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Our mission is to protect and promote the rights and opportunities
of low-income immigrants and their family members. NILC staff
specialize in immigration law and the employment and public benefits
rights of immigrants. We conduct policy analysis and
impact litigation and provide publications, technical advice, and
trainings to a broad constituency of legal aid agencies, community
groups, and pro bono attorneys. |
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Immigrants' Rights Update
newsletter
Latest
issue: 8/21/08 |
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Guide to Immigrant Eligibility for Federal Programs
UPDATE PAGE
State
medical assistance table updated 3/25/08 |
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Community Education Materials
New info: Benefits in Calif. for
Victims of Trafficking or Domestic Violence
• Know-Your-Rights
Alerts |
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Publications |
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Trainings |
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Resources for Disaster Survivors |
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Links
(includes links to blogs) |
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Low-Income Immigrant Rights
Conference
December 6-8, 2007
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California Immigrant Policy Center
(formerly California Immigrant Welfare
Collaborative, or CIWC) |
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RECENT RESEARCH |
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Fear and Loathing in Prime Time: Immigration
Myths and Cable News
"[T]his study document[s] the rhetoric surrounding
immigration that is heard on cable news. When it comes
to this issue, cable news overflows not just with vitriol,
but also with a series of myths that feed viewers'
resentment and fears, seemingly geared toward creating
anti-immigrant hysteria."
Media Matters Action
Network |
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Children in Immigrant Families: A California
Data Brief
Presents the most current data available on the health,
education and family well-being of children in California's
immigrant families, who represent 51% of the state's total
child population.
Children Now |
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Paying the Price: The
Impact of Immigration Raids on America's Children
For every two immigrants apprehended, one child is left
behind. Potentially thousands of children have been
separated from their parents as a result of recent
immigration enforcement activities, and literally millions
more may be at risk. Two-thirds of affected children
are U.S. citizens or legal residents. In addition, the
impact on the social structures that support children is
profoundly negative. One of the effects of enforcing
the law is that school systems and child care providers must
prepare for the likelihood of substantial numbers of their
children being left without care, without warning.
The Urban Institute |
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Immigration and Child
and Family Policy
"A large and growing share of low-income children lives
in immigrant families.... This report assesses how the
changing demographics of the low-income child population are
affecting child and family policies in the United States."
The Urban Institute |
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2nd
Annual Awards Dinner
Thursday, September 25, 2008
OUR THANKS TO EVERYONE
WHO PARTICIPATED!
Important Developments
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME (SSI) EXTENSION
SSI Extension for Refugees and Other
Humanitarian Immigrants
Enacted into Law.
The new law is effective as of October 1, 2008. (10/1/08)
IN-STATE TUITION (AB 540, CALIFORNIA)
Martinez v. Regents of the University of California:
California Court Ruling on In-State Tuition Is Not the Last
Word. Appellate court overturns lower court's
decision dismissing a challenge to AB 540. AB 540
remains in effect, however. (9/17/08)
NATIONAL LETTER ON DHS DISASTER
POLICY
National Sign-On Letter
to Secretary Chertoff (New Orleans Workers
Center for Racial Justice, 9/08)
LEGAL ARIZONA WORKERS ACT (EMPLOYER SANCTIONS)
COLLEGE AID FOR BATTERED IMMIGRANTS
Federal Financial Aid for College Available to Qualified
Battered Immigrants (Posted 8/12/08)
EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION (BASIC PILOT / E-VERIFY)
& ANTIDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS
We recently
extensively revised and added to
this page. Among the newest additions:
LANGUAGE ACCESS VICTORY
Immigrant Groups Win Citywide Language Access Executive
Order in New York City (New York Immigration
Coalition). The effort that went into this accomplishment,
as well as the executive order itself, are models for the
nation. (7/23/08)
RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO WORKSITE RAIDS
Feature article
in
IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS UPDATE:
"The
Los Angeles Rapid Response Network: How Advocates Prepared
for and What They Learned from the Recent Workplace Raid in
Van Nuys"
(6/19/08)
SOCIAL SECURITY "no match" letters
BENEFITS FOR immigrants in CALIFORNIA
Benefits for Immigrant
Victims of Trafficking, Domestic Violence and Other Serious Crimes in California.
California SB 1569 provides state and local benefits to
immigrant survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence
and other serious crimes under the same rules that apply to
refugees. Read here about the benefits they may
receive and what they need to show in order to obtain them.
(4/08)
HEALTH CARE FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
Facts
about the Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA).
Why legislation is needed | Primary health care for children
and pregnant women saves money | Immigrants should benefit
from health programs supported by their taxes | Flexibility
and fiscal relief for states. (3/26/08)
PRO-IMMIGRANT MEASURES
Cities
and Immigration: Local Policies for Immigrant-Friendly
Cities.
To help "elected officials,
policymakers, activists, community-based organizations and
city residents advocate for, design and implement
progressive city policies toward immigrants." (Center
on Wisconsin Strategies, 1/20/08; link posted 2/13/08)
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ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAW BY STATES & LOCALITIES
Facts About Federal
Preemption: How to analyze whether
state and
local initiatives
are an
unlawful attempt to enforce federal immigration law or
regulate immigration.
(6/28/07)
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ADVOCACY RESOURCE
Interpreting
after the Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History: A
Personal Account
REQUIRED READING for any immigrant rights
advocate. One brief excerpt: "It is
no secret that the Postville [Iowa] ICE raid was
a pilot operation, to be replicated elsewhere,
with kinks ironed out after lessons learned.
Next time, 'fast-tracking' will be even more
relentless. Never before has illegal
immigration been criminalized in this fashion."
(By Erik Camayd-Freixas, Ph.D., a
certified federal court interpreter)
"Duke's" blog on
The Sanctuary |
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ADVOCACY RESOURCE
For You Were
Once a Stranger: Immigration in the U. S.
Through the Lens of Faith
Interfaith Worker Justice (IWJ) has created a 112-page resource book for
the faith community on issues of immigration in
the U.S. It includes individual stories
and faith-based essays, policy analysis,
liturgical resources, reflection questions to
guide study and discussion groups, and ideas for
taking action.
Interfaith Worker Justice |
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ADVOCACY RESOURCE
"Human trafficking is a form of modern-day
slavery...
[A]pproximately 20,000 men, women and children
are trafficked into [the U.S.] every year. Many
are forced to work in the sex trade, while
others are forced to work in sweatshops, the
fields and private homes."
Resources for helping
victims of trafficking are available on
the website of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los
Angeles. |
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ADVOCACY RESOURCE
Rights Begin
at Home: Defending Domestic
Workers' Rights in California
An advocates' handbook available from the
website of the
National Employment Law
Project. |
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ADVOCACY RESOURCE
Information
about what workers can do about employment discrimination is
available from the Office of Special Counsel for
Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices.
More
information about the OSC and provisions in immigration law intended
to protect workers is available HERE. |
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NILC's
2006 Annual report
(Posted 6/19/07; best viewed with Adobe
Reader.) |
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Guide to Immigrant Eligibility
for Federal Programs
now available at reduced price! |
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