The Forum Daily | Monday, May 19, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

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On Friday the Supreme Court made indefinite its block on the Trump administration from deporting certain Venezuelan migrants quickly under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, report Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico [link removed].  

The justices extended a previous pause on deportations from a north Texas detention center after an emergency appeal from the lawyers of two Venezuelan men. The underlying case continues in lower courts, as do other lawsuits regarding use of the law. 

Elsewhere in rule-of-law and due-process news, experts across the country are flagging an increase in suspects’ deportations before they have a chance to stand trial, reports Trevor Hughes of USA Today [link removed].  

"It's not only undermining to the justice system but also impacting community safety," said Adams County (Colorado) District Attorney Brian Mason.  

Prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys and others point out that the practice makes it more difficult for victims to get closure and justice, as well as preventing people innocent of a crime from clearing their name. 

A final reminder about our "Security and Rule of Law" at 2 p.m. ET today, with a police chief and two national security leaders. Register here [link removed]. 

Separately, Ximena Arias-Cristobal, 19, remains in immigration detention following an erroneous traffic stop, as Josh White and Alani Letang of Atlanta News First [link removed] reported last week. Read the statement [link removed] from our partner Gaby Pacheco, President and CEO of TheDream.US, and then read Bill King and Charles Foster’s op-ed in the Houston Chronicle [link removed]. 

Welcome to Monday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Dan Gordon, the Forum’s VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Broc Murphy, Clara Villatoro and Becka Wall. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**Economy **

* Funds from migrants sent back home help fuel some towns’ economies. A GOP plan targets that [link removed] (Fatima Hussein and Megan Janetsky, Associated Press) 

* International college students bring billions to the US. Here's why that may change. [link removed] (Zachary Schermele, USA Today) 

* Former MIT president says Trump's immigration policies are hurting innovation [link removed] (Scott Detrow, NPR) 

* Deportation fears trigger decline in tax filings in immigrant communities [link removed] (Lauren Kaori Gurley and Jacob Bogage, The Washington Post) 

**State News** 

* How South Texas border communities have changed after Trump immigration policies enacted [link removed] (Sandra Sanchez, KXAN) 

* ‘Whom Shall I Fear?’ In South Texas, Two Bakers Face Trump’s Immigration Wrath. [link removed] (Edgar Sandoval and Gabriel V. Cárdenas, The New York Times) 

* Hispanic festivities combine cultural celebration with immigration anxiety at Oklahoma Capitol [link removed] (Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice) 

**Enforcement **

* What you — yes, you — should know about interacting with ICE [link removed] (Philip Bump, The Washington Post) 

* Taylor Police Department is first agency in metro Detroit to sign agreement with ICE [link removed] (Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press) 

* Worcester ICE raid has city on edge [link removed] (Simón Rios, WBUR) 

**Other Stories of Note **

* Pope Leo, like Pope Francis before him, cares deeply about immigrants [link removed] (Juan Williams, The Hill) 

* DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship [link removed] (Michelle Hackman, Elizabeth Findell and Joe Flint, The Wall Street Journal) 

* Indians still pray at 'visa temples' after the U.S. deported migrants in chains [link removed] (Diaa Hadid and Omkar Khandekar, NPR) 

* Argentina orders immigration crackdown with new decree to ‘make Argentina great again’ [link removed] (Associated Press) 

 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

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