The Forum Daily | Friday, June 13, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

THE FORUM DAILY

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sent termination notices to nearly 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans who were granted temporary protections through the parole program created by the Biden Administration, reports Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill [link removed].  

The cancelation of the program comes after the Supreme Court granted a request to end the protections last month. 

Work permits associated with the program will be canceled and the termination notice instructs parolees to return these permits to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, as reported by Priscilla Alvarez of CNN [link removed]. 

The abrupt departure of workers will be a significant setback for different industries. Meanwhile, recent high-profile immigration raids in Southern California could harm the construction industry in California and nationwide, report Pat Maio of the LA Daily News [link removed] and Taylor Haney in a separate piece for NPR [link removed].  

In her conversation with CNBC [link removed]’s Kate Rogers, Jennie discussed the “chilling effect” that the current immigration enforcement actions could have across multiple job sectors and communities. 

Yet, amid escalating enforcement and deportation efforts, President Trump acknowledged that the immigration crackdown is harming key industries by undermining their workforce and suggested that he soon will announce some actions to address the issue, report Nacha Cattan and Augusta Saraiva of Bloomberg [link removed].  

"Our great Farmers and people in the Hotel and Leisure business have been stating that our very aggressive policy on immigration is taking very good, long time workers away from them, with those jobs being almost impossible to replace....Changes are coming!,"Trump posted on his social media. 

While such a provision would be welcomed by many businesses, White House sources have indicated that no such policy changes are underway, report Natalie Allison, Marianne LeVine and Mariana Alfaro of The Washington Post [link removed].  

Welcome to Friday’s edition of The Forum Daily. I’m Clara Villatoro, the Forum’s assistant VP of strategic communications, and the great Forum Daily team also includes Jillian Clark, Callie Jacobson, Broc Murphy, 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]. 

**MILITARY MOBILIZATION** — U.S. troops have begun to detain immigrants for trespassing on a national defense zone at the border, reports Morgan Lee of the Associated Press [link removed]. The national security charges carry a potential sentence of 18 months in prison, Lee notes. Meanwhile, a U.S. appeals court ruled that President Trump can keep California National Guard deployed in Los Angeles, at least temporarily, reports a team at The Washington Post [link removed]. 

**GOVERNORS’ HEARING** — Three governors testified before the Republican led House Oversight Committee yesterday in a hearing on “sanctuary” state policies, reports Adam Edelman of NBC News [link removed]. During the several hours long hearing, the three Democratic governors, Kathy Hochul of New York, JB Pritzker of Illinois, and Tim Walz of Minnesota were submitted to questions regarding their state's policies. The Forum’s vice president of policy and advocacy, Laurence Benenson, spoke with The Chicago Tribune [link removed] ahead of the hearing.  

**INJUNCTION UPHELD** — An 11th Circuit Court of Appeals made a unanimous decision to uphold a lower court’s injunction against a Florida state senate bill that would criminalize the entry of undocumented individuals into the state, reports Leslie Bolden of Tampa Free Press [link removed]. The court’s decision reinforces the principle that federal law supersedes state law, and it represents a setback to Florida’s immigration crackdown initiatives. 

**SEEKING REFUGE** — In his op-ed for The Palm Beach Post [link removed], Rev. John Frerking reflects on the duty Christians have to support vulnerable refugee families, especially as the U.S. Refugees Admissions Program remains halted. The pastor highlights how his community has welcomed over 200 refugees and all of them have prospered and given back significantly to their community.  

News on Afghan refugees: 

* For female Afghan soldiers who assisted the U.S. military, the shift in U.S. immigration policy is especially worrisome. (WVTF [link removed], Roxy Todd) 

* The Oklahoman editorial board questions the choice to ban Afghan nationals in the name of security. (The Oklahoman [link removed]) 

* In Wisconsin, a refugee talks about the impact of the travel ban for Afghans overseas and those already resettled in the U.S. (Trevor Hook, WPR [link removed]) 

Thanks for reading,  

Clara 

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