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THE FORUM DAILY

Government officials say the number of migrants arriving at the border
from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela is down, Maria Sacchetti
reports in The Washington Post
<[link removed]>.
That's after the administration began new initiatives this month that
are meant to steer migrants away from the border and enable some to come
via different channels. 

The numbers are eye-opening: Seven-day averages of encounters with
migrants from the four countries are down from 3,367 per day on Dec. 11
to 115 per day now, officials say. 

But with various lawsuits making the future of various border policies
uncertain, we still need long-term solutions. As our policy expert
Danilo Zak told Adam Klepp of KYMA
<[link removed]>,
"Congress needs to get to work building up processing at ports of entry,
improving infrastructure, getting more resources there to work on
claims. That's where we need to go from here." (For a visual breakdown
of what border numbers mean, see our new border graphic here
<[link removed]>.) 

Meanwhile, deaths in Texas caused by extreme heat, including deaths of
migrants, have reached a two-decade high, report Alex Nguyen and Erin
Douglas of The Texas Tribune
<[link removed]>. 

At least 214 heat-related deaths occurred between January and September
last year, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health
Services. More than half were people from another state or country.
During fiscal year 2022, Customs and Border Protection reported 853
migrants' deaths along the entire U.S.-Mexico border, the highest
tally in recent years - and almost certainly not the full count. 

Migration experts, advocates and local officials believe border
enforcement policies have contributed by pushing migrants away from
"preferred crossing points in urban areas toward increasingly remote and
dangerous routes." Title 42 expulsions exacerbate the risks. 

Welcome to Thursday'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]>. 

**COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT** - Private sponsorship programs like the
Welcome Corps <[link removed]> and recently expanded
temporary humanitarian parole programs for certain nationalities "signal
a shift toward a community-based approach to record-breaking migration,"
reports Addie Offereins of WORLD Magazine
<[link removed]>.
While this is a step in the right direction, sponsored immigrants and
refugees need legal protections that provide adequate and sustained
support, our President and CEO, Jennie Murray, told Offereins.

REFLECTIONS AND QUESTIONS - Drawing parallels between her recent
immersion trip at the border and a visit to Cuba, our Midwest mobilizer
Christy Staats asks tough questions about the impact of our asylum
system in an op-ed in Christianity Today's The Better Samaritan
<[link removed]>.
"Americans don't understand U.S. immigration policy
<[link removed]>,
so how could people fleeing terrible things from other countries
understand it?" she writes.

**LEAKED INFO** - Twenty-one migrants recently sued the federal
government for accidentally publishing their confidential information on
ICE's website, reports Julian Resendiz of Border Report
<[link removed]>.
The November leak exposed names, nationalities, locations, and other
personal information of more than 6,000 migrants total.

**CINCINNATI GROWTH** - Cincinnati is among the cities where
immigration is crucial to growth, reports David Holthaus of Soapbox
Cincinnati
<[link removed]>.
From 2014 to 2017, the Cincinnati metro area ranked first in growth
thanks to new immigrants.

Thanks for reading,

Dan 

P.S. For a fascinating interview on the origin story behind the new
documentary "The Flagmakers," check out Jason Dick's piece in Roll
Call
<[link removed]>. 

 

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