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THE FORUM DAILY

The Biden administration has declined to appeal a ruling from last week
that would end the "Parole + Alternatives to Detention (ATD)" policy,
report Michael Wilner and Ana Ceballos of the Miami Herald
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Immigration activists had urged the administration to appeal the ruling,
"warning that the elimination of the policy could lead to overcrowding
at border crossings and risk overwhelming U.S. Border Patrol," Wilner
and Ceballos note. 

"Should it take effect, this decision would mean greater health and
safety risks for detained migrants and greater pressure on our agents at
the border," said Jennie
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in response to the decision last week. "Congress' failure to act on
border and immigration reforms is making it harder and harder for better
policies to take hold." 

Separately, following news of the administration's plan to consider
reinstating immigrant family detention, the American Academy of
Pediatrics and a dozen leading medical organizations co-signed a letter
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to President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas on Thursday to voice their
concerns. "No amount of detention is safe for children," it reads. 

Against the backdrop of this policy news, is a note full of hope: There
continues to be a positive shift of conservatives' attitudes on
immigration, per Jeff Brumley of Baptist News Global
<[link removed]>.   

Welcome to Friday'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]>. 

**PARTNERSHIPS** - Major corporations are partnering with a trio of
nonprofits - Hiring Our Heroes, the Afghan American Foundation and the
Tent Partnership for Refugees - "to provide mentorship to at least
1,500 Afghan refugees over the next three years," reports Emmy Lucas in
Forbes
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Meanhile, on local welcome:  

* Samira Asghari, former captain of the Afghan National Basketball Team,
led the evacuation of 29 women to Albania. Thirteen of them and two of
their children temporarily resettled in Knoxville, Tennessee afterward.
(Cora Hall of Knoxville News Sentinel
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* And over in Denver, Colorado, Kathryn Chovanes, the founder of EVAC,
helped evacuate a total of 115 Afghans, 58 of whom have resettled in the
U.S. (Nicole C. Brambila, The Gazette
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**GUATEMALAN CHILDREN** - A limited number of Guatemalan children -
if any - have reunited with their parents under the expanded Central
American Minors program
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reports Carmen Sesin of NBC News
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Among the challenges are a lack of outreach to Guatemalan parents who
are eligible to apply, obtaining required passports to leave the
country, and more, per a new report
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by the nonprofit organization Refugees International.  

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**UCH-NEEDED REGULATIONS** - Community members and advocates in
Pennsylvania are now pushing local and state elected officials to
intervene and regulate illegal and involuntary medical deportations by
hospitals, reports Maurizio Guerrero of Prism
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The efforts come as nonprofit organizations and leaders stopped the
deportation of a Dominican woman in a coma last week.  

MODEL OF WELCOME - The Biden administration turned to Canada for
guidance on launching the private sponsorship program known as Welcome
Corps, reports Elliott Davis of U.S. News & World Report
<[link removed]>.
And Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson over at Reuters
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have more on why a record number of asylum seekers are attempting to
seek refuge in Canada. 

Thanks for reading, 

Clara  

P.S. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Carly Beth Goodman has a great piece in
The Washington Post
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on why this day reminds us of the importance and power in welcoming
immigrants. And Catherine E. Shoichet of CNN
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has the story of Paul Linehan, a professional singer in Ireland, who
sang about the Irish teen who was Ellis Island's first arrival. Years
later, he found out that the historical figure was his first cousin
three times removed.

 

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