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THE FORUM DAILY

This week the Forum is hosting a convening in D.C.
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happens next in immigration and push for reforms this year. (Reporters,
please contact me for more details <mailto:[email protected]>.)
Because of our packed schedule, we'll be sending an abbreviated
version of The Forum Daily, and no edition on Thursday.  

Here's what we're reading today: 

FARMWORKERS, DREAMERS - We're not the only ones advocating in D.C.
this week. Among the others: a coalition of at least 50 farmworkers and
activists from Bakersfield, California, who will march in support of
Senate action on the House-passed Farm Workforce Modernization Act
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(John Donegan, Bakersfield.com
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Meanwhile, some Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
recipients, disillusioned after years of waiting for a permanent
solution, are choosing to leave the country (Andrea Castillo, The Los
Angeles Times
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And Claudia Rivera Cotto of KBIA
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has more on a recent gathering of Dreamers and advocates in my college
town, Columbia, Missouri. (M-I-Z ...)  

OUT AT CBP - Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Chris Magnus
resigned Saturday after DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas asked him to
step down late last week. (Hamed Aleaziz, The Los Angeles Times
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AFGHAN ADJUSTMENT ACT - In an op-ed in The Hill
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Penelope "Penny Dex" Dexenjaeger, Veteran Service Officer for American
Legion Post 134 in Portland, Oregon, pushes for passage of the
bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act
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On local Afghan welcome: 

* An estimated 130 Afghan evacuees now live in Muncie, Indiana, thanks
to resettled families spreading the word and support from the Refugee
Alliance of Delaware County. (David Penticuff, Muncie Star Press
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* Providence, Rhode Island-based nonprofit Beautiful Day
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Afghans evacuees and other refugees working in their kitchen, as Rebecca
Garland and Ellen Emerson White highlight in their Providence Journal
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op-ed.  

* In Southern California, the nonprofit Tiyya Foundation
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housing and other essential services. (Zarina Khairzada, Spectrum News 1
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**VISAS FOR CUBANS** - The U.S. will resume granting 20,000 visas to
Cuba yearly starting January 4, 2023, following conversations on
migration with high-level officials from both countries last week.
Family reunification will be prioritized, in addition to an expansion of
consular services and an increase in staff, per the U.S. Embassy in
Havana. (Mauricio Vicent, El País
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**VENEZUELANS' WOES** - Border Patrol's continued confiscation of
identifying documents at the border, in addition to U.S. consulate
closures since 2019, are contributing to challenges for Venezuelan
migrants to remain in the U.S. long-term. (Rosario Marina, Documented
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**OFFICER REVIEW** - Starting tomorrow, Mexican immigration officers
will review travelers' documents before they can enter the U.S. at the
San Ysidro Port of Entry in California, to potentially speed up border
crossings. The new move "would allow U.S. officials to redirect
resources to staffing more travel lanes for Mexican commuters, the
officials hope." (Alexandra Mendoza, Kate Morrissey, The San Diego
Union-Tribune
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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