Our Platform

Federal

|  Welcome Asylum Seekers

• • Incorporate asylum seekers into the refugee support system (outside of DHS)
  • Coordinate asylum seeker arrivals with local and state governments

|  Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• • Provide funding for immediate and intermediate shelter as well as transportation to final destinations

• • Extend “parole” for asylum-seekers from three months to one year and facilitate expedited work permits for asylum seeker arrivals and those paroled into the United States

• • Push “sending” state governments to ensure that people give informed consent before boarding buses and are provided with adequate food and medical care during travel

• • Transport asylum seekers to border-region shelters and other community-based housing in a manner coordinated with providers

• • Notices to Appear should be filled out with addresses that correspond to the individual’s destination. DHS must give clear instructions on these documents and processes in the asylum seeker’s best language

|  Investigate Federal Civil Rights violations

• • The Department of Justice should investigate, and litigate as appropriate, allegations that some state authorities have violated federal civil rights law by forcibly busing asylum seekers

|  Congress must:

• • Pass appropriations to provide case support services and legal representation to asylum seekers
  • Defund harmful and costly ICE ankle bracelets that currently cost the government over $300,000 per day
  • Pass The U.S. Citizenship Act (H.R. 1177/S. 348)

Illinois

|  Fund Legal Education and Legal Representation

• • It is critical that individuals understand their rights, responsibilities and legal options as they arrive
  • Funding is necessary to support immigration legal agencies with the linguistic and legal expertise to provide legal orientations; conduct legal screenings; assist with address changes with federal government agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR); and accept cases for individuals with relief options

|  Expand the Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIA) program to all ages

|  Fund Welcoming Centers and Immigrant Social Service Organizations to provide wraparound services

|  Provide long-term housing assistance

|  Fund the expansion of proven parent leadership and immigrant integration programs such as the Parent Mentor Program

|  Fund pipeline programs for bilingual staff for all education positions – teacher, paraprofessional, SECA, out-of-school time, and early childhood education

|  Allow emergency paraprofessional licensure for bilingual job seekers who are working towards 60 credits or WorkKeys passage

|  Fund additional mental health staff at welcoming schools

How to Donate

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Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants:
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HANA Center:
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Cook County Health:
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Pilsen Food Pantry:
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The Mobile Migrant Health Team:
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Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry):
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New Life Centers – Welcome Hope Fund:
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Home Away from Home Center – Concord Missionary Baptist Church:
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CommunityHealth:
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