From Dan Gordon, National Immigration Forum <[email protected]>
Subject Preserving Asylum, Acting on Welcome
Date February 22, 2023 3:25 PM
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THE FORUM DAILY

The Biden administration announced a proposed rule
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yesterday that would restrict asylum access for migrants who cross into
the U.S. without authorization and failed to apply for protections in a
third country before arriving at the southern border, reports Hamed
Aleaziz of the Los Angeles Times
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Asylum seekers who do not follow that new rule would be subject to
deportation - unless, as Aleaziz notes, they meet exceptions including
a medical emergency, an imminent threat to life or victimization from a
severe form of trafficking, among others. The announcement comes as the
administration prepares to end Title 42
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"We urge the administration to ensure that people with valid asylum
claims can bring those claims in the U.S., consistent with our
nation's long-cherished role as a beacon of safety and freedom for
people facing persecution," Jennie said
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in response to the news. 
"... Migrants seeking asylum deserve solutions that protect them, not
policies that make it easier to deport them to countries where their
safety could be in jeopardy." 

Meanwhile, one tool meant to increase order at the border, the CBP One
app <[link removed]>, has
challenges of its own, Nick Miroff reports in The Washington Post
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The app is "fine as a tool in the toolbox, but it cannot be the only
access point to asylum," said Chelsea Sachau, an attorney with the
Arizona-based Florence Project.   

Welcome to Wednesday'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]>. 

**'WE ALSO NEED IMMIGRANTS'** - Two Republican governors are out
in support of increasing immigration in order to fill hundreds of
thousands of open jobs in their states. Internal migration from other
states won't be enough, Govs. Eric Holcomb of Indiana and Spencer Cox
of Utah write in an op-ed for The Washington Post
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"We also need immigrants who are ready to work and help build strong
communities." They argue for states to be able to sponsor immigrants
directly. 

**IN LIMBO** - Congress must pass the bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act
to protect Afghan evacuees permanently, writes Kawser Amine, Founder and
CEO of Women's Solidarity for Peace and Leadership, in an op-ed for
The
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County Register
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"How can you start to think about the future when you're suspended in
limbo, waiting to see if you'll be sent back to oppression or death?"
she writes.  

**FUTURE AT STAKE** - The future for undocumented immigrants brought
to the U.S. as children remains at stake as Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA) continues to face court challenges, reports
Nick Ciletti of ABC15
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Meanwhile, in a recent poll
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from the American Principles Project, 59% of GOP voters said they would
support a candidate who prioritizes broad immigration reforms, including
a pathway to citizenship.  

**'THE NEXT GENERATION'** - Olena Malashonok, who fled Ukraine and
is now living in South Carolina, writes of the looming expiration of her
temporary status in an op-ed for The Post and Courier
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"[W]e humbly urge Washington to intervene soon and show us an extension
of mercy so that we may continue living in America and safely raise our
children - the next generation of Ukrainians," she writes. It's a
highly personal take on a problem that affects thousands, as The Wall
Street Journal
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reported over the weekend. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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