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THE FORUM DAILY

The Supreme Court has canceled arguments surrounding the legal
challenges to ending Title 42, "a step that suggested it may dismiss the
case based on the Biden administration's announcement that the health
emergency would end in May," reports Adam Liptak of The New York Times
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(Check out our recently updated policy explainer
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for more on Title 42 and what comes next.) 

In an interview with CNN's Chris Wallace, Homeland Security Secretary
Alejandro Mayorkas calls on Congress to help fix the broken immigration
system and better manage the border, per Priscilla Alvarez of CNN
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Among other things, Mayorkas talks about what a "secure border" means
- a topic that we have also addressed
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Meanwhile, two shelters in Juárez are getting $2 million for expansions
to help them support children in need, reports Julian Resendiz of Border
Report
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One assists young migrants separated from their caretakers, and women
with young children; a new one will serve unaccompanied Mexican minors
expelled from the U.S. 

Welcome to Friday's edition of The Forum Daily, and enjoy the long
weekend if you have one. We'll be back on Tuesday. I'm Dan
Gordon, the Forum's strategic communications VP, and today's 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]>. 

**WORKER SAFETY** - Earlier this week, the Department of Labor gave
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration authority to issue
certifications for T and U visa recipients, reports Kristin Toussaint of
Fast Company
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These special visas allow victims of certain crimes such as forced labor
to cooperate with law enforcement without fear of retaliation or
deportation.  

**ALLIES AT RISK** - As of this past Sunday, the U.S. has approved
only 4,775 applications from Afghan evacuees who requested asylum or
special visa status, Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports for CBS News
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Barring action from Congress, the remainder of the close to 80,000
evacuees could lose their work permits and protections from deportation
starting this summer, Montoya-Galvez highlights. Meanwhile, the U.S.
Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) recently has launched a
comprehensive behavioral health program
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for newly resettled Afghans in the U.S. 

Locally:

* In Iowa, Drake University's Refugee Clinic continues to expand its
services to help Afghan newcomers understand their legal options to stay
in the U.S. (Morgen Neuhauser, The Times-Delphic
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* Thanks to the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue
Fund and Cornell University's South Asia Program, Afghan political
historian Sharif Hozoori has been able to temporarily resettle and study
at Cornell. (Jonathan Miller, Global Cornell
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**NEEDED PARTNERSHIP** - "American immigration policy cannot be about
deterrence alone," Bloomberg Opinion
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columnist Eduardo Porter writes as he explains how the U.S. is trying to
work with Mexico to address the border. "... Equally important,
President Biden's urgency to resolve a political problem risks
derailing a critical priority: North America's future prosperity and
security depend on the U.S. and Mexico developing a rich strategic
relationship ..." 

**LANGUAGE PRESERVATION** - Vietnamese and Haitian populations in
Boston are intentionally creating opportunities at church, school and
elsewhere to help first-generation Americans preserve their native
languages, reports Seth Daniel of the Dorchester Reporter
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in Massachusetts. And in Denver, high school teacher Mohamed Moghazy
created an Arabic language and arts program to "reconnect with families
and discover parts of their identity they may not have had a chance to
learn about before," reports Yesenia Robles of Chalkbeat Colorado
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Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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