City of San Antonio is hiring a new Immigration Liaison
Tino Gallegos, the current Immigration Liaison is stepping down and returning to legal practice, effective November 2, 2018. The City of San Antonio is looking for a dedicated, motivated, and energetic person to plan, direct, and manage the City's immigrant and refugee integration work. If you are interested, or know someone who is interested, take a look at the following job announcement:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sanantoniotx/jobs/2227168/immigration-liaison?page=3&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs
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Overview of San Antonio's Immigrant Community Available
The Office of the Immigration Liaison compiled some helpful statistics that help inform the public about San Antonio's Immigrant Community. A PDF of the report is available for the public on the Immigration Liaison's Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o9L18g8hPdCrtkV-gkfQwNJiMgo-EeKM
Resumen de la comunidad inmigrante de San Antonio
La oficina del Coordinador de Inmigración recopiló estadísticas e información sobre la comunidad inmigrante de San Antonio con el fin de informar al público. La versión digital está disponible en el archivo de Google Drive aquí:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1o9L18g8hPdCrtkV-gkfQwNJiMgo-EeKM
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New Brookings Study - A dozen facts about immigration
The Brookings Institute released a new paper highlighting important facts about immigration that can help provide some context to the national conversation.
Fact 1: The foreign born share of the U.S. population has returned to its late 19th-century level
Fact 2: The rising foreign-born share is driven by both immigration flows and low fertility of native-born individuals
Fact 3: About three-quarters of the foreign-born population are naturalized citizens or authorized residents.
Fact 4: 80 percent of immigrants today come from Asia or Latin America, while in 1910 more than 80 percent of immigrants came from Europe.
Fact 5: Immigrants are 4 times more likely than children of native-born parents to have less than a high school degree, but are almost twice as likely to have a doctorate.
Fact 6: Immigrants are much more likely than others to work in construction or service occupations, but children of immigrants work in roughly the same occupations as the children of natives.
Fact 7: Prime-age foreign-born men work at a higher rate than native-born men, but foreign-born women work at a lower rate than native-born women.
Fact 8: Output in the economy is higher and grows faster with more immigrants.
Fact 9: Most estimates show a small impact of immigration on low-skilled native-born wages.
Fact 10: High-skilled immigration increases innovation.
Fact 11: Immigrants contribute positively to government finances over the long run, and high-skilled immigrants make especially large contributions.
Fact 12: Immigration in the United States does not increase crime rates.
Access the study here: https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-dozen-facts-about-immigration/
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New TRAC study shows that most immigrants detained by ICE have not committed any crime.
A new analysis of ICE detention data through June 30, 2018 demonstrates that 58% of immigrants detained by ICE have not committed any crime, and that only 16% had committed serious crimes. Additionally, analysis of the data shows that 23% of immigrants detained by ICE have lived in the U.S. for more than five years.
Access the study here: http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/530/
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An interesting read: ALL POSSIBLE RESPONSES TO “THEY SHOULD GET IN LINE AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, THE WAY MY FAMILY DID,” WITH CITATIONS (ALSO JOKES)
There has been so much heavy and serious news over the last few months. Here is something that is informative, funny, and will make you pause and think:
https://deportnation.com/all-possible-responses-to-they-should-get-in-line-and-do-it-the-right-way-the-way-my-family-did-ab0b7dbcbb26
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Free Legal Information from the Texas Young Lawyers Association
The Texas Young Lawyers Association has free information about the legal system as well as advice on basic legal issues available to the public on its website. T
The entire list of free information can be accessed here:
http://www.tyla.org/tyla/index.cfm/resources/general-public/
Información gratuita de la barra de abogados de la Asociacion de Abogados Jovenes de Texas
La Asociacion de Abogados Jovenes de Texas proporciona información gratuita sobre el sistema legal y consejos en distintas materias de ley a través de su sitio web.
La lista completa de información gratuita se encuentra a continuación:
http://www.tyla.org/tyla/index.cfm/resources/general-public/
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Acceso Latino es un sitio de información, orientación y herramientas en línea para migrantes latinos, cualquiera que sea su situación migratoria, dentro del territorio estadounidense y mexicano.
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DACA Renewal Fund
Voto Latino and the law firm of King & Spalding LLP have partnered to create the UndocuNeighbor coalition in order to represent and/or financially assist individuals facing deportation or needing assistance with DACA.
In order to apply for help with DACA filing fees, please email DACA@votolatino.org along with a current or previous DACA application. To contribute to the UndocuNeighbor Fund directly, donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/undocuneighbor-defense-fund
If you have any questions please contact the Immigration Liaison at 210-207-8993 or tino.gallegos@sanantonio.gov.
Fondo de DACA
Voto Latino y el bufete de abogados King & Spalding LLP formaron la coalición UndocuNeighbor con el fin de representar y proporcionar asistencia financiera a personas en peligro de deportación o quienes necesitan ayuda para solicitar DACA.
Si tiene necesidad de ayuda financiera con las cuotas de la solicitud de DACA, favor de enviar un correo electrónico a DACA@votolatino.org junto con una solicitud previa o actual de DACA. Para hacer una donación al fondo de UndocuNeighbor, siga el vínculo: here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/undocuneighbor-defense-fund
Si tiene alguna duda o pregunta favor de comunicarse con el coordinador de inmigración al 210-207-8993 o al tino.gallegos@sanantonio.gov.
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Assistance for DREAMers applying for state financial aid
If you are a DREAMer and you need assistance filing for State financial aid using the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TAFSA) form, the Alamo Colleges Community Education and Training Centers can help. Call either of the two community education and training centers near you to schedule an appointment:
Brackenridge (Eastside) Center
532 N. Center
San Antonio, TX 78202
(210) 485-0280
Harlandale (Southside) Center
901 March Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78214
(210) 898-5999
www.alamo.edu/district/etc
www.alamo.edu/district/daca
Asistencia para los DREAMers con tramitar ayuda financiera del estado para los estudios de la universidad
Los DREAMers que necesitan ayudar para tramitar la ayuda financiera a traves de la solicitud Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TAFSA), los centros de educación y capacitación de los Colegios Alamo le pueden ayudar. Llame al centro más cercano para hacer una cita:
Brackenridge (Eastside) Center
532 N. Center
San Antonio, TX 78202
(210) 485-0280
Harlandale (Southside) Center
901 March Avenue
San Antonio, TX 78214
(210) 898-5999
www.alamo.edu/district/etc
www.alamo.edu/district/daca
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Workshop for 2019 Legislative Session
The IWC invites interested community members to attend a training session led by Texas Impact on Tuesday October 30th from 10 a.m. - noon at the University Presbyterian Church, 300 Bushnell Ave., San Antonio, TX 78212. Please RSVP to sanantoniowelcome@gmail.com.
Taller de capacitación para la sesión legislativa de 2019
La Coalición Interconfesional de Bienvenida (IWC) invita a la comunidad a un taller de capacitación en preparación de la sesión legislativa estatal el martes, 30 de octubre de 10 a.m. – mediodía en la Iglesia Prebiteriana de la Universidad, ubicado en 300 Bushnell Ave., San Antonio, TX 78212. Favor de responder al: sanantoniowelcome@gmail.com.
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Save the Date - Forced from Home Exhibit November 4 -11, 2018
Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders presenting its traveling exhibit "Forced from Home" an interactive tour that demonstrates the challenges facing a person forced to flee their home as a refugee, and the humanitarian work done by Doctors Without Borders along the journey.
The exhibition will be located at the corner of Main Plaza and Nueva Streets on the West side of the Riverwalk, across the street from the Bexar County Courthouse. It will be open Weekdays from 9am - 1pm, 4pm - 8pm, and Weekends from 10am - 6pm.
For more information on the exhibition, if you want to volunteer, or you want to arrange a tour for a school group or other group of 10 people or more, please take a look at the official event webpage.
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Do you have news you want to share?
Please email it to the Immigration Liaison: tino.gallegos@sanantonio.gov
Have a great week!
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