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THE FORUM DAILY

Starting in the first year of the Biden presidency, administration
officials disagreed over how to address increasing numbers of asylum
seekers, reports Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
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And some officials remain concerned about the recently proposed asylum
rule <[link removed]>,
which is a version of policies proposed at the time. 

The new rule 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. Administration
officials note that exceptions and alternate legal pathways set the
proposed rule apart from the asylum ban President Trump implemented. The
latter was struck down in court.  

But "[p]rivately, some Biden appointees acknowledged that the proposed
rule is a far-reaching restriction," and that it's not what they would
choose to manage migration, Montoya-Galvez writes. They argued that the
policy is an emergency measure amid a historic number of border
encounters.  

Congress and the administration should work together to bolster
alternate legal pathways
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that reduce pressure at the border and on our asylum system - while
still ensuring that migrants fleeing persecution can seek asylum, as
mandated under U.S. and international law.  

As Matt Soerens, U.S. Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief,
told Addie Offereins of WORLD
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"The goal of the United States should be to protect people while we
determine if they're qualified to stay."  

Welcome to Thursday'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]>. 

**DESANTIS' PROPOSAL** - Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' new
immigration-related proposal
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"could criminalize ministries, businesses, cities and individuals that
serve immigrants in Florida," Jeff Brumley of Baptist News Global
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reports. "[T]his is not just an immigrant issue," Florida Immigrant
Coalition Director Tessa Petit said. "This is a morality issue. But most
of all, this is a freedom issue." Other advocates point out that it's
also an economic one in a state where immigrants own 36% of small
businesses (and that depends on tourism, we'd add).  

**LEAVING THE U.S.** - Many immigrants have been leaving the U.S. in
recent years, often after spending decades here, reports Miriam Jordan
of The New York Times
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"Some of them never intended to remain in the United States but said
that the cost and danger of crossing the border kept them here once they
had arrived - and they built lives. Now, middle-aged and still
able-bodied, many are making a reverse migration," she writes. 

**TREKKING THE DARIÉN** - More migrants from more than 60 countries
are braving "the world's deadliest jungle," Panama's Darién Gap, to
reach the U.S., reports Emily Green of Vice
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Green chronicles part of the journey, centering on Afghan Colonel
Mohammad Ahmadi, who led 2,500 elite soldiers into battle against the
Taliban before the fall of Kabul. We'd note that the Afghan Adjustment
Act
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not only would strengthen our security but also help our allies who
still seek to leave Afghanistan.  

**LABOR NEEDS** - President Biden can help fulfill the request from
Republican Govs. Spencer Cox of Utah and Eric Holcomb of Indiana for
more immigrants to meet labor needs, Greg Sargent writes in The
Washington Post
<[link removed]>.
How? The administration could use its authority to parole noncitizens
<[link removed]>
into the U.S. for "significant public benefit," per Tom Jawetz, a former
senior Homeland Security lawyer.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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