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IMMIGRANTS: Untangling The Immigration Enforcement Web

9/17 Basic Information for Advocates About
Databases and Information-Sharing Among
Federal, State, and Local Agencies. Report from NILC. We hope that the following questions and answers will give ...


IMMIGRANTS: US curtails refugee admissions to focus on resettling Afghan evacuees

11/16/21 The U.S. government is curtailing admissions of refugees to focus on the massive effort to process and resettle tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees, the State Department said Monday.


IMMIGRANTS: US Immigration History Booklet

In 2019, the Santa Clara County Office of Immigrant Relations (OIR) worked with the CA History Center & Foundation to create a timeline of immigration history in the US.
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IMMIGRANTS: US: A nation of immigrants, but ambivalent about immigration

America’s self-image is forever intertwined with the melting pot. It’s a nation that welcomes the world’s wretched refuse, a nation built by immigrants, a nation whose very motto is “E ...


IMMIGRANTS: USCIS Use of Digital Tablets in Naturalization Interview – Demo Video

On October 1, 2018, USCIS began using digital tablets to administer the English reading and writing tests during naturalization interviews. The expansion of tablet use is part of the agency’s ...


IMMIGRANTS: USCIS Wants To Increase the Amount of Biometric Data It Collects by Over 60%

9/9/20 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced plans to dramatically expand the personal information that it collects in support of immigration petitions and applications. This new rule will increase ...


IMMIGRANTS: Vietnamese-American Journey: Virtual ExhibitMultilingual

ICAN has produced The Vietnamese-American Journey, a collection of stories that capture unique insights into the history and journey of the Vietnamese American community. The exhibit coordinated by Andy Nguyen ...


IMMIGRANTS: We Have Rights: Video When ICE is Outside our DoorsMultilingual

5/5/18 In direct response to expressed community need, ACLU has joined forces with Brooklyn Defender Services to create and distribute a series of powerful and informative videos based on true ...


IMMIGRANTS: Why a Santa Clara County judge is having people sign a U.S. flag

5/28/21 Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Johnny Gogo has been taking a U.S. flag with 48 stars around the Bay Area ” and the country ” in a campaign ...


IMMIGRANTS: Why Asian Immigrants Are Uniquely Vulnerable To Trump’s Looming ICE RaidsMultilingual

6/25/19 With ICE raids scheduled to take place in about two weeks if Republicans and Democrats fail to reach a consensus on how to manage the number of people at ...


IMMIGRANTS: Why hundreds of thousands of kids in the US dread their 21st birthdays

“All my friends excitedly talk about turning 21 — hitting the bars, all of that…but it’s just something that I dread,” she says.
The day she turns 21, Parvathinathan ...


IMMIGRANTS: Will the U.S. receive Ukrainian refugees?

3/11/22 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered the swiftest refugee displacement crisis in Europe since World War II, prompting more than 2.5 million people to flee the country during ...


IMMIGRANTS: With Contra Costa ICE contract ending, activists push to release detainees

7/16/18 Now that the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office has ended its jail contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, activists who pressured officials to end the partnership are calling ...


IMMIGRANTS: Woman charged with hate crime in Palo Alto attack

1/28/21 A hate-crime charge was levied against a Santa Clara woman following an alleged attack on a man of Middle Eastern descent last Friday in Palo Alto.


INFO: 2024 INTERFAITH CALENDAR

A listing of 2023 dates of the primary sacred times for world religions including Judaism, Islam, Buddhist, Hindu,
Christian, Baha’i, Zoroastrian, Sikh, Shinto, Jain, Confucian, Daoist, Native American, Materialism,


INFO: 211 National DirectoryMultilingual

National 211 provides links to free and confidential information and referral. Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more. You can call or search on ...


INFO: About Human Rights

Offers a unique reference point on comprehensive advice on human rights. While it is a UK site, with specifics on United Kingdom laws, it also contains many thought provoking articles ...


INFO: Dark History of the Citizenship Question – SnopesMultilingual

4/13/19 In March 2018, the Trump administration announced that there will be questions about citizenship on the 2020 decennial census form, making it the first time in 70 years that ...


INFO: Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Economic, social and cultural rights are those human rights relating to the workplace, social security, family life, participation in cultural life, and access to housing, food, water, health care and ...


INFO: ORR and DHS Information-Sharing Agreement and Its Consequences

12-18 In May 2018, ORR, ICE, and CBP entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) [1] mandating continuous information-sharing on unaccompanied immigrant children beginning when CBP or ICE takes them ...


INFO: Scam Alert: FTC Fraud List

They often combine sophisticated technology with age-old tricks to get people to send money or give out personal information. Stay a step ahead with the latest info and practical tips ...


INFO: SCCGOV: Cold temps. expected Mon-Friday 1/30/23 to 2/3/23.

11/9/22 SCCGOV: Cold temps. expected 1/30/232 – 2/4/23 (Mon-Thursday). Risk for hypothermia.

Call the County of Santa Clara, Here 4 You Call Center hotline (408) 385-2400 for assistance.


INFO: Seeking Sustainability: How Can Nonprofits Survive the Pandemic?

6/19/20 ……The sector that is arguably the most needed is itself struggling to survive. “Sustainability” seems out of reach.
What do we do? Is our work “sustainable”? Not in ...


LEGAL: 5 Years Later, Families Trump’s Muslim Ban Separated Are Begging Biden For Help

1/27/22 Last week, more than 100 organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration urging it to do more to relieve ongoing family separations, delays and a backlog that has ...


LEGAL: a Cost Effective and Humane Alternative for Asylum Seeking Families

9/18 The Trump administration continues to present a false choice between separating asylum-seeking families at the border or detaining them. That premise ignores the many alternatives to detention the government ...


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