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... estimated 688,000 workers. The researchers estimate that about 42% of those are undocumented. Job loss come as cuts loom While it’s still early days for research about the pandemic’s impact, the UC Merced study provides ... or reduced-price meals at their schools, regardless of immigration status . In mid-April, Newsom announced a $75 ...
May 21, 2020
News Article
... of Hispanic adults in families with noncitizens and about half (49 percent) of those in families where all ... the difficult decisions immigrant families were making about applying for public benefits in the context of ... critical services and supports will not affect their immigration status, and they should provide referrals to free ...
June 5, 2020
Blog Post
... in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi, or about 4.6 percent of the entire American working ... have lived in the United States for more than 10 years. About one-third of undocumented residents in the United ... primary and preventive health care to people regardless of immigration status or ability to pay, over fiscal years 2020 ...
April 16, 2020
News Article
... essential and most vulnerable members, regardless of their immigration status. Our federal, state, and local leaders ... communities. Alleviate Dreamers’ Long-Term Concerns About Being Able to Live and Work in This Country Many immigrants live in constant fear about whether they’ll be able to continue raising their ...
May 15, 2020
Commentary
... number. Democratic leaders are demanding to change that. About 2 million undocumented people are married to a U.S. ...
May 1, 2020
News Article
... up to support our undocumented friends and neighbors whose immigration status puts them in danger of hunger, ... to deploy nearly $80 million to build local capacity for immigration legal services, advocacy, and organizing. ...
May 11, 2020
Press Release
... (She requested KQED not use her real name because of her immigration status and to call her Patricia instead.) The $2 ... insurance are available to workers regardless of their immigration status. But those benefits don’t help the vast ... and results in massive layoffs, workers who lack legal immigration status are particularly vulnerable, said Derek ...
March 31, 2020
News Article
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing what we have always known: our nation’s deep inequalities and broken safety net programs leave millions of people without help or relief.
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
April 15, 2020
Press Release
... of immigrants in California who are still subject to harsh immigration enforcement and detention, increasing their ... children. Ensure that all immigrants, regardless of their immigration status, have access to COVID-19 information, ... opportunity to meet with your administration to learn more about the State’s efforts to protect immigrant Californians ...
April 9, 2020
Blog Post
... justice movement leaders across the nation. Hearing about the organizing work being done in places like Louisiana ... back home in Arizona growing up in a family with mixed immigration statuses. While working with immigrant youth in ... summer allowed me to un-learn and re-learn the history of immigration. As I helped GCIR staff develop a timeline of ...
September 21, 2022
GCIR Staff Feature
... will be eligible for assistance regardless of their immigration or documentation status — offering a lifeline ... $275,000 to provide free guidance in multiple languages about how to access relief options and contact mortgage ... a mere few months, we’re going to be making decisions about laying off our own staff in an effort to put money out ...
April 3, 2020
Response Fund
... when immigrant communities were already threatened by anti-immigration policies like public charge. UndocuFund ...
April 10, 2020
Response Fund
COVID-19 has destroyed the livelihoods of many in our community. But whereas those with status can rely on unemployment benefits, medicare, and any forthcoming federally funded COVID-19 relief programs to get them through this crisis, our undocumented community members can only get help from us.
April 10, 2020
... to emergency health and medical services. Increased immigration enforcement and deportations , continued en-masse court proceedings, delays in immigration and asylum procedures, and other policy changes ...
March 18, 2020
Response Fund