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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. 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 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 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. 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]. 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. Meanhile, on local welcome:
GUATEMALAN CHILDREN — A limited number of Guatemalan children — if any — have reunited with their parents under the expanded Central American Minors program, reports Carmen Sesin of NBC News. 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 by the nonprofit organization Refugees International. MUCH-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. 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. And Anna Mehler Paperny and Ted Hesson over at Reuters 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 on why this day reminds us of the importance and power in welcoming immigrants. And Catherine E. Shoichet of CNN 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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