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THE FORUM DAILY

Our hearts go out to the families of the two Americans who were killed
in Mexico after being kidnapped, as well as to the two who survived. 

In other news, many immigration and faith groups are alarmed about the
Biden administration's openness to reviving migrant family detention,
reports Jeff Brumley of Baptist News Global
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"Family detention has long been established as exacting a tremendous
mental and emotional toll on children and parents alike," said Krish
O'Mara Vignarajah, president of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee
Service. "The very concept of family detention is antithetical to core
American values and robs vulnerable people of their God-given
dignity." 

Brumley also notes faith leaders' concerns about the asylum rule the
administration recently proposed. The rule "perpetuates the misguided
notion that heavy-handed enforcement measures are somehow a solution to
the realities at the border," Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Catholic
Diocese of El Paso (and a Forum board member) said during a webinar last
week. "Decades of similar approaches have demonstrated otherwise."  

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]>. 

**IN HONOR OF WOMEN** - We're celebrating International Women's
Day today, in part by acknowledging a call to our consciences. Afghan
women are lamenting the return to oppression under the Taliban as much
of the world looks away, Sami Yousafzai reports in CBS News
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Meanwhile, Gillian Brockell of The Washington Post
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writes about the woman behind this global day: Theresa Serber Malkiel
was a Russian-born Jewish woman whose family immigrated to New York
City. Also, in the Post
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five comic artists, including a Ukrainian and Afghan, draw what a
community of women means to them.  

**FILLING CRITICAL ROLES** - A coalition of immigration, business and
clean-energy groups, as well as some lawmakers, support passing
immigration reforms to help fill much-needed labor gaps, a team at
POLITICO
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reports. "There's no question that addressing our broken immigration
system in America would address many workforce shortages," said Sen. Ben
Ray Luján (D-New Mexico). "There's employment needed right now. Jobs
are available." 

**OFFSHORING TALENT** - From a different angle: In a recent survey of
workplace immigration trends
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93% of companies that responded said they expect to relocate employees
to other countries, with immigration and visa challenges a major factor,
reports Andrew Kreighbaum of Bloomberg Law
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"There's a continued frustration with the finite viability and
challenge of securing a visa," said Envoy Global President and CEO Dick
Burke.  

**IN PURSUIT OF DREAMS** - A growing number of people with Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) are thinking about leaving the U.S.
amid continuing legal challenges
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to the policy, a team at ABC News
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reports. "I still consider myself a dreamer in the sense that I'm a
DACA recipient, but I'm done dreaming. I want a real life," said Miguel,
whose family emigrated from Colombia and who plans to move to Canada
this summer to pursue his dreams and find stability. 

**TO BE LICENSED (AND INSURED)** - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) has
signed into law the bill that will allow an estimated 80,000
unauthorized immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, reports Zoë
Jackson of the Star Tribune
<[link removed].>.
Minnesota joins 18 states; Washington, D.C.; and Puerto Rico in allowing
residents to access driver's licenses regardless of immigration
status, Jackson notes.  

Thanks for reading, 

Dan 

 

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