The Forum Daily | Tuesday, September 9, 2025https://immigrationforum.org/

**THE FORUM DAILY**Yesterday, the Supreme Court lifted a restraining order that had halted immigration agents from stopping people based on their race and language, reports Andrew Chung of Reuters [link removed].  

The ruling means that, at least while the underlying legal challenge proceeds, immigration agents can continue to employ “roving patrols,” a practice the Trump administration began in Los Angeles in June. 

“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino,” speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent in the 6-3 ruling.  

In Los Angeles, locals are feeling fearful and angry, report Brittny Mejia, Rachel Uranga and Ruben Vives of the Los Angeles Times [link removed].  

“A lot of people are worried. The whole community,” said Pepe Morales, a father and day laborer who has lived in the U.S. for 25 years. 

Gustavo Arellano, a U.S. citizen, writes in his Los Angeles Times [link removed] column that he’ll now carry his passport all the time. 

“The decision effectively states that those of us with undocumented family and friends — a huge swath of Southern California and beyond — should watch over our shoulders, even if we’re in this country legally,” writes Arellano.  

Welcome to Tuesday’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 Masooma Amin, Jillian Clark, Nicci Mattey and Clara Villatoro. If you have a story to share from your own community, please send it to me at [email protected] mailto:[email protected]. 

**CHICAGO** — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says immigration enforcement operations in Chicago will ramp up this week in what it’s calling “Operation Midway Blitz,” report Tara Molina and Sabrina Franza of CBS News Chicago [link removed]. Other federal agencies may be involved, as the administration pursues aggressive detention and deportation goals. DHS says it will focus on “the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens in Chicago.”  More than half a million Chicagoans were born outside the United States, reports Julie Bosman of The New York Times [link removed].  

**PROBLEM SOLVERS** — Half a dozen members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona late last week, reports Emily Bregel of the Arizona Daily Star [link removed]. Among them was Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Arizona), who voiced support for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. “[O]ur DACA students deserve a shot at the American Dream,” Ciscomani said. 

**TALENT TROUBLE** — Federal restrictions on student visas are hurting U.S. schools that depend on international students, reports Frank Morris of KCUR [link removed]. Small schools such as Avila University in Kansas City, which rely heavily on foreign students, have seen a 50% drop in enrollment. “We are looking at seven billion, with a ‘B,’ in lost revenue, and more than 60,000 fewer jobs across the country,” said Zuzana Wootson of the Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration [and a Forum alumna].  

**HOOSIER HOSPITALITY** — Afghans who were forced to flee after the Taliban takeover in 2021 feel hopeful in their new home in Indiana, reports Ella Rhoades of WTHR [link removed]. Najia Sherzad Hashman founded the Afghan American Community Center to represent Afghan culture in the community and build friendships among its members. “You feel a sense of belonging here because the Hoosiers' hospitality is really great, and we are so blessed and grateful to have these new homes here and new life here with our families,"Sherzad Hashman said. 

Thanks for reading,  

Dan 

**P.S.** John Shin, a Utah violinist, was released from ICE custody last week, Julia Sandor of Fox 13 [link removed] reports. Shin came to the U.S. under his father’s student visa and later married a U.S. citizen. 

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