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THE FORUM DAILY

More than 6,800 Venezuelans have been allowed to travel to the U.S.
under the Biden administration's new private sponsorship parole
program <[link removed]>, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez
of CBS News
<[link removed]>. 

Over 490 of them have already arrived, according to Department of
Homeland Security officials. 

But as Maria Sacchetti and María Luisa Paúl of The Washington Post
<[link removed]>
report - there are limitations: Anyone who crosses irregularly or
unlawfully into the U.S., Mexican, or Panamanian borders after Oct. 19
is automatically ineligible from the program and expelled to Mexico
under Title 42
<[link removed]>.
 

Josue Cardozo, 28, is one of those migrants who was sent back. He said
he left Venezuela over a month ago to seek asylum at the southern
border. In his harsh journey, Cardozo dodged smugglers and saw other
migrants die. But once at the border in Texas, he and other migrants
were sent back to Mexico. 

"I used up all my savings and saw hell to find freedom in the United
States," Cardozo said. "I just wanted to work and have a shot at a
better life. But it literally felt as if Joe Biden had grabbed my heart
and pulled it out of my chest." 

My colleague, Thea, just got back from her trip at the border, where she
heard first-hand stories from many migrants, including Venezuelans who
are expelled under Title 42. In her own words
<[link removed]>: 

"Our conversations with the migrants, aid workers, faith leaders, and
law enforcement officials who collectively make up the binational,
multicultural region of Juárez and El Paso made one thing clear above
all: for border communities, immigrants, and the American economy to
flourish, we need meaningful, bipartisan immigration reform
<[link removed]>." 

Speaking about the reality at the border, the Council on National
Security and Immigration (CNSI) just published two new papers. One
highlights the difference between trafficking and smuggling
<[link removed]>;
the other highlights the unprecedented challenges
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are facing at the
southern border, with recommended solutions.  

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara
Villatoro, the Forum's strategic communications manager. If you have
a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

**REFUGEE NUMBERS **- The first refugee data for Fiscal Year 2023
<[link removed]> was released
yesterday. Our policy expert Danilo Zak published his savvy thread
<[link removed]>
(as usual) to provide more context - and call for a better U.S.
refugee admissions and resettlement program. U.S. & News World Report
<[link removed]>'s
Elliott Davis Jr. is also out with a look at the U.S. refugee program,
including plans from the government to tackle the backlog.
"Functionally, [the cap] doesn't make a huge difference because
we've been admitting such few refugees," said Shailja Sharma, a
professor focused on refugee and forced migration studies at DePaul
University. To help with resettlement, "[t]he first thing is staffing,
staffing, staffing," Sharma added. "President Biden has been in power
now long enough that he can make this a priority to re-staff." 

**TIME FOR SOLUTIONS** - Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Washington) is urging
the Senate to pass the bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act
<[link removed]>,
reports Khirstia Sheffield of KIMA
<[link removed]>.
"When we're in the midst of a food crisis, why would we not implement
change to ensure that Americans are fed," Newhouse said. "It's far
past the time to deliver solutions." There are currently 2.5 million
farmworkers employed in the U.S. yearly and about half of them are
undocumented, Sheffield notes. If immigration reforms don't pass this
year, advocacy efforts will have to start from scratch in a new
Congress.  

**RETHINKING IMMIGRATION** - We need immigration reforms in an age of
globalization, workforce shortages, and mass migration, writes Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio in a column for The Tablet
<[link removed]>.
"... [A] reformed system that favors legal pathways for family
unification and to meet workforce needs will help reduce the number of
migrants who cross into the U.S. without authorization," he writes. "By
creating more legal pathways for entry, we will be able to meet our
future demand for labor in a safe and orderly manner." DiMarzio points
to the number of recent border encounters, and the demographics of the
migrants. For more on the latter, read Danilo's breakdown
<[link removed]>.  

**MARISOL'S STORY** - Jules Struck of Syracuse.com
<[link removed]>
reports the story of DACA recipient Marisol Estrada Cruz, a 28-year-old
student at Syracuse University School of Law and a part-time legal aid.
"My whole life, I worked hard. And there is no [legal] pathway for me at
all. It just doesn't exist." Estrada Cruz got into law partly because
she knows the immigration system is so complex and wants to help
undocumented people like herself understand it better. With current
court challenges
<[link removed]>
to DACA, some 600,000 DACA recipients remain in limbo. The Alliance for
a New Immigration Consensus <[link removed]> - a network of advocacy
groups in faith, business, education, national security and advocacy -
has repeatedly called on Congress to act on a permanent solution for
Dreamers
<[link removed]>
and other immigration and border reforms. The WORLD'
<[link removed]>s Addie
Offereins story points to the need for reforms as well. 

**IMMIGRANTS' HEALTH** - The uncertainty surrounding Deferred Action
for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) affects recipients' mental health,
reports Lauren Peace of the Tampa Bay Times
<[link removed]>.
That's according to a new study
<[link removed]>
of adults in the Tampa Bay area by researchers at the University of
South Florida. "Every day you live in fear. That takes a toll on the
entire family. It hurts," said Nanci Palacios, a participant in the
study. Separately, Katie Mogg of The Boston Globe
<[link removed]>
writes about the role of community leaders and grassroots organizations
in the promotion of health among immigrants. These groups build trust
and form relationships with immigrants, which results in an open
dialogue about their health concerns and being open to receiving
information.  

Thanks for reading, 

Clara  

**P.S.** Have you wondered about the meaning of marigolds in the
recent celebration of Día de Los Muertos? Here is a nice article about
it by Gustavo Arellano of The Los Angeles Times
<[link removed]>.  

 

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