Event: How many people would be potentially eligible to legalize under pending bills?

Please join the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) and the Ready to Stay Coalition from 1:00 – 2:15 ET on December 9th for a webinar and discussion of the forthcoming CMS report, Ready to Stay: A Comprehensive Analysis of the US Foreign-Born Populations Eligible for Special Legal Status Programs and for Legalization under Pending Bills.

The report offers estimates of US foreign-born populations that are eligible for special legal status programs and those that would be eligible for permanent residence (or legalization) under pending bills. It seeks to provide policymakers, government agencies, community-based organizations, researchers, and others with a unique tool to assess the potential impact, implement, and analyze the success of these programs. The report views timely, comprehensive data on targeted immigrant populations as a pillar of legalization preparedness, implementation, and evaluation. It represents a first attempt to provide a detailed statistical profile of beneficiaries of proposed US legalization programs and special, large-scale legal status programs.

The report’s authors, Donald Kerwin, José Pacas, and Robert Warren, will share key findings, data methodology, and policy recommendations.

The webinar will also include remarks from Ready to Stay Coalition partners:

Angelica Salas

Executive Director
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)

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Nicole Melaku

Executive Director
National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA)

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The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) is a New York-based educational institute devoted to the study of international migration, to the promotion of understanding between immigrants and receiving communities, and to public policies that safeguard the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees, and newcomers. For more information, please visit www.cmsny.org.

Ready to Stay is a national coalition working to build field capacities and coordination for effective implementation of a large-scale immigration legalization program. Built by organizations who bring legal, field and organizing expertise, Ready to Stay aims to serve as a value-add to the field by centralizing the creation and curation of legal resources, community education tools, capacity building training opportunities, and non-duplicative administrative advocacy that will increase coordination and resources for implementation efforts. For more information, please visit readytostay.org.