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Guide for Immigrant Californians
By: California COVID-19 Response – Last updated April 22, 2020 at 3:22 PM If you’re an immigrant living in California, here is what you need to know to protect yourself, your family, and your community from coronavirus. Services and public benefits are available to you, some regardless of immigration status. ... -
California to provide more help for the unemployed, independent contractors and immigrants amid coronavirus
By TARYN LUNA, PATRICK MCGREEVY, JOHN MYERS, Los Angeles Times – April 15, 2020 SACRAMENTO — California is expanding hours at its call center that handles unemployment insurance and preparing to expedite benefits to independent contractors in response to a record number of people who are out of work and seeking government ... -
COVID-19 Resources for the Immigrant Communities
Relief Funds for Undocumented Workers in California (Legal Aid at Work) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsPLuHoYK6ec7Gzxaw0i7On-NT1Z9IEj/view Immigrant Rising: Tangible Support for Immigrant Communities During COVID-19 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PxLuuH0-hwHXftUXuEi52Q1qWUDegN8_I1L4ulIFwzk/edit New York State Youth Leadership Council Resources for undocumented folks in NYC https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qilwSmaqELoyPc9-a1ka82aXAq3HDlWvbYEzwsKNNL0/edit Nationwide Resources for Undocumented Immigrants (Spreadsheet): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18p9OSlLpSYanIoUC-gEbhVbRMYVUfw4wyrixa9ekGdc/htmlview?fbclid=IwAR3c0EWh9zGmwioIETOe5cweK9zNl71JnSPf8WVpX-Wagjuq7lnPDY200sY#gid=0 COVID-19 & Freelance Artists ... -
Undocumented U.S. Immigrants and COVID-19
By: Kathleen R. Page, M.D., Maya Venkataramani, M.D., Chris Beyrer, M.D., M.P.H., and Sarah Polk, M.D., M.H.S., ~ New England Journal of Medicine ~ March 27, 2020 In 2019, as the “public charge” rule made its way through the U.S. court system, many low-income immigrant parents of American children in the ... -
Guide + Resources for DACA/Undocumented and Mixed Status Families in Times of COVID-19
By: Reyna Montoya ~ Aliento A message from Aliento AZ: Dear partners and supporters, During these times, we know how difficult this can be for immigrant and mixed status families and the harm it can cause to our mental health. We created a mini guide that includes tips to reduce ... -
Nationwide Resources for Undocumented immigrants in time of COVID-19
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COVID-19 Resources for Undocumented Californians
By: CIYJA Staff, California Impact Youth Justice Alliance - Last updated on March 16, 2020 As COVID-19, more commonly referred to as the “coronavirus,” begins to make its impact in the United States, we want to take this moment to remind undocumented youth and their families to prirotize their health ... -
This is how one woman went from prison to a Cal State Long Beach master’s ...
Irene Sotelo has seen many changes in her life and overcome many obstacles. Sotelo has gone from drugs, prison and homelessness to getting her degree from CSULB in criminology and now pursuing her master degree in Long Beach on Tuesday, November. 20, 2018. She has also founded the Rising Scholars ... -
Some Migrant Parents Agreeing To Self-Deport To Reunite With Children
Photo credit:Mose Buchele/KUT- About 100 newly arrived immigrants listen to a volunteer walk them through the process to seek asylum at a Catholic Charities respite center in McAllen, Texas. By Mose Buchele ~ NPR ~ June 26, 2018 At a highway-side motel in Harlingen, near the border in Texas, a small ... -
Asylum seekers overwhelm San Diego border
By Kate Morrissey, L.A. Times ~ December 30, 2017 So many people fleeing persecution in their home countries have asked for help in San Ysidro in recent weeks that federal officials have not been able to process all of them, leaving some stranded and running out of money while they wait in ...