Jackie Vimo is a policy analyst who leads NILC’s economic justice program and driver’s license policy work through the Winning in the States (WITS) initiative. In addition to working to block the Department of Homeland Security’s new “public charge” rule, Jackie oversees NILC’s anti-poverty work on issues including hunger and food insecurity, housing, and tax policy.
Immigrants at the Border of Equity & Opportunity: Eliminating Barriers for Low-income Immigrants in the United States
Apr 2, 2024 The National Immigration Law Center traveled to seven different cities across the U.S. to learn more about immigrants with low incomes and service providers working with those communities. This report provides a summary and analysis of this...
While We’re Watching the Trumpcare Train Wreck, Let’s Not Allow Our Dollars to Fund Trump’s Wall and Deportation Machine
Jul 21, 2017 Trump needs our tax dollars to pay for his anti-immigrant agenda, and Congress must approve the federal budget. Now it is up to taxpayers to get the word out to their representatives in Congress that they refuse to fund hate and fear at the...
A Simple Way to Resist the Trump Anti-Immigrant Agenda? Refuse to Pay for It
Jun 1, 2017 It’s crucial that we pay close attention to one of the greatest threats to the health and safety of American families that this nation has ever faced: the devastating cuts the president’s proposed budget contains that are intended to pay...
3 Things You Should Know about Trump’s Immigration Wealth Test
Jackie Vimo
Aug 20, 2019 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published its final set of regulations on “public charge,” which amount to a racially-motivated wealth test on immigrant families and individuals pursuing a healthy, stable future in...