Ready To Stay Campaign to Prepare Immigrant Communities and Organizations for Citizenship and Legalization
WHAT: Press conference to announce the Ready To Stay campaign launch to help immigrants access and navigate legal programs, including preparing for large-scale citizenship and legalization processes.
WHERE: Virtual Press Conference - Register Here
WHO:
Angelica Salas, executive director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) Bishop Jaime Soto, Diocese of Sacramento, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) board chair Cirenio Cervantes, Faith in Action, congregation organizer with Faith In Florida Daniela Alulema, director of programs, Center for Migration Studies (CMS) Abraham Paulos, Deputy Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) Rodrigo Camarena, executive director, Immigrant Advocates Network (IAN) Nicole Melaku, executive director, National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA), moderator
WHEN: July 13 at 2 p.m. ET - TOMORROW -
NATIONWIDE - On July 13, a group of 17 national organizations with reach across all 50 states will launch the Ready To Stay campaign, a national effort to help immigrants navigate and access legal services. For the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States, there are already various forms of temporary protections and minimal paths to citizenship, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for certain countries, and the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) program. As Congress and the White House work towards large-scale citizenship and legalization measures, this campaign is creating the infrastructure to help millions gain protection and enroll in programs that will lead to eventual citizenship.
The launch kicks off a series of events to inform impacted community members on how to navigate immigration programs and increase the legal capacities of immigrant-serving organizations across the country.
“There are close to 11 million undocumented people in the U.S., and each of those lives represents a journey filled with fear, uncertainty, and unfairness. Increasing access and support for immigrants would increase accountability and transparency, reducing the violence and unjust practices we see now. Integration of new immigrants must also be supported, as improving the immigration process cannot end at the border,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) and Ready to Stay co-chair. “New Americans require training, financial assistance, and other help to establish their new life in their new home. In turn, immigrants give so much by contributing to both the U.S. economy and cultural life across the country. “
Ready to Stay is a national campaign working to build field capacities and coordination for the effective implementation of a large-scale immigration reform, citizenship and legalization programs. Built by organizations who bring legal, field and organizing expertise, Ready to Stay aims to serve as a national resource by centralizing the creation and curation of legal resources, community education tools, capacity building training opportunities, and administrative advocacy that will increase coordination and resources for implementation efforts. Unless the infrastructure is there to link immigrants with programs to protect them and facilitate enrollment, whatever programs are adopted by the President or Congress will not achieve full impact without trusted partners across the country to implement policy change.
The Ready To Stay Steering Committee includes:
- Alianza Americas
- American Immigration Council (AIC)
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI)
- Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc (CLINIC)
- Center for Migration Studies (CMS)
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
- Faith in Action - La Red
- Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
- Immigration Advocates Network
- NALEO Educational Fund
- National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
- National Immigration Law Center (NILC)
- National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG)
- National Partnership for New Americans (NPNA)
- UnidosUS
- United Farm Workers Foundation
- Informed Immigrant (FWD.Us)
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