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THE FORUM DAILY

Before we get into today's Daily, we are thinking of survivors, rescue
teams, and all on the ground helping to support Turkey and Syria
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Our hearts and prayers continue to go out to the region. 

In other news, President Biden addressed the economy in his State of
the Union speech, but as Lawrence Downes writes in an op-ed for CNN
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it could have been an opportunity to say more about our workforce. 

More specifically, "how making the American workplace better for
everyone means making it better and safer for immigrants, including the
11 million
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undocumented," Downes writes. "... Starting now, he can focus on the
ways his administration is going to honor immigrants' contributions to
the state of this union. He can protect, support and unleash them to do
great things, changing the country for the better."

Related to our labor needs, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-California) and
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) sent a letter
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to Biden yesterday recommending solutions for the administration's
recently expanded humanitarian parole program, per Padilla's pressroom
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Among the recommendations are granting migrants who meet workforce needs
work authorization within 90 days. 

If you missed our Facebook Live recapping the State of the Union address
yesterday, tune in here
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If you're encouraged by what you're hearing, please call on
President Biden and Congress to prioritize immigration reforms
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pass the Afghan Adjustment Act
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build better border solutions
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and pass a permanent solution for Dreamers
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Welcome to Thursday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara
Villatoro, the Forum's strategic communications manager, and the
great Forum Daily team also includes Dynahlee Padilla-Vasquez 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]>. 

**U.S. AND MEXICO** - The Biden administration is weighing a border
agreement with Mexico that "could allow U.S. authorities to carry out
large-scale deportations of non-Mexicans back across the border,"
including Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, reports a team
at The Washington Post
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"Their plan would permit hundreds of thousands of migrants to enter the
United States lawfully, while threatening severe consequences for those
who don't follow the rules," they write. 

**EL PASO WALMART CASE** - On Wednesday, Patrick Crusius pleaded
guilty to 90 federal charges related to the racially motivated mass
shooting at the Cielo Vista-area Walmart in El Paso, on Aug. 3, 2019,
reports Aaron A. Bedoya of El Paso Times
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For more on how great replacement theory is connected to the immigration
debate, see our helpful resource here
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**STATE BILLS** - Indiana lawmakers advanced a proposed bill
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Tuesday that would allow eligible immigrants to earn driver privilege
cards, per Tom Davies of the Associated Press
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Over northwest, Oregon's Senate Bill 610
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is pushing to extend food assistance to undocumented immigrants, reports
Oregon Capital Chronicle
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Lynne Terry. And our friend, Kathy Tran, Delegate for the 42nd House
District in Virginia, recently tweeted
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that her Refugee Nursing Licensure bill got a unanimous vote.
Progress.  

**CBP ONE BIAS** - The CBP One
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required facial recognition is reportedly failing to register photos
uploaded by migrants with darker skin tones, including Haitians and
Africans, reports Melissa del Bosque in The Guardian
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It is "effectively barring them from their right to request entry into
the U.S," writes del Bosque.  

**'DARE TO DREAM'**- Migrant women in our shelter are "strong,
determined and resilient, and they dare to dream of a life beyond
survival," writes Judith Cabrera, co-director of the Border Line Crisis
Center <[link removed]> in Tijuana, Mexico,
in a powerful op-ed for The San Diego Union-Tribune
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"If we are able to come together to overcome difficulties, it is because
our hearts are open to recognizing valuable contributions in others." 

Thanks for reading, 

Clara

 

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