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THE FORUM DAILY

Make no mistake: We are a step closer to the end of Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA).  

Yesterday the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against DACA,
siding with U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen's earlier ruling

that the policy is unlawful. 

Hanen now will review the legality of the Biden administration's
efforts to codify DACA into administrative law
,
the substance of which closely resembles the current policy. The odds
Hanen will find it unlawful are very high. 

In the meantime, some 600,000 current DACA recipients and their
employers and schools remain in ever greater limbo. Millions of others
whose applications aren't allowed to be processed, or who do not
qualify, remain stuck. 

"I can't plan to get married, to have kids because I don't know
where I'm going to be when my DACA card expires," Elizabeth Rodriguez,
30, told ABC News
.
"So that's the importance of having some sort of legal change ... The
only thing that I'm missing is that one piece of paper."  

"The ruling further solidifies the reality that Congress must provide
certainty in the form of a permanent legislative solution that would
allow Dreamers to stay and work in the country long-term," our policy VP
Laurence Benenson said last night
.
And don't miss the powerful words from more than 1,000 evangelical
Christians from every state
,
as well as law enforcement ,
national security experts

and a broad coalition of mostly moderate and conservative immigration
advocates
.
 

As our board member Deacon Mark Prosser, Chief of Staff and Director of
Pastoral Planning for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City wrote in
an exquisitely timed op-ed in the Sioux City Journal
,
"It is my prayer that this [...] court decision will be the nudge
lawmakers need to pass a bipartisan solution."  

Welcome to Thursday's edition of The Forum Daily. Sincere apologies
for misspelling the name of Columbus Dispatch reporter Danae King in our
Tuesday edition, and here again is the story she co-reported
.
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]
.  

LABOR SOLUTIONS - Agriculture leaders and lawmakers in Pennsylvania
continue to call on the U.S. Senate to pass the Farm Workforce
Modernization Act
,
which would help address dire labor shortages, reports Alyssa Kratz of
FOX43
.
"We're having issues over the years hiring domestic workers and it's
not a reliable source of labor for the dairy industry," said Lisa
Graybeal, owner of Graywood Farms. Added Alan Jones, president of Manor
View Farm: "By having a reliable, seasonal workforce, it allows farmers
to be more efficient and could help bring down the cost of agricultural
products." Meanwhile, Jim Mulhern, president and CEO of the National
Milk Producers Federation and a native Wisconsinite, writes on
Madison.com

about his industry's need for ag reforms. We've been pushing

for a reliable, legal workforce for American farmers and ranchers too. 

BORDER MANAGEMENT - A new Decision Desk HQ/NewsNation poll shows that
Americans believe legal immigration channels, in addition to barriers
and funding for better border security, can address unauthorized
immigration, reports Mary Hall of NewsNation
.
Experts note that a combination of short- and long-term solutions would
help the Biden administration manage the border better. One example: an
improved asylum system, which could reduce the number of migrants living
in limbo while their cases are processed. If you ask me, solutions for
Dreamers, ranchers and farmworkers, and TPS recipients sure would make a
nice grouping with border and asylum reforms.  

PAROLEE CHALLENGES - This month, the U.S. will stop accepting
applications for humanitarian parole to focus the government's
resources on permanent visas, Desiree D'lorio reports for WSHU

and The American Homefront Project
.
The news comes as recently resettled Afghans are already facing
bureaucratic challenges in the U.S. "I have served the Americans in
Afghanistan, and I would love to serve the Americans in this country,
too," an Afghan evacuee identified named Abdul said. He has failed to
meet State Department requirements to earn a Special Immigrant Visa
(SIV) twice, but the Afghan Adjustment Act

could give evacuees already in the U.S. options beyond parole or SIV
status after further vetting. Meanwhile, a CEO group with leaders of 36
big companies is collaborating with the nonprofit Welcome.US to support
Afghan and Ukrainian families seeking asylum, per Randall Lane of Forbes
. 

Locally: 

* "Now my family is in peace, there's no fear of anything," said Edris
Akbari, whose family of four has settled in Kentucky, thanks to primary
support from the International Center of Owensboro. Akbari, a former
journalist in Afghanistan, is now the main point of contact and support
for Afghans in his community. (Josh Kelly, The Owensboro Times
)

* With financial support from Eastbrook Church, ten Afghan women who
were college students studying in Bangladesh are now attending the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's intensive English program. (Megan
Carpenter, Spectrum News 1
) 

VIOLATED PROTOCOLS - A new study

from the DHS Office of the Inspector General shows that temporary
holding centers along the border in Del Rio have violated migrant
detention protocols, reports Elizabeth Trovall of the Houston Chronicle
.
Migrants were held in overcrowded facilities beyond the federal maximum
period allowed, with some denied showers and others unable to access
interpreters. 

**BEFORE YOU GO** - A couple other "quick bites" for your radar: 

* Our policy expert Danilo Zak is out with his usual savvy thread
on official
refugee resettlement data for September and fiscal year 2022.  

* The Biden administration is considering whether to pursue immigration
reforms, involving a policy push after the midterms, depending on "the
makeup of Congress and the political climate," reports a team at NBC
News
. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan  

 

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