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THE FORUM DAILY

With just three weeks left of the current Congress, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema
(D-Arizona) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) are working on actual
border and immigration solutions, as Greg Sargent of The Washington Post
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first reported. 

The framework reportedly would provide a permanent pathway to
legalization for 2 million Dreamers and include a border funding
increase of at least $25 billion, a separate team at the Post
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reports. It also would extend Title 42 for at least a year, according to
a Senate aid. 

The devil will be in the details, but a serious proposal is a major step
forward - "the kind of bipartisan problem-solving Americans want," in
the words of our president and CEO, Jennie Murray
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reported framework is a strong step forward for this Congress to arrive
at actual solutions. Americans know we need these kinds of solutions to
address inflation, labor turmoil and border challenges. 

The Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus
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and many of its members, including the Evangelical Immigration Table
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also have weighed in.  

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Dan
Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP, and the great Forum
Daily team also includes Dynahlee Padilla-Vasquez, Clara Villatoro and
Katie Lutz. If you have a story to share from your own community, please
send it to me at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>.  

And if you like what you're reading, please support our end-of-year
campaign here
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Thank you! 

FARM WORKFORCE - The lack of workers on dairy farms is becoming a
critical national security and food security concern, International
Dairy Foods Association President and CEO Michael Dykes writes in an
op-ed for The Hill
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"You don't need to be a math whiz to see the solution staring us right
in the face," he writes. "We need a consistent, reliable pool of
available labor that strengthens the domestic supply of food and keeps
food prices in check for consumers." The Farm Workforce Modernization
Act would provide that, while also boosting border security "by
establishing a mandatory, nationwide e-verify system that would allow
enrolled employers to confirm the eligibility of their employees to
legally work in the United States."  

TPS

**FOR HAITIANS** - On Monday, the Biden administration extended and
redesignated Temporary Protected Status
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for Haitians living in the U.S., reports Jacqueline Charles of the Miami
Herald
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The redesignation means that Haitians already in the U.S. as of Nov. 6
are eligible for TPS if they meet all the criteria. "We are providing
much-needed humanitarian relief to Haitian nationals already present in
the United States," said DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. "The
conditions in Haiti, including socioeconomic challenges, political
instability, and gang violence and crime - aggravated by environmental
disaster - compelled the humanitarian relief we are providing
today."  

**REFUGEE DATA** - The United States resettled only 2,193 refugees in
November, per new Refugee Processing Center data
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new fiscal year, we're on track to resettle 26,082 refugees - about
same as last year "and not remotely close to the ceiling Biden again set
at 125,000," our policy expert Danilo Zak notes
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November's number includes 351 refugees from the Western Hemisphere,
from which President Biden has committed to resettle 20,000 refugees by
the end of fiscal year 2024. The math doesn't add up. "President Biden
must make the resettlement program a priority, investing resources and
political will in creative solutions to expedite processing," Zak
writes. "That's the only path to free our system from the lingering
effects of Trump-era restrictions and the COVID-19 pandemic." 

**WELCOME AND SUPPORT** - We know Congress has a lot on its plate, but
it must also find time this month to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
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In the meantime, stories of local welcome continue to inspire:  

* Massachusetts-based nonprofit WelcomeNST has resettled an estimated
500 Afghans and Ukrainians across 90 neighborhoods via private
sponsorship. Six are in Utah, the most of any state. (Kyle Dunphey,
Deseret News
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* The Good Neighbors of Capitol Hill
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recently furnished an apartment in Riverdale, Maryland, for Special
Immigrant Visa recipient Raz and his family - the 100th family Good
Neighbors has helped resettle. (Luke Lukert, WTOP
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* The nonprofit Des Moines Refugee Support, founded in 2016 by public
school teacher Alison Hoeman, has provided necessities for refugees
living in the Des Moines metro area, including donated items from
Saturday's "Santa's Ride" event. (Francesca Block, Des Moines
Register
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* With support from Linda Donigan, a youth services librarian in
Bennington, Vermont, libraries across the state have launched Stories
Across Borders, where young Afghan children can access books in Dari.
(Elissa Borden, WCAX
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* Thanks to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York, a beneficiary of
The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, Abdul Bahar and his family were
able to find housing, employment, and myriad of other services. (Kristen
Bayrakdarian, The New York Times
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

P.S

**.** It isn't fair to make you (or myself) hungry this early, but
read Gary Stern's piece in Forbes
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about Jewish delis, introduced by immigrants a century ago. Stern
interviews Marilyn Kushner, co-curator of a New York Historical Society
exhibition on Jewish delis' historical and culinary relevance. It
opened last month and runs through April 2, 2023. 

 

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