic in Lviv. "... The main problem
still remains - I don't have my work authorization." Also in The
Columbus Dispatch
,
despite dwindling refugee admissions and budgets, nonprofit
organizations in the Greater Columbus area have continued to support new
arrivals, turning to support from foundations in the city and state, per
Peter Gill and Dane King. 

**RESOURCES** - "Entre Mundos," a program from Radio Jornalera
in Minnesota, is offering Latino
immigrants information on issues they face in their daily life "between
(cultural) worlds," reports Vicki Adame of MPR News
.
The station began as a channel to inform workers about their rights and
help with immigrants' needs, according to Francisco Segovia, one of
the radio hosts. Meanwhile, The Washington Post
's
Samantha Chery is out with a helpful guide and glossary explaining the
history and meaning of terms including Hispanic, Latino, Latinx and
Latine.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

**P.S.** More on the recent Lifeway Research poll

of evangelicals from Mark Wingfield of Baptist News Global
,
including this from World Relief President Myal Greene: "This study
underscores what World Relief offices around the country have found in
their interactions with the thousands of local churches and tens of
thousands of volunteers: Large majorities of evangelical Christians
recognize that their faith compels them to care sacrificially for
refugees and other immigrants, and they want to see governmental
policies that reflect those concerns as well."

 

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