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THE FORUM DAILY

We all have experienced uncertainty at some point in our lives. And I
think it's safe to say that no one enjoys the anxiety that comes with
it.  

Now imagine living in continuous uncertainty. 

That's what Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients
express is their everyday life, given the very real threat in the courts
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to DACA's future.  

But the chorus is growing louder for Congress to find solutions during
the lame duck session that is under way - for Dreamers and for border
challenges. Donald Graham, chairman of Graham Holdings and a co-founder
of TheDream.US <[link removed]>, which helps Dreamers attend
college, sounds this theme in an op-ed for The Washington Post
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"Republican lawmakers should bring forward their best ideas to reinforce
the border and also be prepared to help DACA-eligible young people and
others get work permits and a chance at a green card," Graham writes. "
... Democrats, for their part, should be prepared to listen to ideas
that would secure the southern border." 

In a Los Angeles Times
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podcast, Gustavo Arellano and Andrea Castillo offer a recap of DACA and
the situation Dreamers find themselves in. 

"All of the people enrolled in DACA have been on this emotional roller
coaster, and they're following each court hearing and ruling and
breathing sighs of relief every time the program survives another day,"
Castillo says. 

There are about 600,000 current DACA recipients - people who grew up
here and are working or studying. Millions more Dreamers are stuck
because of legal holds on new DACA applications or the bureaucratic
limits of the program. Their uncertainty is already our loss, and the
end of DACA would be devastating.  

But legislative solutions with bipartisan support are on the table -
for Dreamers, the border and, while we're at it, farmers and
farmworkers. The clock is ticking.  

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan
Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP, and I have
a special invitation today: To celebrate a decade of Giving Tuesday,
we're setting out to raise $10,000 to advance immigration and border
solutions. If you feel moved to support our work, please make a gift
today
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And as always, if you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected]
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**'A CITIZEN OF NOWHERE'** - You might remember the Tom Hanks
movie "The Terminal," where he was stranded in an airport because his
country didn't exist anymore. Being "stateless" is a very real problem
for 200,000 people (yes, you read that right) here in the United States.
One of them is Karina Ambartsoumian-Clough, executive director of
advocacy organization United Stateless. "Yes, I am a stateless
individual, a citizen of nowhere," she writes in an op-ed for Al Jazeera
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Although she was eligible for DACA, most stateless people here are not
- and DACA's end would leave her with no options: "As I do not have
a passport, I cannot leave the U.S." DHS has committed to better
protecting stateless people but has been slow to carry out concrete
steps, Ambartsoumian-Clough notes. Congress could step in as well with
specific legislation. 

**ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES** - Today the U.S. Supreme Court will
consider a case about whether the Biden administration can prioritize
public safety threats in its immigration enforcement, report Nate
Raymond and Andrew Chung of Reuters
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(Sounds like a no-brainer to me.) The priorities, which DHS announced in
September 2021, would be part of a long history of discretion in
enforcement given that resources are limited. But Republican state
attorneys general in Texas and Louisiana sued to block the guidelines,
and a lower court ruled in the states' favor. The Supreme Court's
ruling decision is expected by June 2023. 

**BYPASSING THE U.S.** - Mexicans are requesting asylum in large
numbers - in Canada, Zachary Kamel of the Associated Press
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reports. More than 8,000 have sought asylum this year, a number almost
five times higher than 2021 and more than double the number in pre-COVID
2019. Mexicans can travel to Canada without a visa, enabling a plane
flight rather than a risky land journey. "Feeling that you are going to
lose your life, or one of your daughters, I don't mind starting from
scratch," said Pedro Meraz, a former college professor who was facing
death threats and made the trip this year. While there are no guarantees
people such as Meraz will be granted asylum, the process is easier in
Canada than in the U.S., Kamel notes.  

**ARCHBISHOP'S APPEAL** - Jose Luis Azuaje, a Venezuelan
archbishop and president of Caritas Latin America and the Caribbean, is
appealing to the United States to reverse its recent crackdown on
Venezuelans seeking asylum, reports Elise Ann Allen of Crux
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"[The U.S. policy has] caused a conflict, because they can't return
because they don't have enough money to return," Azuaje
said. "Thousands are totally blocked, they can't go north, nor to
Venezuela."  While urging the leaders of nations where Venezuelans are
stranded to offer support, Azuaje says the root problem is that
"Venezuelans don't find possibilities for the future inside the
country."  

**IMMIGRANTS' STRENGTHS** - A quarter of K-12 students are
immigrants or the children of immigrants, and drawing on their skills
can enrich classrooms and nurture belonging, teacher and author Jessica
Lander writes in a Boston Globe
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op-ed. Among her own students, "Their journeys to America have often
made them masters at negotiation, problem solving, teamwork, and
language." Many districts around the country are seizing the opportunity
to engage these students, Lander writes. (Thanks to Forum Daily alumna
Joanna Taylor for passing this piece along.)

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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