TASK FORCE NEWS Mark your calendar: Our next Zoom meeting will be held on Monday September 14 at 7:00PMFood for thought: Constitution and Citizenship Day is celebrated on Feb 17th. What should we do during that week? A guest speaker? ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS >>IMPACT OF FILING FEE INCREASES: On July 29, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) [...]
TASK FORCE NEWS:The next From the Chair will be sent on Aug 21st. Items must be received by Wednesday, noon on Aug 19th.Our first Meeting of the year (via ZOOM) will be held on September 14th Personal comment:There is a VERY powerful 6 part documentary on Netflix entitled “Immigration Nation”. The statement [...]
TASK FORCE UPDATES:I am including items that many of you may have missed during the past two weeks. Next From the Chair will be emailed on 7/31. If you have any computers or flat screen monitors you are not using that are younger than eight years old, Will may be able to refurbish the unit [...]
Hi all:I hope you enjoy the 4th of July, and you and your family are staying safe.TASK FORCE MATTERS:The Minutes from our June 15th meeting are attached.Our next meeting will be held on September 7th at 7:00PM.TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS:AILA has asked that interested parties comment on the proposed regulation that will basically decimate asylum. Please [...]
Our next ZOOM meeting will be held on June 15th at 7:00PM. It will be our annual meeting as called for in our Bylaws, and will consist of a Treasurer’s Report, Nominations for Officers and Election, along with any other items you email to me to be added to our AGENDA.NEWS OF INTEREST: [...]
As you go about Memorial Day today, take a moment to remember all those that have served in the military, especially those who gave their lives so we can be free today. And don’t forget all those in the military [...]
Task Force member, Val Kistler, is raising money for NISGUA (Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala) with a goal of raising $5,000. Her family has been personally involved in this organization which provides life saving work protecting life and territory in Guatemala, with similarly impacted communities in the US – building horizontal exchanges [...]
Emergency ITIN Bill Driver's Licenses for All Safe Communities Act Plus, please contact State and Federal Legislators about the violence in Bristol County jail on May 1: After a brawl at Bristol County jail involving Sheriff, advocates for immigrant detainees call for an investigation. Please request the following: 1) an immediate investigation into the riot2) [...]
Thank you to everyone who emailed the members of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security urging action from them last week. The SCA Campaign is asking for advocates to keep the momentum going because we have just two weeks until the June 1st deadline. They have created a super easy toolkit where [...]
The Driver’s Licenses for All bill was voted out of Joint Committee on Transportation favorably, but needs some energy to move it to the floor for a vote. The DFF Coalition is hosting Driving Without Fear: A Virtual Town Hall this Thursday, May 21st at 6 PM to come together virtually to elevate why we [...]