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THE FORUM DAILY

On Monday, the Biden administration announced the extension of
humanitarian parole for the thousands of Ukrainians who fled their
homeland amid the war, per the Associated Press
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Their deadline to stay in the country was set to expire in the coming
weeks.  

The extension is for certain Ukrainian nationals and their immediate
family members who had permission to enter the U.S. prior to the Uniting
for Ukraine
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program. 

"For this earliest-arrived group of Ukrainians, the continued legal
right to live, work, and access resettlement assistance in the U.S. is
absolutely crucial to their well-being," said Krish O'Mara Vignarajah,
head of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. 

She also called on the administration to not wait until deadlines are on
the brink of expiring to extend "critical humanitarian protections,"
while also alluding to the need for Afghans to have the same
safeguards.  

Camilo Montoya-Galvez of CBS News
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has more on the story. And here is our take
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on why Congress and the Biden administration must step in to offer
permanence to resettled Ukrainians and Afghans. 

Welcome to Tuesday's edition of The Forum Daily. I'm Clara
Villatoro, the Forum's strategic communications manager, and the great
Forum Daily team also includes Dynahlee Padilla-Vasquez 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]>. 

**BIRD'S-EYE VIEW** - For The New York Times
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Eileen Sullivan and Steve Fisher give a good overview of the impacts of
the Biden administration's recent immigration policies. "Immigration
advocates criticize the policies for trying to manage immediate problems
rather than seeking broader changes. But the policies have achieved the
administration's goal of bringing down the number of border
crossings," they write. Our polling published last week
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underscores that strong majorities still want border and immigration
reforms. And, equally important, that Americans value offering refuge. 

**TEXAS BORDER BILL** - Texas Republicans have unveiled a series of
border security and anti-immigration proposals, including House Bill 20
legislation
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reports Julián Aguilar of The Texas Newsroom
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If passed, it would create a new state law enforcement subdivision
dubbed the Border Protection Unit, which would have "broad powers of
enforcement," Aguilar notes. 

**THE ZALDIVAR'S WIN** - After 16 years met with inefficiencies,
administrative errors, deportation and separation from his family,
Colorado community member Jorge Zaldivar Mendieta has finally won his
immigration case, reports Saja Hindi of  The Denver Post.
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Now he is a permanent legal resident of the U.S. "I am hopeful that
people have understood that immigrants come here to work and be part of
their family and that we are here because we're contributing," he
said. "So we need to support a path to legalization including DACA." 

**HUMANE EFFORTS** - Reverend Juan Carlos Ruiz, pastor at Good
Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, talks with Michel
Martin of NPR <[link removed]> on the
efforts to support the thousands of migrants that have been bused to New
York City. In addition to providing them phones and metro cards, "we
have the abuelitas, you know, the grandmothers in our communities
basically cooking for them and being family to them - anything that
humanizes because we have to remember this is a humanitarian crisis," he
said. Take five minutes to listen to their conversation. 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

 

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