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]. 

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. Last month, Democratic and Republican lawmakers wrote a letter 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. "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. Another 39 were able to evacuate to the U.S. under temporary humanitarian parole status. With help from the PenFed Foundation, they are calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act 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. 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