Tuesday, January 24
 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌


 

THE FORUM DAILY

More than 160 faith groups sent a letter
<[link removed]>
on Monday calling on the Biden administration to reconsider its latest
asylum limits
<[link removed]>
for certain migrants who pass through another country before entering
the U.S., reports Suzanne Monyak of CQ Roll Call
<[link removed]>.  

The limits are part of a proposed rule that would limit asylum
eligibility for individuals crossing the southwest border "without first
requesting protection in another country on their way to the United
States," Monyak writes. 

"President Trump's asylum transit ban led to asylum denials and
prolonged detention for many with bona fide claims," the faith groups
write. "[F]ollowing in these flawed footsteps leads the U.S. further
down a dangerous path that wrongfully places the emphasis on punitive
measures, deterrence, detention, and deportation rather than meaningful
access to protection." 

The policy is part of new border initiatives President Biden announced
earlier this month. Other elements include permitting 30,000 qualifying
nationals per month from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela and Nicaragua to enter
with temporary parole. Migrants who are not eligible will be expelled to
Mexico via Title 42. As we've noted
<[link removed]>,
there's some good and some challenges among these initiatives. 

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
Thea Holcomb. If you have a story to share from your own community,
please send it to me at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. 

**HOME HEALTH SERVICES** - Community health groups across the U.S. are
stepping up to help undocumented immigrant elders get medical care and
social services they need, reports Nora Macaluso of Next Avenue
<[link removed]>.
The growing population of older immigrants, language and cultural
barriers, lack of insurance, and limiting immigration policies for home
care services are among the challenges immigrants face in accessing
care, Macaluso notes.   

**MIGRATION TO FLORIDA** - Chris Kenning of USA TODAY
<[link removed]>
takes an in-depth look at the fear driving people to flee Cuba and Haiti
by boat - and the peril they face as they try to reach the U.S.
Officials hope that President Biden's new humanitarian parole process
<[link removed]>
for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans will help deter
migration by sea and provide new legal pathways to enter to the U.S. 

**'THIS IS ALL HUMANITY'**- Texas State University anthropology
students and volunteers are helping exhume and identify the remains of
migrants who died while crossing the border, reports Uriel J. García of
The Texas Tribune
<[link removed]>.
Just in August and September 2022, 26 unidentified migrants, including a
baby, were buried at the Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass due to a
lack of space at both the Webb County Medical Examiner's Office and a
local funeral home. "This isn't about politics; this is all humanity.
It's for the families," said Don White, a volunteer at the Brooks
County Sheriff's Office. 

**IMMIGRANT DETENTION** - Bridget Cambria is a well-known immigration
attorney who has fought for immigrant families and children detained at
the Berks County detention center in Pennsylvania. Previously, as a
Berks County guard, she witnessed things she wanted to change in the
immigration system, reports Jeff Gammage of The Philadelphia Inquirer
<[link removed]>.
The center is slated to close Jan. 31
<[link removed]>,
"ending a long and controversial chapter in immigrant detention" in the
state, Gammage notes.

**ENGLISH AT WORK** - Tyson Foods, a member of our Corporate
Roundtable for the New American Workforce
<[link removed]>,
is helping the Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy and Resource Center
(EMBARC) in Iowa with an $85,000 grant, The Perry News
<[link removed]>
reports. EMBARC will use the funding to support citizenship and
contextualized English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for students.
And don't miss our own Ana Negoescu's interview with the Behind
Every Employer <[link removed]> podcast, in
which she highlights how we support immigrant workers and U.S.
businesses through English training programs in the workplace. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

DONATE
<[link removed]>

 

**Follow Us**

 

[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]

National Immigration Forum

10 G Street NE, Suite 500

Washington, DC 20002

www.immigrationforum.org <[link removed]>

 

Unsubscribe from The Forum Daily
<[link removed]>

or opt-out from all Forum emails.
<[link removed]>

 

 
_________________

Sent to [email protected]

Unsubscribe:
[link removed]

National Immigration Forum, 10 G St NE, Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20002, United States