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THE FORUM DAILY

Advocates are urging President Biden to highlight the role of
immigrants in the economy and push for immigration reform in his State
of the Union speech tomorrow, reports Julian Resendiz of Border Report
<[link removed]>. 

"Managing migration in a humane way should be the first priority of U.S.
policy, rather than trying to prevent it and punishing people seeking
refuge," said Michael Breen, president and CEO of Human Rights First.
(In the San Antonio Express-News
<[link removed]>,
Cameron Vickrey of Fellowship Southwest sounds a similar tone from the
Christian perspective.) 

Advocates are hopeful about the bipartisan support a solution for
Dreamers and farmworkers recently garnered, Resendiz notes. 

Separately, Tara Watson of the Brookings Institute
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suggests how the president should address immigration in the speech,
including an opportunity: "He can put the ball back in Congress' court,
where it ultimately belongs." 

Last year, Biden noted the need for better solutions for Dreamers and
farmworkers, among others, as Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post
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notes. Although there was some movement, including passage in the House,
the Senate did not get to a vote. But efforts to find a political center
in this new Congress, including on immigration, aren't dead, Burgess
Everett reports in Politico
<[link removed]>. 

Welcome to Monday'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]>. 

LONG-TERM CARE - "Immigration policy is long-term care policy," David
Grabowski of Harvard Medical School tells Michelle Andrews of Kaiser
Health News
<[link removed]>.
Amid a tough labor market, increased legal immigration pathways could
help bridge the gaps, experts say, but the federal government must step
in. Our home health care paper
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focuses on one aspect of this need.  

RUSSIANS SEEK REFUGE - The number of Russians who crossed at ports of
entry between October and December was more than double the same period
a year earlier, Alicia A. Caldwell reports in The Wall Street Journal
<[link removed]>.
Most are likely to seek asylum, given Russian government actions amid
the war in Ukraine. In case you missed it last week, Mike Baker of The
New York Times
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has more on the story of two Russians who fled for the United States -
by boat. 

WIN-WIN - Refugee admissions remain relatively low and asylum seekers
must wait months for work authorization to support themselves. That
leaves available jobs open and impairs the economy, the New York Daily
News
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editorial board writes. But Congress could act: "We can do the right
thing by those fleeing violence and persecution, and do right by our
economy. Win-wins are rare in public policy, and this is one worth
taking." 

(GRAND)MOTHER TONGUE - For the Los Angeles Times
<[link removed]>,
Karen Garcia shares stories about second- and third-generation Latino
Americans' push to reclaim Spanish as part of their cultural heritage.
This piece hits home for our colleague Dynahlee Padilla-Vasquez, who
wrote on this subject a few years ago in The River
<[link removed]>.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan  

P.S. Read this one twice: Lhakpa Sherpa, who works at Whole Foods in
West Hartford, Connecticut, and is originally from Nepal, has climbed
Mount Everest 10 times - the most ascents ever by a woman, Bhadra
Sharma and Adam Skolnick report in The New York Times
<[link removed]>.  

 

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