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THE FORUM DAILY

This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) is traveling to the southern
border with freshmen GOP lawmakers, reports Tatyana Monnay of Bloomberg
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McCarthy's first border trip as House speaker follows growing calls
from a group of Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas, as Republicans continue to critique the Biden
administration on immigration and security.  

"House Republicans can see first-hand how unlawful border crossings have
sharply declined thanks to President Biden's new border plan," said
White House Assistant Press Secretary Abdullah Hasan in a statement. 

"They can also see the additional progress that could be made if
Republicans in Congress stop making this issue a political stunt and
actually join the President in advancing real solutions - like
comprehensive immigration reform." 

In other important news, Sen. Dick Durbin
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(D-Illinois), spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about giving Dreamers
the stability they deserve by passing the newly introduced Dream Act of
2023. 

The Alliance for a New Immigration Consensus (ANIC), a coalition of 35
organizations, released a statement
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praising Congress's move to explore a permanent solution for
Dreamers. 

Welcome to Tuesday'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]>. 

**STILL SEPARATED** - About a thousand migrant children remain
separated from their families, "with hundreds not even in the process of
reunification," according to DHS data published
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earlier this month, writes Philip Bump for The Washington Post
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More than 3,900 children were separated under Trump's zero tolerance
policy, with its effects still lingering, Bump notes. His visual
breakdown of the data, underscoring the reunifications, is helpful. 

**BORDER SAFETY, SECURITY** - Immigration and border security "are
real problems affecting real people that deserve real solutions," writes
policy expert Nolan Rappaport in an op-ed for The Hill
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His recommendations revolve around making the "Border Safety and
Security Act of 2023
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bill more viable through bipartisan work. This border bill is still
being discussed among Republicans, per Emily Brooks and Rafael Bernal of
The Hill
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**POTENTIAL EXPLOITATION** - Asylum-seeking migrants who are looking
for sponsors to financially support them in the U.S. are faced with
questionable, costly offers online, reports Anita Snow of the Associated
Press
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"Several immigration attorneys said they could find no specific law
prohibiting people from charging money to sponsor beneficiaries," writes
Snow.  

**FACT-CHECK** - Fact: Most of the fentanyl being smuggled into the
U.S. comes through ports of entry across by Mexican cartels - not by
immigrants, according to experts, report Jeff Cercone and Maria Ramirez
Uribe of PolitiFact
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Fentanyl "is not carried on the backs of migrants. Drug traffickers deal
with professionals, not amateurs, and they prefer U.S. citizens," said
Sanho Tree, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 

**FOR DAY LABORERS** - A new Spanish-language station known as Radio
Jornalera <[link removed]>, providing educational resources
for immigrant workers in Houston, just launched on Saturday, reports
Jhair Romero of the Houston Chronicle
<[link removed]>.
"(Radio Jornalera Crecen) is such a blessing," said Adony Zavala, a
Honduran day laborer who immigrated to the city last year. "[T]o have a
station specifically dedicated to the jornalero community is like a
cherry on top."  

Thanks for reading, 

Clara  

**P.S.** Happy Valentine's Day! If you're in east Charlotte, North
Carolina, check out Panaderia Odalys
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a new Mexican family-owned bakery which just opened today, per Faith
Alford of WBTV
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