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THE FORUM DAILY

The U.S. is considering reinstating the detention of migrant families
who cross the border illegally, report Eileen Sullivan and Zolan
Kanno-Youngs of The New York Times
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No final decision has been made, but "the move would be a stark reversal
for President Biden, who came into office promising to adopt a more
compassionate approach to the border," Sullivan and Kanno-Youngs
write.  

"It is heartbreaking to hear there could be a return to the Trump-era
use of this practice," said Leecia Welch, a lead lawyer in a 1997 case
that limits the time children can spend in detention to 20 days and
establishes minimum standards for holding facilities. 

Under current practice, families are released into the country
temporarily, tracked, and required to report to an Immigration and
Customs Enforcement field office. 

Detaining families is not in line with American values, nor is it the
solution to immigration and border challenges. It failed to deter
migration under previous Republican and Democratic administrations. The
administration should work together with Congress on solutions that
prioritize human dignity as well as an orderly process.  

Welcome to Tuesday'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]>. 

**POTENTIAL TPS** - The Biden administration is planning to
redesignate Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua as pressure mounts
from immigration advocates and lawmakers, per Myah Ward of POLITICO
<[link removed]>.
Last month, Democratic and Republican lawmakers wrote a letter
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to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas advocating for the move. "The
increasingly totalitarian nature of the Ortega-Murillo regime and the
brutal political repression Nicaraguans face in their daily lives
exacerbate the urgent need for the Biden Administration to redesignate
and extend TPS to Nicaragua," they wrote.  

**'MAKES NO SENSE'** - Al Cardenas, former chairman of the
Republican Party of Florida, is not a fan of Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R)
proposal to repeal in-state tuition fee waivers for undocumented
immigrant students, reports Mitch Perry of the Florida Phoenix
<[link removed]>.
"The (proposed) law makes no sense from a humanitarian standpoint,"
Cardenas said. "From an economic standpoint. And from the standpoint of
a stronger Florida in the future. ... [These students are] going to be
an important part of our workforce once government gets around to doing
the right thing." 

**FEMALE AFGHAN FIGHTERS** - More than 20 women who fought alongside
U.S. troops as part of Afghanistan's trailblazing Female Tactical
Platoon are still stuck in Afghanistan, reports Bruce Leshan of WUSA 9
<[link removed]>.
Another 39 were able to evacuate to the U.S. under temporary
humanitarian parole status. With help from the PenFed Foundation
<[link removed]>, they are calling on Congress to pass
the bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act
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to secure their futures here. "We would handcuff ourselves to these
women to ensure they never left the [U.S.]," said Former Army Sgt.
Rebekah Edmondson, who worked with the platoon in Afghanistan. 

**DACA IN COURT** - With the future under threat for hundreds of
thousands of immigrants with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA), the Biden administration late last week urged Judge Andrew Hanen
to preserve the measure, reports Suzanne Monyak of Roll Call
<[link removed]>.
Hanen previously ruled against DACA and now is considering the formal
rule for the policy, which the Biden administration published while the
initial case was under appeal. 

Thanks for reading, 

Dan

 

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