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At a swearing-in ceremony administered by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin on Wednesday at San Francisco City Hall, dozens of people gathered to commemorate the occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong said she hopes her appointment is a beacon of hope for other immigrants living in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Kelly Wong, member, San Francisco Elections Commission\"]‘I’ve seen how language and cultural barriers prevent immigrants with limited English proficiency from fully exercising their right to vote.’[/pullquote]“There are always voices inside my head. Like, ‘You can’t do it. You’re not competent. You’re an immigrant. 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The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a business suit faces a group of people seated in a court room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin begins the swearing-in ceremony for appointee Kelly Wong to San Francisco’s Elections Commission at City Hall on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m very impressed by her commitment to enfranchising people who rarely vote, to educating people about the voting process, and to bring in noncitizens and get them the tools they need as they become citizens,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drawing on her lived experience, Wong said she wants to increase engagement among the city’s immigrant and non-English speaking communities. Anyone who has delved into San Francisco’s ballot knows it can be just as confusing for native English speakers to decipher the myriad propositions, their arguments, and the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though I’m fluent in English, I still encounter challenges in navigating a new system, let alone participating in political conversation and activities,” Wong said in an interview with KQED before Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Wong’s priorities is to ensure that voter materials are translated in a way that people can understand – she pointed out, for example, that there isn’t an equivalent term for the word “reparations” in Cantonese or Mandarin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen how language and cultural barriers prevent immigrants with limited English proficiency from fully exercising their right to vote,” Wong said. “Is there a way to do voter outreach that is not just about translation but can touch on political education while maintaining neutrality and impartiality in elections?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2022, Wong has done this kind of work as an immigrant rights advocate at Chinese for Affirmative Action, a civil rights group in San Francisco that focuses on the city’s Chinese community. Since commissioners are unpaid, Wong will continue her work as an advocate, helping people like Christina Ouyang, who immigrated here from China 13 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I experience a language barrier or difficulties around access, I can come to Kelly for help,” Ouyang said in Cantonese. (She spoke to KQED through an interpreter.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976032\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976032\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people with some wearing masks, applaud in a room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd claps after appointee Kelly Wong is sworn in to San Francisco’s Elections Commission at City Hall. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Noncitizens aren’t totally barred from voting in San Francisco. In 2016, after multiple attempts in previous years to pass a similar measure, voters approved Proposition N, which allowed San Francisco noncitizens to vote in school board elections if they had a child who went to school in the district. In 2022, a state Superior Court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923048/a-fight-is-brewing-over-local-noncitizen-voting\">struck down\u003c/a> the law in a case brought by the United States Justice Foundation, a conservative nonprofit. The California Court of Appeal ultimately reversed the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that we have to go beyond, ‘Are we doing the bare minimum to how we can get everyone fully involved?’” said Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hopes that Wong’s appointment reasserts the commitment of recent measures to get more San Franciscans civically involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping there will be a day where it won’t be as newsworthy that you have someone who’s an immigrant and a noncitizen involved in helping make the city run better, especially in a city where such a large percentage of the community is immigrants,” Pan said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Kelly Wong's appointment is the result of a 2020 voter-approved measure that removed the citizenship requirement to serve on San Francisco boards, commissions and advisory bodies.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1708034488,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":847},"headData":{"title":"San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission | KQED","description":"Kelly Wong's appointment is the result of a 2020 voter-approved measure that removed the citizenship requirement to serve on San Francisco boards, commissions and advisory bodies.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Francisco Appoints First Noncitizen to Serve on Elections Commission","datePublished":"2024-02-15T20:00:08.000Z","dateModified":"2024-02-15T22:01:28.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/9aa9b6cb-d187-467a-aadf-b116011b9005/audio.mp3","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11976026/san-francisco-appoints-first-non-citizen-to-serve-on-elections-commission","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The newest member of the San Francisco Elections Commission, a seven-member civilian body that oversees and creates policy for the city’s Department of Elections, isn’t legally allowed to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly Wong, an immigrant rights advocate, is believed to be the first noncitizen appointed to the commission. At a swearing-in ceremony administered by Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin on Wednesday at San Francisco City Hall, dozens of people gathered to commemorate the occasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong said she hopes her appointment is a beacon of hope for other immigrants living in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘I’ve seen how language and cultural barriers prevent immigrants with limited English proficiency from fully exercising their right to vote.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Kelly Wong, member, San Francisco Elections Commission","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“There are always voices inside my head. Like, ‘You can’t do it. You’re not competent. You’re an immigrant. This is not your country.’ That’s not true,” said Wong, who immigrated to the U.S. in 2019 from Hong Kong to pursue graduate studies. “If I can do it, you can do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wong’s appointment is the result of a 2020 voter-approved measure that removed the citizenship requirement to serve on San Francisco boards, commissions and advisory bodies. Each of the commission’s seven members is appointed by a different city official, such as the mayor, city attorney or district attorney. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to appoint Wong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a business suit faces a group of people seated in a court room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin begins the swearing-in ceremony for appointee Kelly Wong to San Francisco’s Elections Commission at City Hall on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m very impressed by her commitment to enfranchising people who rarely vote, to educating people about the voting process, and to bring in noncitizens and get them the tools they need as they become citizens,” Peskin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drawing on her lived experience, Wong said she wants to increase engagement among the city’s immigrant and non-English speaking communities. Anyone who has delved into San Francisco’s ballot knows it can be just as confusing for native English speakers to decipher the myriad propositions, their arguments, and the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though I’m fluent in English, I still encounter challenges in navigating a new system, let alone participating in political conversation and activities,” Wong said in an interview with KQED before Wednesday’s swearing-in ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Wong’s priorities is to ensure that voter materials are translated in a way that people can understand – she pointed out, for example, that there isn’t an equivalent term for the word “reparations” in Cantonese or Mandarin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen how language and cultural barriers prevent immigrants with limited English proficiency from fully exercising their right to vote,” Wong said. “Is there a way to do voter outreach that is not just about translation but can touch on political education while maintaining neutrality and impartiality in elections?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2022, Wong has done this kind of work as an immigrant rights advocate at Chinese for Affirmative Action, a civil rights group in San Francisco that focuses on the city’s Chinese community. Since commissioners are unpaid, Wong will continue her work as an advocate, helping people like Christina Ouyang, who immigrated here from China 13 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever I experience a language barrier or difficulties around access, I can come to Kelly for help,” Ouyang said in Cantonese. (She spoke to KQED through an interpreter.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976032\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976032\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people with some wearing masks, applaud in a room.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240214-NONCITIZENVOTING-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd claps after appointee Kelly Wong is sworn in to San Francisco’s Elections Commission at City Hall. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Noncitizens aren’t totally barred from voting in San Francisco. In 2016, after multiple attempts in previous years to pass a similar measure, voters approved Proposition N, which allowed San Francisco noncitizens to vote in school board elections if they had a child who went to school in the district. In 2022, a state Superior Court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923048/a-fight-is-brewing-over-local-noncitizen-voting\">struck down\u003c/a> the law in a case brought by the United States Justice Foundation, a conservative nonprofit. The California Court of Appeal ultimately reversed the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that we have to go beyond, ‘Are we doing the bare minimum to how we can get everyone fully involved?’” said Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hopes that Wong’s appointment reasserts the commitment of recent measures to get more San Franciscans civically involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping there will be a day where it won’t be as newsworthy that you have someone who’s an immigrant and a noncitizen involved in helping make the city run better, especially in a city where such a large percentage of the community is immigrants,” Pan said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11976026/san-francisco-appoints-first-non-citizen-to-serve-on-elections-commission","authors":["11785"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_195","news_23394","news_27626","news_20611","news_20579","news_38","news_2027"],"featImg":"news_11976031","label":"news"},"news_11975904":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11975904","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11975904","score":null,"sort":[1707948031000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-bay-area-immigration-court-opens-aims-to-tackle-deportation-backlog","title":"New Bay Area Immigration Court Opens, Aims to Tackle Deportation Backlog","publishDate":1707948031,"format":"standard","headTitle":"New Bay Area Immigration Court Opens, Aims to Tackle Deportation Backlog | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The nation’s newest immigration court opened for business this week in the East Bay city of Concord after federal authorities decided the San Francisco Bay Area needed more resources to cope with a growing backlog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move adds 21 new courtrooms to help ease the burden at \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/phptools/immigration/backlog/\">one of the nation’s busiest immigration courts\u003c/a> across the bay in San Francisco. When it’s fully up and running, the new Concord facility will nearly double the capacity in the Bay Area to hear deportation cases, including asylum claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ali Saidi, deputy public defender, Contra Costa County\"]‘The difference between having an immigration attorney versus not having an immigration attorney has profound impacts on your ability to present your claim fully.’[/pullquote]Until now, the 27 judges in San Francisco’s court, with help from a smaller court in Sacramento, have handled all immigration cases from Bakersfield, California, to the Oregon border. With 160,000 pending cases, each case takes more than three and a half years to complete, on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/concord-immigration-court\">new Concord court\u003c/a> is also part of a nationwide effort by the Biden Administration to cope with an unprecedented backlog of more than 3.3 million cases across the country, including a record number of asylum seekers who’ve recently arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border. While observers say new courtrooms and judges should help move cases faster, some worry they could also trigger new problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Nationwide Court Expansion Needs More Funding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since President Joe Biden was elected, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, has added \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/d9/pages/attachments/2020/02/12/25a_number_of_courtrooms.pdf\">six new immigration courts\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/d9/pages/attachments/2020/01/31/25_immigration_judge_hiring_1.pdf\">more than 300 judges\u003c/a> across the country, building on an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11883227/backlogged-immigration-courts-could-get-help-from-biden-plan-but-some-want-a-total-overhaul\">expansion that began as immigration enforcement ballooned under the Trump Administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Concord court will start with 11 judges and will continue hiring to reach a full bench of 21, according to officials with the EOIR, as the immigration court system is called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mimi Tsankov, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, said the expansion is welcome and the new Concord court should help deal with “the overabundance of cases that has been inundating San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she cautioned that just hiring judges would not solve the case backlog by itself. Judges have struggled without well-functioning computer systems, a sufficient number of language interpreters and full teams of law clerks and administrative aides, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975915\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975915\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds up a white sign in Spanish.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Menjivar, from the Latina Center, holds a sign outside the new Concord Immigration Court in Concord during a press conference on Feb. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need court staff to be there, to support the judges and those very fast-moving, time-intensive dockets,” Tsankov said, speaking in her role with the NAIJ, the judge’s union. “Our staff is working nonstop until late hours of the night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Concord facility is “currently staffed to meet all support needs,” according to EOIR spokesperson Kathryn Mattingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tsankov noted that the nation’s 734 immigration judges are working faster than ever. Even though caseloads have grown, judges are closing nearly a third more cases on average than at the end of the Obama years, \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/reports/734/\">according to a data analysis\u003c/a> by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. But the judges’ speed is outmatched by the raw numbers of new migrants applying for asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still not able to outrun the volume of work that comes our way,” Tsankov said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department has asked for \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-03/eoir_fy_24_budsum_ii_omb_cleared_03.08.23.pdf\">a major increase in funding to hire 150 more judges\u003c/a> and court staff this year, but Congress has been unable to pass the federal budget. Biden officials also requested court funding in a bipartisan immigration deal tied to Ukraine aid, but Republicans killed that plan last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Immigrants Not Receiving Hearing Notices\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, where the new court is located, immigration lawyers are scrambling to prepare for a swelling demand for legal services. Calls are already surging on a hotline run by \u003ca href=\"https://standtogethercontracosta.org/\">Stand Together Contra Costa\u003c/a>, a partnership between the county and community groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Ali Saidi directs the partnership with a small team of lawyers who provide deportation defense. Meeting with coworkers around a conference table last week, Saidi heard repeatedly that immigrant clients, as well as hotline callers, said they had not been notified by EOIR that their cases were being transferred to the Concord court — and that they had new hearing dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a business suit holds a microphone outside with people holding signs in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contra Costa County Removal Defense Attorney Heliodoro Moreno speaks during a press conference outside the new Concord Immigration Court on Feb. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Public defender Heliodoro Moreno said he could see in the court’s electronic portal for lawyers that hearing dates for some of his clients have been moved much sooner and delayed for others. He was troubled that his clients had not received a letter notifying them of the change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11910789,news_11903829,news_11900546,news_11975246\" label=\"Related Stories\"]“There’s a case that’s only going to have a one-month lead time. And still, there’s no notice to prepare for a hearing, which is quite frustrating for clients like mine that all have attorneys,” he said. “But what worries me is for all those that don’t have an attorney, which are the majority of people. How are those notices happening? It’s worrisome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In immigration court, if defendants don’t show up, they are typically ordered deported \u003ci>in absentia\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court officials said late last week that they were in the process of notifying everyone whose case has been reassigned to the Concord Immigration Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New hearing notices for all cases that have been transferred have been or will be sent to the respondent at the address on file or to the attorney of record,” EOIR’s Mattingly said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Scramble to Find Immigration Lawyers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike in criminal court, the government does not provide lawyers for people who can’t afford their own. And presently, \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/reports/736/#f4\">less than a third of immigrants facing deportation have lawyers\u003c/a>, down from two-thirds just a few years ago — largely because of the increase in new asylum cases from the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saidi’s team includes two public defenders and two immigration attorneys at a local nonprofit, plus funding to hire two more. But Saidi said more than 13,000 Contra Costa residents have pending deportation cases, including a growing number of newly arrived families seeking asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s over a thousand in the last 90 days that have been newly placed into deportation proceedings,” he said. “So, obviously, six lawyers is not enough to handle all of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to local residents, immigrants in deportation proceedings will be coming from all over Northern and Central California as their cases are transferred to the Concord court. And without lawyers, they face steep odds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The difference between having an immigration attorney versus not having an immigration attorney has profound impacts on your ability to present your claim fully,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under U.S. and international law, asylum is available to people who face persecution in their home country based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Those who pass an initial border screening are placed in deportation proceedings to make their case to an immigration judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of asylum seekers lose their cases, but having a lawyer is key: 49% of people with attorneys won, while just 18% of unrepresented asylum seekers did so, \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/reports/703/\">according to the latest available data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A view looking up at a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of a new immigration court at 1855 Concord Gateway in Concord on Feb. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saidi and his team are hoping to follow the lead of San Francisco, where a robust collaboration of 16 nonprofits aims to provide a lawyer for any San Francisco resident going to immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milli Atkinson helps lead that network as director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association. She worries that immigrants will find few legal resources in Concord to assist them with their claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are very few nonprofits serving the immigrant community in Concord and Contra Costa County,” she said. “In the next year or two, a lot of people will be struggling to find help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said she’s reaching out to East Bay legal aid groups to offer what she can. And Saidi is teaming up with the organizations in his area. They held a press conference on Monday to get the word out to the immigrant community about what to expect at the new court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of confusion and fear, especially in the current climate,” Saidi said. “So we want folks to know that this isn’t a detention center,… understand if their cases are going to be transferred to this new deportation court, and hopefully connect as many people as we can with actual attorneys.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stand Together Contra Costa is planning a free legal clinic on March 17. The nonprofit groups seek a nearby storefront or office where immigrants can find information and services. Saidi also asks immigration lawyers to volunteer for an “attorney of the day” program, modeled on San Francisco’s, where attorneys take shifts at court to provide short consultations for unrepresented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Functioning Immigration Court Helps Border Control\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Research shows that when immigrants facing deportation have attorneys, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/mpi-courts-report-2023_final.pdf\">not only is the outcome more fair but proceedings are more efficient\u003c/a>, as lawyers can guide clients unfamiliar with U.S. immigration law and court procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saidi worries that with confusion over the last-minute change in venue, a lack of lawyers in his area and a swifter pace in court, it will be tough for immigrants to find representation fast enough, and their chances of winning protection in the U.S. could suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks that are unrepresented being kind of pipelined into a rushed deportation process without access to attorneys?” he said. “That, to me, is a serious due process problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But timely hearings can also be important to due process for individuals — and necessary for the whole U.S. immigration system to work, said Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is pressing for reforms that would lead to asylum claims being decided in a matter of months rather than years. And she said expanding the number of immigration judges and courtrooms is part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A functioning, functional immigration judge system is essential today in order for there to be effective border control… that also allows for fairness and timeliness for the people that are seeking protection,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meissner said the opening of the new Concord court is a positive step, but Congress needs to invest a lot more money in the immigration courts for the government to be able to manage the border.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The federal immigration court opening in Contra Costa County will nearly double the capacity of San Francisco’s overburdened court. But advocates fear it could rush asylum seekers and other immigrants through deportation proceedings without lawyers.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1708037749,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":42,"wordCount":1884},"headData":{"title":"New Bay Area Immigration Court Opens, Aims to Tackle Deportation Backlog | KQED","description":"The federal immigration court opening in Contra Costa County will nearly double the capacity of San Francisco’s overburdened court. But advocates fear it could rush asylum seekers and other immigrants through deportation proceedings without lawyers.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"New Bay Area Immigration Court Opens, Aims to Tackle Deportation Backlog","datePublished":"2024-02-14T22:00:31.000Z","dateModified":"2024-02-15T22:55:49.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-4[…]f-aaef00f5a073/eac0db6f-0a82-4a0c-9ce7-b1140102994d/audio.mp3","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11975904/new-bay-area-immigration-court-opens-aims-to-tackle-deportation-backlog","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The nation’s newest immigration court opened for business this week in the East Bay city of Concord after federal authorities decided the San Francisco Bay Area needed more resources to cope with a growing backlog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move adds 21 new courtrooms to help ease the burden at \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/phptools/immigration/backlog/\">one of the nation’s busiest immigration courts\u003c/a> across the bay in San Francisco. When it’s fully up and running, the new Concord facility will nearly double the capacity in the Bay Area to hear deportation cases, including asylum claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘The difference between having an immigration attorney versus not having an immigration attorney has profound impacts on your ability to present your claim fully.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Ali Saidi, deputy public defender, Contra Costa County","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Until now, the 27 judges in San Francisco’s court, with help from a smaller court in Sacramento, have handled all immigration cases from Bakersfield, California, to the Oregon border. With 160,000 pending cases, each case takes more than three and a half years to complete, on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/eoir/concord-immigration-court\">new Concord court\u003c/a> is also part of a nationwide effort by the Biden Administration to cope with an unprecedented backlog of more than 3.3 million cases across the country, including a record number of asylum seekers who’ve recently arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border. While observers say new courtrooms and judges should help move cases faster, some worry they could also trigger new problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Nationwide Court Expansion Needs More Funding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since President Joe Biden was elected, the Executive Office of Immigration Review, which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice, has added \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/d9/pages/attachments/2020/02/12/25a_number_of_courtrooms.pdf\">six new immigration courts\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/d9/pages/attachments/2020/01/31/25_immigration_judge_hiring_1.pdf\">more than 300 judges\u003c/a> across the country, building on an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11883227/backlogged-immigration-courts-could-get-help-from-biden-plan-but-some-want-a-total-overhaul\">expansion that began as immigration enforcement ballooned under the Trump Administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Concord court will start with 11 judges and will continue hiring to reach a full bench of 21, according to officials with the EOIR, as the immigration court system is called.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mimi Tsankov, president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, said the expansion is welcome and the new Concord court should help deal with “the overabundance of cases that has been inundating San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she cautioned that just hiring judges would not solve the case backlog by itself. Judges have struggled without well-functioning computer systems, a sufficient number of language interpreters and full teams of law clerks and administrative aides, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975915\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975915\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds up a white sign in Spanish.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-06-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rosa Menjivar, from the Latina Center, holds a sign outside the new Concord Immigration Court in Concord during a press conference on Feb. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need court staff to be there, to support the judges and those very fast-moving, time-intensive dockets,” Tsankov said, speaking in her role with the NAIJ, the judge’s union. “Our staff is working nonstop until late hours of the night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Concord facility is “currently staffed to meet all support needs,” according to EOIR spokesperson Kathryn Mattingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tsankov noted that the nation’s 734 immigration judges are working faster than ever. Even though caseloads have grown, judges are closing nearly a third more cases on average than at the end of the Obama years, \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/reports/734/\">according to a data analysis\u003c/a> by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University. But the judges’ speed is outmatched by the raw numbers of new migrants applying for asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still not able to outrun the volume of work that comes our way,” Tsankov said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Justice Department has asked for \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-03/eoir_fy_24_budsum_ii_omb_cleared_03.08.23.pdf\">a major increase in funding to hire 150 more judges\u003c/a> and court staff this year, but Congress has been unable to pass the federal budget. Biden officials also requested court funding in a bipartisan immigration deal tied to Ukraine aid, but Republicans killed that plan last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Immigrants Not Receiving Hearing Notices\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, where the new court is located, immigration lawyers are scrambling to prepare for a swelling demand for legal services. Calls are already surging on a hotline run by \u003ca href=\"https://standtogethercontracosta.org/\">Stand Together Contra Costa\u003c/a>, a partnership between the county and community groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Ali Saidi directs the partnership with a small team of lawyers who provide deportation defense. Meeting with coworkers around a conference table last week, Saidi heard repeatedly that immigrant clients, as well as hotline callers, said they had not been notified by EOIR that their cases were being transferred to the Concord court — and that they had new hearing dates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975918\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing glasses and a business suit holds a microphone outside with people holding signs in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240212-ImmigrationCourt-13-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contra Costa County Removal Defense Attorney Heliodoro Moreno speaks during a press conference outside the new Concord Immigration Court on Feb. 12, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Public defender Heliodoro Moreno said he could see in the court’s electronic portal for lawyers that hearing dates for some of his clients have been moved much sooner and delayed for others. He was troubled that his clients had not received a letter notifying them of the change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11910789,news_11903829,news_11900546,news_11975246","label":"Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“There’s a case that’s only going to have a one-month lead time. And still, there’s no notice to prepare for a hearing, which is quite frustrating for clients like mine that all have attorneys,” he said. “But what worries me is for all those that don’t have an attorney, which are the majority of people. How are those notices happening? It’s worrisome.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In immigration court, if defendants don’t show up, they are typically ordered deported \u003ci>in absentia\u003c/i>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Court officials said late last week that they were in the process of notifying everyone whose case has been reassigned to the Concord Immigration Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New hearing notices for all cases that have been transferred have been or will be sent to the respondent at the address on file or to the attorney of record,” EOIR’s Mattingly said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Scramble to Find Immigration Lawyers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike in criminal court, the government does not provide lawyers for people who can’t afford their own. And presently, \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/reports/736/#f4\">less than a third of immigrants facing deportation have lawyers\u003c/a>, down from two-thirds just a few years ago — largely because of the increase in new asylum cases from the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saidi’s team includes two public defenders and two immigration attorneys at a local nonprofit, plus funding to hire two more. But Saidi said more than 13,000 Contra Costa residents have pending deportation cases, including a growing number of newly arrived families seeking asylum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s over a thousand in the last 90 days that have been newly placed into deportation proceedings,” he said. “So, obviously, six lawyers is not enough to handle all of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to local residents, immigrants in deportation proceedings will be coming from all over Northern and Central California as their cases are transferred to the Concord court. And without lawyers, they face steep odds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The difference between having an immigration attorney versus not having an immigration attorney has profound impacts on your ability to present your claim fully,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under U.S. and international law, asylum is available to people who face persecution in their home country based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. Those who pass an initial border screening are placed in deportation proceedings to make their case to an immigration judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of asylum seekers lose their cases, but having a lawyer is key: 49% of people with attorneys won, while just 18% of unrepresented asylum seekers did so, \u003ca href=\"https://trac.syr.edu/reports/703/\">according to the latest available data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975030\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975030\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A view looking up at a building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240206-IMMIGRATIONCOURT-26-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The site of a new immigration court at 1855 Concord Gateway in Concord on Feb. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saidi and his team are hoping to follow the lead of San Francisco, where a robust collaboration of 16 nonprofits aims to provide a lawyer for any San Francisco resident going to immigration court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Milli Atkinson helps lead that network as director of the Immigrant Legal Defense Program at the San Francisco Bar Association. She worries that immigrants will find few legal resources in Concord to assist them with their claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are very few nonprofits serving the immigrant community in Concord and Contra Costa County,” she said. “In the next year or two, a lot of people will be struggling to find help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said she’s reaching out to East Bay legal aid groups to offer what she can. And Saidi is teaming up with the organizations in his area. They held a press conference on Monday to get the word out to the immigrant community about what to expect at the new court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of confusion and fear, especially in the current climate,” Saidi said. “So we want folks to know that this isn’t a detention center,… understand if their cases are going to be transferred to this new deportation court, and hopefully connect as many people as we can with actual attorneys.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stand Together Contra Costa is planning a free legal clinic on March 17. The nonprofit groups seek a nearby storefront or office where immigrants can find information and services. Saidi also asks immigration lawyers to volunteer for an “attorney of the day” program, modeled on San Francisco’s, where attorneys take shifts at court to provide short consultations for unrepresented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Functioning Immigration Court Helps Border Control\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Research shows that when immigrants facing deportation have attorneys, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/mpi-courts-report-2023_final.pdf\">not only is the outcome more fair but proceedings are more efficient\u003c/a>, as lawyers can guide clients unfamiliar with U.S. immigration law and court procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saidi worries that with confusion over the last-minute change in venue, a lack of lawyers in his area and a swifter pace in court, it will be tough for immigrants to find representation fast enough, and their chances of winning protection in the U.S. could suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks that are unrepresented being kind of pipelined into a rushed deportation process without access to attorneys?” he said. “That, to me, is a serious due process problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But timely hearings can also be important to due process for individuals — and necessary for the whole U.S. immigration system to work, said Doris Meissner, a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is pressing for reforms that would lead to asylum claims being decided in a matter of months rather than years. And she said expanding the number of immigration judges and courtrooms is part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A functioning, functional immigration judge system is essential today in order for there to be effective border control… that also allows for fairness and timeliness for the people that are seeking protection,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meissner said the opening of the new Concord court is a positive step, but Congress needs to invest a lot more money in the immigration courts for the government to be able to manage the border.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11975904/new-bay-area-immigration-court-opens-aims-to-tackle-deportation-backlog","authors":["259"],"categories":["news_1169","news_8"],"tags":["news_26233","news_18123","news_27626","news_20611","news_20202","news_6883"],"featImg":"news_11975031","label":"news"},"news_11949678":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11949678","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11949678","score":null,"sort":[1684280452000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"civil-rights-groups-challenge-us-over-asylum-policy-as-migrants-crossing-southern-border-falls-50","title":"Civil Rights Groups Challenge US Over Asylum Policy as Migrants Crossing Southern Border Falls 50%","publishDate":1684280452,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Civil Rights Groups Challenge US Over Asylum Policy as Migrants Crossing Southern Border Falls 50% | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The number of migrants encountered at the southern border fell 50% during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation, U.S. officials said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Melissa Crow, director, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at the UC School of Law in San Francisco\"]‘It’s just not realistic for people who are in this condition and fleeing for their lives to jump through those hoops.’[/pullquote]But a high number of migrants are still in U.S. custody, although the number has fallen “significantly” since last week, said Blas Nuñez-Neto, assistant secretary for border and immigration policy at the Department of Homeland Security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ability of U.S. Border Patrol to hold migrants has been a key concern as more migrants came to the border in the days leading up to the end of immigration restrictions linked to the pandemic, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/immigration-biden-border-title-42-mexico-asylum-be4e0b15b27adb9bede87b9bbefb798d\">referred to as Title 42.\u003c/a> The administration is facing a lawsuit aimed at curtailing its ability to release migrants from custody even when facilities are over capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/05/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-border-enforcement-actions/\">announced early this year\u003c/a> that migrants would still be barred from gaining asylum in the U.S. if they failed to seek protection in a country they crossed on the way and if they did not make an appointment using the government’s app, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbpone\">CBP One\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just not realistic for people who are in this condition and fleeing for their lives to jump through those hoops,” said Melissa Crow, director of litigation at the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at the UC School of Law in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point last week, more than 27,000 migrants were in custody along the border, a number that may top 45,000 by the end of May if the powers to more quickly release migrants from custody when facilities are over capacity are curtailed, said Matthew Hudak, deputy Border Patrol chief, in a court filing last week related to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11949267,news_11949056,news_11936453\" label=\"Related Posts\"]Nuñez-Neto said border officials had been encountering a little less than 5,000 people a day since Title 42 expired at midnight Thursday and new U.S. enforcement measures went into effect Friday. He did not give exact numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still too early to draw firm conclusions. We are closely watching what’s happening. We are confident that the plan that we have developed across the U.S. government to address these flows will work over time,” said Nuñez-Neto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He credited the U.S. planning as well as enforcement measures \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mexico-title-42-migration-border-biden-4e8135134ebd77aa23d4a657cf24ef88\">Mexico and Guatemala\u003c/a> have carried out in recent days along their own southern borders. He gave no details about what those two countries were doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/USBPChief\">head of the U.S. Border Patrol, Raul Ortiz,\u003c/a> said on Twitter on Monday that his agents had apprehended 14,752 people over the past 72 hours; that averages out to 4,917 per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The figures given Monday are sharply below the 10,000-plus encountered on three days last week as \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/title-42-immigration-asylum-border-migrants-biden-f3a27b93a8082566b859ee34e92270e7\">migrants rushed to get in\u003c/a> before new policies to restrict asylum took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Title 42 allowed U.S. officials to quickly expel migrants without letting them seek asylum, but it also carried no consequences for those who entered the country and were expelled. In the leadup to the end of Title 42, the U.S. introduced tough enforcement measures to discourage people from just arriving at the border, encouraging them instead to use one of the pathways the U.S. has created to facilitate migration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many migrants, worried about these tough enforcement measures, came before Title 42 expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Immigration advocates challenge plan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Immigrant rights and civil liberties groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/immigrants-rights-advocates-sue-biden-administration-over-new-asylum-ban\">are challenging\u003c/a> the Biden administration’s new plan to limit asylum, with others calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to provide additional funding as they prepare to welcome and assist asylum seekers in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Smith, director of the Refugee Rights Program at the \u003ca href=\"https://eastbaysanctuary.org/\">East Bay Sanctuary Covenant\u003c/a> in Berkeley, says that laws passed by Congress take precedence over what he called “admin rules just passed by the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The law … says that anybody in the United States who is not in removal proceedings or has not been removed for certain things, can apply for asylum. So it shouldn’t matter how they got here,” explained Smith. “This new rule contravenes that and says certain classes of people who come through a third country on the way here are not eligible for asylum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay immigrant advocates and local officials say they plan to extend a welcome to new asylum seekers. In San José and Santa Clara County, officials say they’re preparing resettlement services, while also asking the state for additional funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Notice to appear’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The U.S. is also in litigation about whether it can release migrants without what’s called a “notice to appear.” Usually migrants who are released into the United States — as opposed to those held in custody or immediately expelled — get a “notice to appear,” which includes a court date and some type of monitoring with immigration officials. But it can take up to two hours to process a single person for this, potentially choking Border Patrol holding facilities when they’re at capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2021, the U.S. has often released migrants from custody with instructions to report to an immigration office in 60 days. It’s a process that takes only 20 minutes but it’s come under attack by those who say it doesn’t offer enough oversight. On Thursday, a Florida court temporarily put an end to the process, following news reports that the administration was using it to relieve overcrowding in Border Patrol facilities; the administration is appealing that decision. On Monday, the judge, in a preliminary injunction, narrowed the order so it only applies to migrants who say they plan to stay in Florida until their court hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS said in a court filing Monday that it had released 6,413 individuals under the quicker release policy before the judge’s order temporarily ending it was put in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court filings last week, U.S. authorities said they cannot confidently estimate how many people will cross the border. Hudak said authorities predict arrests will spike to between 12,000 and 14,000 a day. Hudak also noted that intelligence reports failed to quickly flag a “singular surge” of 18,000 predominantly Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Attila Pelit,\u003c/em> \u003ci>Tyche Hendricks, Saul Gonzalez and Billy Cruz contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The number of migrants encountered at the U.S. southern border fell 50% during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation. Civil rights groups are challenging the Biden administration's new asylum policy as what they consider to be an unlawful rule.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1684280452,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":24,"wordCount":1160},"headData":{"title":"Civil Rights Groups Challenge US Over Asylum Policy as Migrants Crossing Southern Border Falls 50% | KQED","description":"The number of migrants encountered at the U.S. southern border fell 50% during the last three days compared with the days leading up to the end of a key pandemic-era regulation. 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He did not give exact numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still too early to draw firm conclusions. We are closely watching what’s happening. We are confident that the plan that we have developed across the U.S. government to address these flows will work over time,” said Nuñez-Neto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He credited the U.S. planning as well as enforcement measures \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mexico-title-42-migration-border-biden-4e8135134ebd77aa23d4a657cf24ef88\">Mexico and Guatemala\u003c/a> have carried out in recent days along their own southern borders. He gave no details about what those two countries were doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/USBPChief\">head of the U.S. Border Patrol, Raul Ortiz,\u003c/a> said on Twitter on Monday that his agents had apprehended 14,752 people over the past 72 hours; that averages out to 4,917 per day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The figures given Monday are sharply below the 10,000-plus encountered on three days last week as \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/title-42-immigration-asylum-border-migrants-biden-f3a27b93a8082566b859ee34e92270e7\">migrants rushed to get in\u003c/a> before new policies to restrict asylum took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Title 42 allowed U.S. officials to quickly expel migrants without letting them seek asylum, but it also carried no consequences for those who entered the country and were expelled. In the leadup to the end of Title 42, the U.S. introduced tough enforcement measures to discourage people from just arriving at the border, encouraging them instead to use one of the pathways the U.S. has created to facilitate migration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many migrants, worried about these tough enforcement measures, came before Title 42 expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Immigration advocates challenge plan\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Immigrant rights and civil liberties groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/immigrants-rights-advocates-sue-biden-administration-over-new-asylum-ban\">are challenging\u003c/a> the Biden administration’s new plan to limit asylum, with others calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to provide additional funding as they prepare to welcome and assist asylum seekers in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Smith, director of the Refugee Rights Program at the \u003ca href=\"https://eastbaysanctuary.org/\">East Bay Sanctuary Covenant\u003c/a> in Berkeley, says that laws passed by Congress take precedence over what he called “admin rules just passed by the president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The law … says that anybody in the United States who is not in removal proceedings or has not been removed for certain things, can apply for asylum. So it shouldn’t matter how they got here,” explained Smith. “This new rule contravenes that and says certain classes of people who come through a third country on the way here are not eligible for asylum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay immigrant advocates and local officials say they plan to extend a welcome to new asylum seekers. In San José and Santa Clara County, officials say they’re preparing resettlement services, while also asking the state for additional funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Notice to appear’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The U.S. is also in litigation about whether it can release migrants without what’s called a “notice to appear.” Usually migrants who are released into the United States — as opposed to those held in custody or immediately expelled — get a “notice to appear,” which includes a court date and some type of monitoring with immigration officials. But it can take up to two hours to process a single person for this, potentially choking Border Patrol holding facilities when they’re at capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2021, the U.S. has often released migrants from custody with instructions to report to an immigration office in 60 days. It’s a process that takes only 20 minutes but it’s come under attack by those who say it doesn’t offer enough oversight. On Thursday, a Florida court temporarily put an end to the process, following news reports that the administration was using it to relieve overcrowding in Border Patrol facilities; the administration is appealing that decision. On Monday, the judge, in a preliminary injunction, narrowed the order so it only applies to migrants who say they plan to stay in Florida until their court hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DHS said in a court filing Monday that it had released 6,413 individuals under the quicker release policy before the judge’s order temporarily ending it was put in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In court filings last week, U.S. authorities said they cannot confidently estimate how many people will cross the border. Hudak said authorities predict arrests will spike to between 12,000 and 14,000 a day. Hudak also noted that intelligence reports failed to quickly flag a “singular surge” of 18,000 predominantly Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, in September 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Attila Pelit,\u003c/em> \u003ci>Tyche Hendricks, Saul Gonzalez and Billy Cruz contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11949678/civil-rights-groups-challenge-us-over-asylum-policy-as-migrants-crossing-southern-border-falls-50","authors":["byline_news_11949678"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_23087","news_20611","news_30868","news_23796"],"featImg":"news_11949732","label":"news"},"news_11937602":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11937602","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11937602","score":null,"sort":[1673379920000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"new-nation-new-ideas-a-study-finds-immigrants-out-innovate-native-born-americans","title":"New Nation, New Ideas: A Study Finds Immigrants Out-Innovate US-Born Workers","publishDate":1673379920,"format":"standard","headTitle":"NPR | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":253,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Sergey Brin, co-founder Google; Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft; Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood actress who, quite incredibly, was also \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7480b1f8de2759b1673c82f94b07848c965672cda9f0830336b83c712850c5b59fcdaa08354c129b496ceb2331555ef855b\">a pioneering inventor\u003c/a> behind Wi-Fi and bluetooth; Elon Musk; Chien-Shiung Wu, who helped America build the first atom bomb; Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone; James Naismith, the inventor of basketball; Nikola Tesla, one of the most important minds behind the creation of electricity and radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do all these innovators have in common? They were all immigrants to the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a74815046887c07d22fe6452924c8064c92004e656216fc44ea4ac4010ae46b17cacb7d7490895a1035d4ac444be9e431f2b\">Many\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7486190ab481fdf4f902a04f3528c1cf71fa1faffda3548d703fda553dcff3eb59c1645679d54cc8ac335a0f28fd1dfda12\">studies\u003c/a> over the years have suggested that immigrants are vital to our nation's technological and economic progress. Today, around a quarter of all workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while there's plenty of evidence suggesting that immigrants play an important role in American innovation, a group of economists — Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade, and Beatriz Pousada — wanted to find a more precise estimate of how much immigrants contribute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a fascinating \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a74841f2951aa128f1aa4d21e0bffb815ff9dd769791afdef1fbdc3cbe3fc4cc511b34eeb61e203d8d2440e1d4ce1cbbd8cb\">new working paper\u003c/a>, the economists link patent records to more than 230 \u003cem>million\u003c/em> Social Security numbers. With this incredible dataset, they are able to suss out who among patent-holders are immigrants (by cross-referencing their year of birth and the year they were assigned their Social Security number).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economists find that, between 1990 and 2016, 16% of all US inventors were immigrants. More than that, they find that the \"average immigrant is substantially more productive than the average US-born inventor.\" Immigrant inventors produced almost a quarter of all patents during this period. These patents were disproportionately likely to be cited (a sign that they were valuable to their fields) and seem to have more financial value than the typical native-born patent. The economists also find evidence suggesting that immigrant inventors help native-born inventors become more productive. All in all, the economists estimate that immigrants are responsible for roughly 36% of innovation in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for why immigrant inventors tend to be so productive and innovative, the economists entertain various explanations. Immigrant innovators may be motivated to come — and are able to come — to the United States because there's something special about their character, intelligence, or motivation. Or maybe it's because they live, work, and think differently when they come here. The economists find these immigrants tend to move to the most productive areas of the country. They tend to have a greater number of collaborators when they work here. And, as the economists write, they also \"appear to facilitate the importation of foreign knowledge into the United States, with immigrant inventors relying more heavily on foreign technologies and collaborating more with foreign inventors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrants, they suggest, help create a melting pot of knowledge and ideas, which has clear benefits when it comes to innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It's Hard Being An Immigrant These Days\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many immigrants working in innovation sectors are here on H1-B visas, which allow \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7486d337ce136f21bfc21c09d7dc82849bba03a968b18f33477746cef51b7530c2ef29e5e3c5bc740c0352695a89ca8ccec\">around 85,000 people\u003c/a> to come to the United States each year, and create a potential pathway for them to become legal permanent residents. These visas tether immigrants to a particular job. But, as our \u003cem>NPR\u003c/em> colleague \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a748c1305d168b37ce8bd06a127122e786975178a0d0300f35b410930f48160f1fdcb464b585aee02ebfc1f4b87ad508cf8c\">Stacey Vanek Smith reported\u003c/a> last month, \"if they lose that job, a countdown clock starts.\" They have 60 days to find a new job or they must exit the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With financial turmoil roiling the tech sector, companies have been laying off tons of workers. As Stacey reported, there are now thousands of unemployed H1-B visa holders frantically trying to find new jobs so they can stay in the country. But ongoing layoffs and hiring freezes are making that particularly difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7485b430b13603a584382e786b0a0c40b61b036436840f4fdf564c6dcdd661ffeeb61347f2ac9101086560b6c452623f7bf\">a recent editorial\u003c/a>, the editors of \u003cem>Bloomberg\u003c/em> argue that the current struggle of immigrants in tech \"underscores how a flawed system is jeopardizing America's ability to attract and retain the foreign-born talent it needs.\" This system, they argue, is \"not only cruel but self-defeating... rather than expanding the pipeline for skilled foreign workers, the US's onerous policies are increasingly pushing them away, with pro-immigration countries like Canada and Australia becoming more attractive destinations for global talent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the United States taking an increasingly nativist turn in recent years, it's become more common to hear anti-immigrant rhetoric, about them taking jobs, committing crimes, and \"replacing\" us. The economists' new study serves as another potent reminder that immigrants have tremendous value for our economy. Not just as a cheap labor force, but as a group of innovators who help us build new businesses, create jobs, make our companies more productive, and produce products and ideas that enrich our lives and improve our standard of living. Call it the Great Enhancement Theory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2023 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=New+nation%2C+new+ideas%3A+A+study+finds+immigrants+out-innovate+native-born+Americans&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"In a fascinating new study, a group of economists measures the impact of immigrants on American innovation.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1673381560,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":805},"headData":{"title":"New Nation, New Ideas: A Study Finds Immigrants Out-Innovate US-Born Workers | KQED","description":"In a fascinating new study, a group of economists measures the impact of immigrants on American innovation.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"New Nation, New Ideas: A Study Finds Immigrants Out-Innovate US-Born Workers","datePublished":"2023-01-10T19:45:20.000Z","dateModified":"2023-01-10T20:12:40.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"nprImageCredit":"Drew Angerer","nprByline":"Greg Rosalsky","nprImageAgency":"Getty Images","nprStoryId":"1147391639","nprApiLink":"http://api.npr.org/query?id=1147391639&apiKey=MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004","nprHtmlLink":"https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2023/01/10/1147391639/new-nation-new-ideas-a-study-finds-immigrants-out-innovate-native-born-americans?ft=nprml&f=1147391639","nprRetrievedStory":"1","nprPubDate":"Tue, 10 Jan 2023 06:31:00 -0500","nprStoryDate":"Tue, 10 Jan 2023 06:31:14 -0500","nprLastModifiedDate":"Tue, 10 Jan 2023 06:31:14 -0500","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11937602/new-nation-new-ideas-a-study-finds-immigrants-out-innovate-native-born-americans","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sergey Brin, co-founder Google; Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft; Hedy Lamarr, a Hollywood actress who, quite incredibly, was also \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7480b1f8de2759b1673c82f94b07848c965672cda9f0830336b83c712850c5b59fcdaa08354c129b496ceb2331555ef855b\">a pioneering inventor\u003c/a> behind Wi-Fi and bluetooth; Elon Musk; Chien-Shiung Wu, who helped America build the first atom bomb; Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone; James Naismith, the inventor of basketball; Nikola Tesla, one of the most important minds behind the creation of electricity and radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do all these innovators have in common? They were all immigrants to the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a74815046887c07d22fe6452924c8064c92004e656216fc44ea4ac4010ae46b17cacb7d7490895a1035d4ac444be9e431f2b\">Many\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7486190ab481fdf4f902a04f3528c1cf71fa1faffda3548d703fda553dcff3eb59c1645679d54cc8ac335a0f28fd1dfda12\">studies\u003c/a> over the years have suggested that immigrants are vital to our nation's technological and economic progress. Today, around a quarter of all workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields are immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while there's plenty of evidence suggesting that immigrants play an important role in American innovation, a group of economists — Shai Bernstein, Rebecca Diamond, Abhisit Jiranaphawiboon, Timothy McQuade, and Beatriz Pousada — wanted to find a more precise estimate of how much immigrants contribute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a fascinating \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a74841f2951aa128f1aa4d21e0bffb815ff9dd769791afdef1fbdc3cbe3fc4cc511b34eeb61e203d8d2440e1d4ce1cbbd8cb\">new working paper\u003c/a>, the economists link patent records to more than 230 \u003cem>million\u003c/em> Social Security numbers. With this incredible dataset, they are able to suss out who among patent-holders are immigrants (by cross-referencing their year of birth and the year they were assigned their Social Security number).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economists find that, between 1990 and 2016, 16% of all US inventors were immigrants. More than that, they find that the \"average immigrant is substantially more productive than the average US-born inventor.\" Immigrant inventors produced almost a quarter of all patents during this period. These patents were disproportionately likely to be cited (a sign that they were valuable to their fields) and seem to have more financial value than the typical native-born patent. The economists also find evidence suggesting that immigrant inventors help native-born inventors become more productive. All in all, the economists estimate that immigrants are responsible for roughly 36% of innovation in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for why immigrant inventors tend to be so productive and innovative, the economists entertain various explanations. Immigrant innovators may be motivated to come — and are able to come — to the United States because there's something special about their character, intelligence, or motivation. Or maybe it's because they live, work, and think differently when they come here. The economists find these immigrants tend to move to the most productive areas of the country. They tend to have a greater number of collaborators when they work here. And, as the economists write, they also \"appear to facilitate the importation of foreign knowledge into the United States, with immigrant inventors relying more heavily on foreign technologies and collaborating more with foreign inventors.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrants, they suggest, help create a melting pot of knowledge and ideas, which has clear benefits when it comes to innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It's Hard Being An Immigrant These Days\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Many immigrants working in innovation sectors are here on H1-B visas, which allow \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7486d337ce136f21bfc21c09d7dc82849bba03a968b18f33477746cef51b7530c2ef29e5e3c5bc740c0352695a89ca8ccec\">around 85,000 people\u003c/a> to come to the United States each year, and create a potential pathway for them to become legal permanent residents. These visas tether immigrants to a particular job. But, as our \u003cem>NPR\u003c/em> colleague \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a748c1305d168b37ce8bd06a127122e786975178a0d0300f35b410930f48160f1fdcb464b585aee02ebfc1f4b87ad508cf8c\">Stacey Vanek Smith reported\u003c/a> last month, \"if they lose that job, a countdown clock starts.\" They have 60 days to find a new job or they must exit the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With financial turmoil roiling the tech sector, companies have been laying off tons of workers. As Stacey reported, there are now thousands of unemployed H1-B visa holders frantically trying to find new jobs so they can stay in the country. But ongoing layoffs and hiring freezes are making that particularly difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://click.nl.npr.org/?qs=5376e94d21d1a7485b430b13603a584382e786b0a0c40b61b036436840f4fdf564c6dcdd661ffeeb61347f2ac9101086560b6c452623f7bf\">a recent editorial\u003c/a>, the editors of \u003cem>Bloomberg\u003c/em> argue that the current struggle of immigrants in tech \"underscores how a flawed system is jeopardizing America's ability to attract and retain the foreign-born talent it needs.\" This system, they argue, is \"not only cruel but self-defeating... rather than expanding the pipeline for skilled foreign workers, the US's onerous policies are increasingly pushing them away, with pro-immigration countries like Canada and Australia becoming more attractive destinations for global talent.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the United States taking an increasingly nativist turn in recent years, it's become more common to hear anti-immigrant rhetoric, about them taking jobs, committing crimes, and \"replacing\" us. 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To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=New+nation%2C+new+ideas%3A+A+study+finds+immigrants+out-innovate+native-born+Americans&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11937602/new-nation-new-ideas-a-study-finds-immigrants-out-innovate-native-born-americans","authors":["byline_news_11937602"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_32272","news_20611","news_6611"],"affiliates":["news_253"],"featImg":"news_11937603","label":"news_253"},"news_11922498":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11922498","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11922498","score":null,"sort":[1660597769000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"thousands-of-californians-waited-weeks-for-disability-payments-while-edd-grappled-with-fraud","title":"Thousands of Californians Waited Weeks for Disability Payments While EDD Grappled With Fraud","publishDate":1660597769,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>One morning in March, an undocumented farmworker on the Central Coast got ready to make a phone call she’d made dozens of times before, to a state agency where a human rarely answered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It had been three months since she’d applied for the partial wage replacement most California workers are eligible for — regardless of immigration status — when they are disabled due to pregnancy or other health reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Reina, who at the time was six months pregnant, had not yet received a reply from the Employment Development Department on her claim, let alone the money she had counted on to pay rent. The 33-year-old said she was so anxious that she sometimes got headaches and couldn’t stomach food. (KQED is not using Reina’s full name because of her immigration status.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"edd\"]“It was so difficult for me and my family,” she said in Spanish, adding that the agency had paid her past State Disability Insurance benefits with little delay when she had her three older sons, now ages 2 to 10. “I never imagined it would take so long this time around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same month, about 300 miles away in Santa Clarita, a frustrated Amanda Butler got in the car with her 2-week-old infant, 4-year-old son and husband. He drove the family nearly an hour to a crowded EDD office in downtown Los Angeles. Like Reina, Butler had tried calling the agency but couldn’t reach a person to explain why she hadn’t received her biweekly SDI payments yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the last thing you want to deal with when you have a newborn, you are recovering from a C-section and you are having to nurse, like, every hour,” said Butler, 37, who manages fundraising campaigns for the nonprofit BreastfeedLA. “It was stressful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Potentially tens of thousands of disabled Californians have been forced to wait several weeks or even months for their benefits after the EDD redirected significant resources to respond to a fraud scheme that hit the agency late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EDD, which has struggled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866438/after-a-string-of-bungled-tech-upgrades-california-tries-a-new-approach\">outdated computer systems\u003c/a> and costly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893715/californias-unemployment-fraud-balloons-to-20-billion\">fraud attacks\u003c/a>, is still falling short of its own standards for processing benefits for eligible claimants in a timely fashion, while weeding out scammers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/about_edd/pdf/edddiforecastoct21.pdf\">18 million California employees are covered by the SDI program\u003c/a> through a payroll tax. The program often offers to pay 60% of a person’s wages for up to 52 weeks. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918450/workers-wont-get-expanded-paid-family-leave-disability-under-california-budget-agreement\">bill to significantly increase the payment rate\u003c/a> is advancing in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since January 2017, the EDD’s own statistics show \u003ca href=\"https://data.edd.ca.gov/browse?category=Disability+Insurance&utf8=%E2%9C%93\">it has received an average of 60,000 initial claims per month\u003c/a>. But that figure more than doubled in December 2021. By January, the agency announced \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/about_edd/pdf/news-22-02.pdf\">it suspended 345,000 claims it had flagged as suspicious\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EDD aims to pay 86% of SDI claims within 14 days, as it expects some complex cases to take longer to investigate and resolve. Yet by April, according to new figures obtained by KQED, almost half of disability applications took 15 days or longer to process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s absolutely unacceptable, and it’s something we need to look at,” said Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland. “We have a social safety net for a reason. It’s to help people who are in need. That is a fundamental social contract the government has with its constituency. So it’s infuriating that this is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wicks, who sits on a \u003ca href=\"https://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/sub4stateadministration\">subcommittee that oversees the EDD’s budget\u003c/a>, said she plans to raise the issue with the agency in the next legislative year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EDD declined several interview requests by KQED. In an email, an EDD spokesperson said delays have subsided, with close to 30% of claims — about 11,000 — affected by longer processing times as of mid-July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/about_edd/pdf/news-21-69.pdf\">press releases\u003c/a> and emails, the agency said suspected organized criminals filed false claims using the stolen identities of medical providers who must \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/en/Disability/How_to_File_a_DI_Claim_in_SDI_Online\">certify a disability before the EDD issues payments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency redirected resources to review hundreds of thousands of claims associated with about 27,000 fake medical accounts, and was able to block billions of dollars in fraud attempts, according to a spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The work involved in resolving that fraud attack issue certainly impacted our ability to remain timely with all of our claims at that time,” the spokesperson wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11922622 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927.png\" alt=\"A horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of EDD disability claims from Nov. 2021 - June 2022.\" width=\"1640\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927.png 1640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-800x330.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-1020x420.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-160x66.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-1536x633.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data provided by the California Employment Development Department. \u003ccite>(Chart by Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>'A terrible experience'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether the agency initially flagged Reina and Butler’s cases as potentially fraudulent, or whether the agency didn’t have enough staff to follow up promptly on their claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler believes her in-person visit to the EDD’s office in Los Angeles made all the difference. An agency representative told her they had mistakenly believed she’d returned to work when she hadn’t. Once the problem was fixed, Butler’s payments started a few days later. The delay she experienced was about a week, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that they’re set up to really support a new parent, because of all the hoops that they have to go through in order to get paid,” said Butler, who has now returned to part-time work. “I can’t imagine having to wait longer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claimants without valid Social Security numbers like Reina, who is not fluent in English, must file their requests on paper, according to the EDD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reina, who had to wait for seven months for her disability payments, struggled to feed her family, often having to stand in line at food banks. By April, she and her husband, also a farmworker whose seasonal work declined, couldn’t pay rent for their small house in Watsonville. The family was saved from falling into homelessness by a last-minute loan from Reina’s sister, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a terrible experience,” said Reina, who remembers longing to buy comfortable maternity clothes, but knowing that she didn’t have the money. “It felt very ugly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922536\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a mother and her two songs are seen from behind walking down the street\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reina, 33, holds her baby while walking with her two older sons in Watsonville. KQED is not using her full name because of her immigration status. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Prioritizing fraud claims over benefits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the pandemic, the EDD delayed payments for roughly 5 million unemployed Californians and improperly denied likely 1 million more while it dealt with a sudden increase in claims and fraud, according to a report released last week by the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Amanda Butler, Santa Clarita parent\"]'I don't think that they're set up to really support a new parent, because of all the hoops that they have to go through in order to get paid.'[/pullquote]As of last fall, the agency had paid an estimated $20 billion in fake pandemic unemployment relief claims, nearly all of it tied to a now expired federal emergency program that the EDD administered. This summer, state officials announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/06/21/edd-recovers-1-1-billion-in-unemployment-insurance-funds-with-more-investigations-and-recoveries-to-come/\">the agency had recovered $1.1 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the EDD prioritized eliminating fraud over making sure eligible workers could easily get their unemployment insurance benefits, which caused hardships for Californians in need and held back the state’s economy, the LAO said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our dozen or so recommendations are, in effect, a series of safeguards to ensure that getting workers benefits quickly is a top priority for the state because over the last several decades those safeguards haven’t been in place,” said Chas Alamo, the LAO analyst who authored the report. “And now we are in a position where we got a program that causes a great deal of frustration for workers during downturns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, legitimate disability claimants received no notice or communication from the EDD for months, according to Lizett Rodriguez Peña, an attorney at the Watsonville Law Center who helped Reina and a dozen more farmworkers navigate delays of on average six months on their claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When her clients tried calling the EDD to find out what they needed to do to get their benefits processed, they faced a wall of voicemail, she said. In January, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2022/06/edd-disability-calls/\">calls to the agency’s disability insurance program surged to more than 5 million\u003c/a>, as reported by CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even during her own maternity leave earlier in the year, Rodriguez Peña saw her SDI payments unexpectedly halted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I called multiple times and my call would just get disconnected,” she said. “This is why I find it so ironic, because I help individuals go through that, but I was struggling trying to get someone live to talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>With new state budget, hope for improvement\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An EDD spokesperson said the agency agrees it must better balance the need to prevent fraud with the work of delivering timely payments to eligible workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recently enacted state budget includes $136 million for the agency to boost its customer experience by improving call centers, simplifying forms, developing data tools to curb fraudulent claims and speeding up the pace of application processing, according to the agency spokesperson. The \u003ca href=\"https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/2223/FY2223_ORG7100_BCP6006.pdf\">changes\u003c/a>, which promise to also add multiple language options for users, are expected to be completed by June 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While almost eight months pregnant, Reina said she spent half a day at an EDD office in San José with documents to help verify her identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency denied her claim in a letter dated April 22, claiming the strawberry picker had not earned wages to qualify her for SDI benefits, according to Rodriguez Peña. She said she followed up with the EDD, alerting them Reina had submitted proof of wages with her initial application on Dec. 1, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, on June 21, the EDD reversed its decision and granted Reina disability payments totaling around $10,000. Her doctor had recommended she stop working after her third trimester, partly because Reina’s growing belly hurt too much while bending close to the ground to collect strawberries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking back at the ordeal, the Indigenous immigrant from Mexico said she almost gave up. But she reminded herself that she’d paid SDI taxes with every paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know they say some people commit fraud. But I was telling the truth,” Reina said. “So why did they take so long?”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Potentially tens of thousands of disabled Californians have been forced to wait several weeks or months for their benefits after the EDD redirected significant resources to respond to a fraud scheme that hit the agency late last year.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1660675358,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":40,"wordCount":1791},"headData":{"title":"Thousands of Californians Waited Weeks for Disability Payments While EDD Grappled With Fraud | KQED","description":"Potentially tens of thousands of disabled Californians have been forced to wait several weeks or months for their benefits after the EDD redirected significant resources to respond to a fraud scheme that hit the agency late last year.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Thousands of Californians Waited Weeks for Disability Payments While EDD Grappled With Fraud","datePublished":"2022-08-15T21:09:29.000Z","dateModified":"2022-08-16T18:42:38.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11922498 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11922498","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/08/15/thousands-of-californians-waited-weeks-for-disability-payments-while-edd-grappled-with-fraud/","disqusTitle":"Thousands of Californians Waited Weeks for Disability Payments While EDD Grappled With Fraud","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-4[…]f-aaef00f5a073/fcbb1ace-05ce-4ea2-9492-aeee00ffd114/audio.mp3","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11922498/thousands-of-californians-waited-weeks-for-disability-payments-while-edd-grappled-with-fraud","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>One morning in March, an undocumented farmworker on the Central Coast got ready to make a phone call she’d made dozens of times before, to a state agency where a human rarely answered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It had been three months since she’d applied for the partial wage replacement most California workers are eligible for — regardless of immigration status — when they are disabled due to pregnancy or other health reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Reina, who at the time was six months pregnant, had not yet received a reply from the Employment Development Department on her claim, let alone the money she had counted on to pay rent. The 33-year-old said she was so anxious that she sometimes got headaches and couldn’t stomach food. (KQED is not using Reina’s full name because of her immigration status.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","tag":"edd"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It was so difficult for me and my family,” she said in Spanish, adding that the agency had paid her past State Disability Insurance benefits with little delay when she had her three older sons, now ages 2 to 10. “I never imagined it would take so long this time around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That same month, about 300 miles away in Santa Clarita, a frustrated Amanda Butler got in the car with her 2-week-old infant, 4-year-old son and husband. He drove the family nearly an hour to a crowded EDD office in downtown Los Angeles. Like Reina, Butler had tried calling the agency but couldn’t reach a person to explain why she hadn’t received her biweekly SDI payments yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the last thing you want to deal with when you have a newborn, you are recovering from a C-section and you are having to nurse, like, every hour,” said Butler, 37, who manages fundraising campaigns for the nonprofit BreastfeedLA. “It was stressful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Potentially tens of thousands of disabled Californians have been forced to wait several weeks or even months for their benefits after the EDD redirected significant resources to respond to a fraud scheme that hit the agency late last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EDD, which has struggled with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866438/after-a-string-of-bungled-tech-upgrades-california-tries-a-new-approach\">outdated computer systems\u003c/a> and costly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893715/californias-unemployment-fraud-balloons-to-20-billion\">fraud attacks\u003c/a>, is still falling short of its own standards for processing benefits for eligible claimants in a timely fashion, while weeding out scammers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/about_edd/pdf/edddiforecastoct21.pdf\">18 million California employees are covered by the SDI program\u003c/a> through a payroll tax. The program often offers to pay 60% of a person’s wages for up to 52 weeks. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11918450/workers-wont-get-expanded-paid-family-leave-disability-under-california-budget-agreement\">bill to significantly increase the payment rate\u003c/a> is advancing in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since January 2017, the EDD’s own statistics show \u003ca href=\"https://data.edd.ca.gov/browse?category=Disability+Insurance&utf8=%E2%9C%93\">it has received an average of 60,000 initial claims per month\u003c/a>. But that figure more than doubled in December 2021. By January, the agency announced \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/about_edd/pdf/news-22-02.pdf\">it suspended 345,000 claims it had flagged as suspicious\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EDD aims to pay 86% of SDI claims within 14 days, as it expects some complex cases to take longer to investigate and resolve. Yet by April, according to new figures obtained by KQED, almost half of disability applications took 15 days or longer to process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s absolutely unacceptable, and it’s something we need to look at,” said Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland. “We have a social safety net for a reason. It’s to help people who are in need. That is a fundamental social contract the government has with its constituency. So it’s infuriating that this is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wicks, who sits on a \u003ca href=\"https://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/sub4stateadministration\">subcommittee that oversees the EDD’s budget\u003c/a>, said she plans to raise the issue with the agency in the next legislative year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EDD declined several interview requests by KQED. In an email, an EDD spokesperson said delays have subsided, with close to 30% of claims — about 11,000 — affected by longer processing times as of mid-July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/siteassets/files/about_edd/pdf/news-21-69.pdf\">press releases\u003c/a> and emails, the agency said suspected organized criminals filed false claims using the stolen identities of medical providers who must \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/en/Disability/How_to_File_a_DI_Claim_in_SDI_Online\">certify a disability before the EDD issues payments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency redirected resources to review hundreds of thousands of claims associated with about 27,000 fake medical accounts, and was able to block billions of dollars in fraud attempts, according to a spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The work involved in resolving that fraud attack issue certainly impacted our ability to remain timely with all of our claims at that time,” the spokesperson wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11922622 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927.png\" alt=\"A horizontal bar chart showing the percentage of EDD disability claims from Nov. 2021 - June 2022.\" width=\"1640\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927.png 1640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-800x330.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-1020x420.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-160x66.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/delays2-e1660609931927-1536x633.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Data provided by the California Employment Development Department. \u003ccite>(Chart by Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>'A terrible experience'\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear whether the agency initially flagged Reina and Butler’s cases as potentially fraudulent, or whether the agency didn’t have enough staff to follow up promptly on their claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butler believes her in-person visit to the EDD’s office in Los Angeles made all the difference. An agency representative told her they had mistakenly believed she’d returned to work when she hadn’t. Once the problem was fixed, Butler’s payments started a few days later. The delay she experienced was about a week, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think that they’re set up to really support a new parent, because of all the hoops that they have to go through in order to get paid,” said Butler, who has now returned to part-time work. “I can’t imagine having to wait longer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claimants without valid Social Security numbers like Reina, who is not fluent in English, must file their requests on paper, according to the EDD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reina, who had to wait for seven months for her disability payments, struggled to feed her family, often having to stand in line at food banks. By April, she and her husband, also a farmworker whose seasonal work declined, couldn’t pay rent for their small house in Watsonville. The family was saved from falling into homelessness by a last-minute loan from Reina’s sister, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a terrible experience,” said Reina, who remembers longing to buy comfortable maternity clothes, but knowing that she didn’t have the money. “It felt very ugly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11922536\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a mother and her two songs are seen from behind walking down the street\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57774_IMG_5588-Reina-walks-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reina, 33, holds her baby while walking with her two older sons in Watsonville. KQED is not using her full name because of her immigration status. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Prioritizing fraud claims over benefits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Earlier in the pandemic, the EDD delayed payments for roughly 5 million unemployed Californians and improperly denied likely 1 million more while it dealt with a sudden increase in claims and fraud, according to a report released last week by the Legislative Analyst’s Office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'I don't think that they're set up to really support a new parent, because of all the hoops that they have to go through in order to get paid.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Amanda Butler, Santa Clarita parent","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As of last fall, the agency had paid an estimated $20 billion in fake pandemic unemployment relief claims, nearly all of it tied to a now expired federal emergency program that the EDD administered. This summer, state officials announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/06/21/edd-recovers-1-1-billion-in-unemployment-insurance-funds-with-more-investigations-and-recoveries-to-come/\">the agency had recovered $1.1 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the EDD prioritized eliminating fraud over making sure eligible workers could easily get their unemployment insurance benefits, which caused hardships for Californians in need and held back the state’s economy, the LAO said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our dozen or so recommendations are, in effect, a series of safeguards to ensure that getting workers benefits quickly is a top priority for the state because over the last several decades those safeguards haven’t been in place,” said Chas Alamo, the LAO analyst who authored the report. “And now we are in a position where we got a program that causes a great deal of frustration for workers during downturns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, legitimate disability claimants received no notice or communication from the EDD for months, according to Lizett Rodriguez Peña, an attorney at the Watsonville Law Center who helped Reina and a dozen more farmworkers navigate delays of on average six months on their claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When her clients tried calling the EDD to find out what they needed to do to get their benefits processed, they faced a wall of voicemail, she said. In January, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2022/06/edd-disability-calls/\">calls to the agency’s disability insurance program surged to more than 5 million\u003c/a>, as reported by CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even during her own maternity leave earlier in the year, Rodriguez Peña saw her SDI payments unexpectedly halted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I called multiple times and my call would just get disconnected,” she said. “This is why I find it so ironic, because I help individuals go through that, but I was struggling trying to get someone live to talk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>With new state budget, hope for improvement\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>An EDD spokesperson said the agency agrees it must better balance the need to prevent fraud with the work of delivering timely payments to eligible workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recently enacted state budget includes $136 million for the agency to boost its customer experience by improving call centers, simplifying forms, developing data tools to curb fraudulent claims and speeding up the pace of application processing, according to the agency spokesperson. The \u003ca href=\"https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/2223/FY2223_ORG7100_BCP6006.pdf\">changes\u003c/a>, which promise to also add multiple language options for users, are expected to be completed by June 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While almost eight months pregnant, Reina said she spent half a day at an EDD office in San José with documents to help verify her identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency denied her claim in a letter dated April 22, claiming the strawberry picker had not earned wages to qualify her for SDI benefits, according to Rodriguez Peña. She said she followed up with the EDD, alerting them Reina had submitted proof of wages with her initial application on Dec. 1, 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, on June 21, the EDD reversed its decision and granted Reina disability payments totaling around $10,000. Her doctor had recommended she stop working after her third trimester, partly because Reina’s growing belly hurt too much while bending close to the ground to collect strawberries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Looking back at the ordeal, the Indigenous immigrant from Mexico said she almost gave up. But she reminded herself that she’d paid SDI taxes with every paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know they say some people commit fraud. But I was telling the truth,” Reina said. “So why did they take so long?”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11922498/thousands-of-californians-waited-weeks-for-disability-payments-while-edd-grappled-with-fraud","authors":["8659"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_31278","news_22303","news_28339","news_27626","news_20611"],"featImg":"news_11922501","label":"news"},"news_11901435":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11901435","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11901435","score":null,"sort":[1642034491000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"give-us-a-chance-non-citizens-in-san-jose-could-potentially-be-allowed-to-vote","title":"'Give Us a Chance': Noncitizens in San José Could Potentially Be Allowed to Vote","publishDate":1642034491,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>San José has moved one step closer to giving noncitizens a voice in local elections. The city council voted Tuesday night to direct city officials to \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10392078&GUID=03186749-1D75-44A8-B323-9BC603E838D6\">study the potential impacts of changing the city charter to allow noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once staff has completed the review, council members will decide whether to put the question to voters with a ballot measure for either this year's June primary or November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's decision invigorated organizers who have been working for years to enfranchise immigrants in San José, regardless of their citizenship status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a place where we live, where we grew up, where our children grew up,\" said Esther Meléndez, a 30-year San José resident. She was one of about 200 people who called into the meeting in support of expanding voting rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is frustrating to not be able to vote for something that is important,\" said Meléndez, who is a legal permanent resident in the process of obtaining citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Esther Meléndez, San José resident and organizer\"]'This is a place where we live, where we grew up, where our children grew up.'[/pullquote]The council's decision comes at the conclusion of a year-long review of the city charter, led by an independent commission. Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10354189&GUID=F27DF619-F273-4C05-9292-E375FFA42E45\">the commission released its recommendations\u003c/a> — including allowing noncitizens to serve on city boards and holding mayoral elections in the same year as presidential elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission did not address the question of noncitizen voting. However, last week, two members of the council, Magdalena Carrasco and Sylvia Arenas, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10392078&GUID=03186749-1D75-44A8-B323-9BC603E838D6\">issued a memo recommending that city officials study expanding voting rights to noncitizen immigrants\u003c/a>, including those who lack legal authorization to be in the country. In a matter of days, a coalition of South Bay immigrant advocacy groups mobilized a large campaign to voice support at Tuesday's meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This would be a step forward in acknowledging the contributions of our immigrant communities, who provide this country with labor and financial benefits through the taxes they contribute,\" said José Servín, director of advocacy and communication with the nonprofit Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, which has pushed for years for the city to expand voter eligibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 40% of San José residents were born outside the United States, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/sanjosecitycalifornia\">according to recent U.S. Census figures\u003c/a>. While many have become naturalized citizens, many others have not. The share of foreign-born residents in San José is higher than in San Francisco and on par with New York City. San Francisco has allowed noncitizens to vote in school board elections since 2016. And in December, New York City granted legal immigrants the right to vote in all local elections. In addition, 11 municipalities in Maryland and two in Vermont permit noncitizen voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major tech companies with headquarters in the city, such as Zoom and Adobe, depend heavily on foreign-born workers in both technology and service jobs. Immigrants also propel many essential services and thousands of small businesses and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\">power the city's unique cultural and culinary landmarks\u003c/a>.[aside postID=\"arts_13904835\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/san-jose-illo_thien-pham-1920x1439.jpg\"]\"Thanking our essential workers who are risking their lives … is meaningless if we don't give them the rights, that I believe they deserve, to enact change in their own lives,\" said Councilmember Carrasco during Tuesday's meeting. She added that there are roughly 157,000 undocumented immigrants living and working in Santa Clara County who currently do not have a viable path to citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lone dissenting vote Tuesday was cast by Councilmember Dev Davis, who is also a candidate for mayor. She argued that voting should be considered a right and responsibility exclusive to citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Noncitizens] have allegiance to another country,\" said Davis. \"They, hopefully, wherever they come from, have the right to vote in that country.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other critics expressed concern that the measure only requires a person to have lived in San José for 30 consecutive days by election time to be eligible to vote — similar to the model adopted by New York City in their voter expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How does someone who's been there for 30 days even know what's going on politically?\" Shane Patrick Connolly, chair of the Santa Clara County Republican Party, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='More Stories from the South Bay' tag='san-jose']\"We have people who have lived in the community a long time who maybe haven't gone through the citizenship process but here's an incentive for them to do so, if you get to have a say through a vote,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meléndez, the San José resident who spoke at Tuesday's meeting, will become a naturalized citizen later this month. She says that she's very excited about becoming an American citizen but shared her frustration that the process has taken years and that, in that time, she has lacked a voice in local government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Give us a chance,\" she said, appealing to those reluctant to support voter expansion. \"Give us a chance to share ideas, share what is needed to make sure that San José can be an even greater city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The San José City Council voted Tuesday night to direct city officials to study the potential impacts of changing the city charter to allow noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1642114210,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":907},"headData":{"title":"'Give Us a Chance': Noncitizens in San José Could Potentially Be Allowed to Vote | KQED","description":"The San José City Council voted Tuesday night to direct city officials to study the potential impacts of changing the city charter to allow noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"'Give Us a Chance': Noncitizens in San José Could Potentially Be Allowed to Vote","datePublished":"2022-01-13T00:41:31.000Z","dateModified":"2022-01-13T22:50:10.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png","isAccessibleForFree":"Y","publisher":{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://www.kqed.org/#organization","name":"KQED","url":"https://www.kqed.org","logo":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}}},"disqusIdentifier":"11901435 https://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=11901435","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2022/01/12/give-us-a-chance-non-citizens-in-san-jose-could-potentially-be-allowed-to-vote/","disqusTitle":"'Give Us a Chance': Noncitizens in San José Could Potentially Be Allowed to Vote","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","path":"/news/11901435/give-us-a-chance-non-citizens-in-san-jose-could-potentially-be-allowed-to-vote","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San José has moved one step closer to giving noncitizens a voice in local elections. The city council voted Tuesday night to direct city officials to \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10392078&GUID=03186749-1D75-44A8-B323-9BC603E838D6\">study the potential impacts of changing the city charter to allow noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once staff has completed the review, council members will decide whether to put the question to voters with a ballot measure for either this year's June primary or November general election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday's decision invigorated organizers who have been working for years to enfranchise immigrants in San José, regardless of their citizenship status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is a place where we live, where we grew up, where our children grew up,\" said Esther Meléndez, a 30-year San José resident. She was one of about 200 people who called into the meeting in support of expanding voting rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is frustrating to not be able to vote for something that is important,\" said Meléndez, who is a legal permanent resident in the process of obtaining citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'This is a place where we live, where we grew up, where our children grew up.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Esther Meléndez, San José resident and organizer","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The council's decision comes at the conclusion of a year-long review of the city charter, led by an independent commission. Earlier this month, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10354189&GUID=F27DF619-F273-4C05-9292-E375FFA42E45\">the commission released its recommendations\u003c/a> — including allowing noncitizens to serve on city boards and holding mayoral elections in the same year as presidential elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission did not address the question of noncitizen voting. However, last week, two members of the council, Magdalena Carrasco and Sylvia Arenas, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10392078&GUID=03186749-1D75-44A8-B323-9BC603E838D6\">issued a memo recommending that city officials study expanding voting rights to noncitizen immigrants\u003c/a>, including those who lack legal authorization to be in the country. In a matter of days, a coalition of South Bay immigrant advocacy groups mobilized a large campaign to voice support at Tuesday's meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This would be a step forward in acknowledging the contributions of our immigrant communities, who provide this country with labor and financial benefits through the taxes they contribute,\" said José Servín, director of advocacy and communication with the nonprofit Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, which has pushed for years for the city to expand voter eligibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 40% of San José residents were born outside the United States, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/sanjosecitycalifornia\">according to recent U.S. Census figures\u003c/a>. While many have become naturalized citizens, many others have not. The share of foreign-born residents in San José is higher than in San Francisco and on par with New York City. San Francisco has allowed noncitizens to vote in school board elections since 2016. And in December, New York City granted legal immigrants the right to vote in all local elections. In addition, 11 municipalities in Maryland and two in Vermont permit noncitizen voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major tech companies with headquarters in the city, such as Zoom and Adobe, depend heavily on foreign-born workers in both technology and service jobs. Immigrants also propel many essential services and thousands of small businesses and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/sanjosefood\">power the city's unique cultural and culinary landmarks\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"arts_13904835","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/san-jose-illo_thien-pham-1920x1439.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"Thanking our essential workers who are risking their lives … is meaningless if we don't give them the rights, that I believe they deserve, to enact change in their own lives,\" said Councilmember Carrasco during Tuesday's meeting. She added that there are roughly 157,000 undocumented immigrants living and working in Santa Clara County who currently do not have a viable path to citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lone dissenting vote Tuesday was cast by Councilmember Dev Davis, who is also a candidate for mayor. She argued that voting should be considered a right and responsibility exclusive to citizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"[Noncitizens] have allegiance to another country,\" said Davis. \"They, hopefully, wherever they come from, have the right to vote in that country.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other critics expressed concern that the measure only requires a person to have lived in San José for 30 consecutive days by election time to be eligible to vote — similar to the model adopted by New York City in their voter expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How does someone who's been there for 30 days even know what's going on politically?\" Shane Patrick Connolly, chair of the Santa Clara County Republican Party, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"More Stories from the South Bay ","tag":"san-jose"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\"We have people who have lived in the community a long time who maybe haven't gone through the citizenship process but here's an incentive for them to do so, if you get to have a say through a vote,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meléndez, the San José resident who spoke at Tuesday's meeting, will become a naturalized citizen later this month. She says that she's very excited about becoming an American citizen but shared her frustration that the process has taken years and that, in that time, she has lacked a voice in local government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Give us a chance,\" she said, appealing to those reluctant to support voter expansion. \"Give us a chance to share ideas, share what is needed to make sure that San José can be an even greater city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11901435/give-us-a-chance-non-citizens-in-san-jose-could-potentially-be-allowed-to-vote","authors":["11708"],"categories":["news_28250","news_8"],"tags":["news_23394","news_27626","news_20611","news_30509","news_30505","news_6413","news_18541","news_1268","news_30506","news_20572","news_28405"],"featImg":"news_11901592","label":"news"},"news_11876312":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11876312","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11876312","score":null,"sort":[1622679459000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"activists-stage-die-in-at-newsom-residence-to-demand-more-relief-for-immigrant-workers","title":"Activists Stage 'Die-in' at Newsom Residence to Demand More Relief for Immigrant Workers","publishDate":1622679459,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Activists held a die-in on the street in front of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Sacramento home early Wednesday to demand COVID-19 relief for undocumented workers who they say are largely excluded from unemployment benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty-eight people, mostly immigrant workers and activists from across California, laid down in the street to bring attention to the disproportionate share of pandemic-related deaths borne by workers and their families in sectors the state identified as the most high-risk for COVID-19 spread, including agriculture, warehouses and restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 10 industries in California, the first 10 months of the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/fact_sheet_-_the_pandemics_toll_on_california_workers_in_high_risk_industries.pdf\">saw a 30% increase in deaths\u003c/a> of essential workers in those industries compared to the previous year, according to a study from the UC Merced Community and Labor Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mirna Bueso, undocumented worker\"]'We are not asking for charity, we are asking to get back what we have given to this state.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an immigrant, I’ve seen how we’ve been excluded from all the benefits the government has provided to workers,” said Mirna Bueso, 45, who worked two part-time jobs, one at a warehouse and one at a restaurant before losing both jobs during the pandemic. Bueso, who lives in San Francisco, was unemployed for eight months but did not qualify for assistance because she is undocumented. Through an employment agency she was eventually able to find work a couple of days a week, but work is still unstable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso said she is not afraid of identifying herself as undocumented, because she contributes to the state and federal governments by paying her taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also part of this state. We pay taxes. We pay them in each of our paychecks,\" she said. \"Even if they don’t let us qualify for certain benefits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, charges are taxed on our income for unemployment, disability benefits and social security ... but we don’t get to see that. We are not asking for charity, we are asking to get back what we have given to this state.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso has been volunteering at food banks as a way to feed her family. Last year, she received $1,000 from a nonprofit organization providing assistance to undocumented immigrant workers, but given the cost of living in San Francisco, the money hasn't gone far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We [essential immigrant workers] should not be feeling so unprotected as we are now. We don’t have a guarantee … if we lose our employment, we are practically left with nothing, in the streets, because many of us have been evicted from the places we live because we owe more than eight months in rent,” Bueso said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is currently in the final stages of deciding how to spend a $75 billion budget surplus. Some believe the surplus should include more support for immigrant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The issue of political will is always a question, but financially it’s viable,\" said Lucas Zucker, policy and communications director for Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, which organized the protest. \"The rich have gotten richer in this pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11862122]Zucker said the state of New York has shown leadership on the issue with its establishment of an \u003ca href=\"https://access.nyc.gov/programs/excluded-workers-fund/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excluded workers fund\u003c/a>, which is a direct payment for low-income workers who don't qualify for other benefits. Zucker said he'd like to see that same kind of leadership in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of the recovery, California’s recovery won’t be complete if families are still left behind,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso said that through today’s action, she would like to see the inclusion of immigrant workers in the state budget \"because we are essential parts in the state’s economy.\" The current plan doesn't include workers like Bueso, she said, even though \"we are a fundamental part of the state’s economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom's office did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, undocumented workers were for the first time eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax credit for Californians who earn up to $30,000 and which may provide as much as $3,027 depending on the number of dependents in a family. But since those benefits are dependent on an undocumented worker filing taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), and since getting one \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874637/the-stimulus-gap-why-many-undocumented-immigrants-arent-getting-the-golden-state-stimulus-theyre-entitled-to\">can itself be an ordeal\u003c/a>, advocates say this means an unknown number of undocumented workers are still left out of California’s current stimulus plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Too many of our families lost our entire life savings, went thousands of dollars in debt, or risked our lives in deadly jobs to make ends meet, while the rich continued to get richer,” said Jennifer Alejo of Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, who helped lead the die-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"'We pay taxes ... 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Gavin Newsom’s Sacramento home early Wednesday to demand COVID-19 relief for undocumented workers who they say are largely excluded from unemployment benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty-eight people, mostly immigrant workers and activists from across California, laid down in the street to bring attention to the disproportionate share of pandemic-related deaths borne by workers and their families in sectors the state identified as the most high-risk for COVID-19 spread, including agriculture, warehouses and restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 10 industries in California, the first 10 months of the pandemic \u003ca href=\"https://clc.ucmerced.edu/sites/clc.ucmerced.edu/files/page/documents/fact_sheet_-_the_pandemics_toll_on_california_workers_in_high_risk_industries.pdf\">saw a 30% increase in deaths\u003c/a> of essential workers in those industries compared to the previous year, according to a study from the UC Merced Community and Labor Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"'We are not asking for charity, we are asking to get back what we have given to this state.'","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Mirna Bueso, undocumented worker","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an immigrant, I’ve seen how we’ve been excluded from all the benefits the government has provided to workers,” said Mirna Bueso, 45, who worked two part-time jobs, one at a warehouse and one at a restaurant before losing both jobs during the pandemic. Bueso, who lives in San Francisco, was unemployed for eight months but did not qualify for assistance because she is undocumented. Through an employment agency she was eventually able to find work a couple of days a week, but work is still unstable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso said she is not afraid of identifying herself as undocumented, because she contributes to the state and federal governments by paying her taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also part of this state. We pay taxes. We pay them in each of our paychecks,\" she said. \"Even if they don’t let us qualify for certain benefits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, charges are taxed on our income for unemployment, disability benefits and social security ... but we don’t get to see that. We are not asking for charity, we are asking to get back what we have given to this state.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso has been volunteering at food banks as a way to feed her family. Last year, she received $1,000 from a nonprofit organization providing assistance to undocumented immigrant workers, but given the cost of living in San Francisco, the money hasn't gone far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We [essential immigrant workers] should not be feeling so unprotected as we are now. We don’t have a guarantee … if we lose our employment, we are practically left with nothing, in the streets, because many of us have been evicted from the places we live because we owe more than eight months in rent,” Bueso said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is currently in the final stages of deciding how to spend a $75 billion budget surplus. Some believe the surplus should include more support for immigrant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The issue of political will is always a question, but financially it’s viable,\" said Lucas Zucker, policy and communications director for Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, which organized the protest. \"The rich have gotten richer in this pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11862122","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Zucker said the state of New York has shown leadership on the issue with its establishment of an \u003ca href=\"https://access.nyc.gov/programs/excluded-workers-fund/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excluded workers fund\u003c/a>, which is a direct payment for low-income workers who don't qualify for other benefits. Zucker said he'd like to see that same kind of leadership in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of the recovery, California’s recovery won’t be complete if families are still left behind,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso said that through today’s action, she would like to see the inclusion of immigrant workers in the state budget \"because we are essential parts in the state’s economy.\" The current plan doesn't include workers like Bueso, she said, even though \"we are a fundamental part of the state’s economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom's office did not respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, undocumented workers were for the first time eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax credit for Californians who earn up to $30,000 and which may provide as much as $3,027 depending on the number of dependents in a family. But since those benefits are dependent on an undocumented worker filing taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), and since getting one \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874637/the-stimulus-gap-why-many-undocumented-immigrants-arent-getting-the-golden-state-stimulus-theyre-entitled-to\">can itself be an ordeal\u003c/a>, advocates say this means an unknown number of undocumented workers are still left out of California’s current stimulus plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Too many of our families lost our entire life savings, went thousands of dollars in debt, or risked our lives in deadly jobs to make ends meet, while the rich continued to get richer,” said Jennifer Alejo of Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, who helped lead the die-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11876312/activists-stage-die-in-at-newsom-residence-to-demand-more-relief-for-immigrant-workers","authors":["11626","11708"],"categories":["news_1758","news_457","news_1169","news_8","news_13"],"tags":["news_18538","news_27350","news_27504","news_16","news_20611","news_20202","news_19904","news_29526","news_17968","news_3173","news_244","news_631"],"featImg":"news_11876313","label":"news"},"news_11844635":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11844635","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11844635","score":null,"sort":[1604152839000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"trump-focused-on-restricting-immigration-how-are-bay-area-immigrant-voters-responding","title":"Trump Focused on Restricting Immigration. How Are Bay Area Immigrant Voters Responding?","publishDate":1604152839,"format":"standard","headTitle":"The California Report | KQED News","labelTerm":{"term":72,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>For Henok Welday, an Oakland resident, President Donald Trump’s immigration policies towards asylum seekers and refugees were top of mind when filling out his mail-in ballot at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Eritrean immigrant won asylum in the U.S. and became a citizen about six years ago. Because of his experience, Welday said he is upset that the Trump administration has blocked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11801856/9-ways-trump-has-overhauled-immigration-to-the-us\">tens of thousands\u003c/a> of mostly Central American migrants from seeking humanitarian protections at the southern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are all human beings. I would like the chance that I’ve been given here to be given to other people too,” said Welday, who fled an Eritrean regime accused by the United Nations of crimes against humanity. “People may have no other choice than to leave their countries and seek a better life here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has made restricting immigration, both legal and illegal, a central focus of his administration. As millions of Californians cast their ballots ahead of Nov. 3, many of the president’s strict immigration policies are on the minds of many — including the one out of every six registered voters in the state who are immigrants themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, eligible voters who are foreign born have grown to about 10% of the overall electorate, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center. And California has more naturalized U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote than any other state, about 5.5 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844679\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A voter approaches an Alameda County Registrar of Voters ballot drop box in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter approaches an Alameda County Registrar of Voters ballot drop box in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Welday voted for the first time this presidential election and said he regretted not casting his ballot in 2016, even though he had the right to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, he brought his six-year old son Nathan with him to drop off his ballot at an official drop box outside the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted him to see what's the right thing to do,” said Welday. “Whatever his choices may be. But it's always to let your voice be heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glancing at his son, he said he doesn’t want a president that ordered border authorities to separate nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782685/new-tally-totals-over-5500-kids-taken-from-parents-at-the-border\">5,500\u003c/a> migrant children from their parents, including hundreds who have not yet been reunited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's saddening,” said Welday, shaking his head. “I mean, as a parent, you wouldn't want to be away from your child for one day. Forget about being in two countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11844646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naomi Means walks in Oakland's Chinatown on Oct. 27, 2020. Means, an immigrant from Japan, became a U.S. citizen nearly two decades ago. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walking the streets of Oakland’s Chinatown, Naomi Means also said the president’s treatment of immigrants was a key factor in her vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Means, a special education teacher, disagreed with Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-presidential-determination-on-refugee-admissio-1845502954\">order\u003c/a> to admit only up to 15,000 refugees next year, an all-time low. Previous Republican and Democratic administrations typically set the refugee cap at more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-cuts-refugee-cap/2020/10/01/a5113b62-03ed-11eb-8879-7663b816bfa5_story.html\">70,000\u003c/a> people per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"election-2020\" label=\"Election 2020 Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really feel for them,” said Means, 61, originally from Japan. “I don’t agree with excluding other people. This is a country of immigrants anyway, and except for Native Americans, everybody else came from other parts of this earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for other naturalized citizens outside of deep-blue Oakland, immigration was not a top issue defining their votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohamed Elsherbini, an immigrant from Egypt, has owned a tour company in the Bay Area for more than three decades. He said his main concerns this election are national security and the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that California is mainly a blue state, but I believe that Trump has a better chance to lead our country to economic growth and safety and stand up to any dangers, whether from terrorist groups, or stand up for better economic deals with China,” said Elsherbini, 58.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844779\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-800x537.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Elsherbini, an immigrant from Egypt, poses next to an American flag. Elsherbini is running for a seat on Danville's town council.\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-800x537.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Elsherbini, an immigrant from Egypt, poses next to an American flag. Elsherbini is running for a seat on Danville's town council. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mohamed Elsherbini)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After living more than 20 years in Danville, Elsherbini is now a candidate himself, running for town council to support small businesses and help create jobs, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know the city very well, and I know what we need to keep Danville safe, balance the budget and support local businesses,” said Elsherbini, who identifies as a conservative and GOP supporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans represent nearly 20% of the nearly 3.8 million California voters identified as foreign born, according to Political Data, Inc. Meanwhile, Democrats are about half of immigrant voters in the state, and a third have no party preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsherbini’s friend Muhammed Jawaid, also a Danville resident, said he voted for Trump in 2016. But this year, he cast his vote for Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jawaid, a retired network analyst for tech companies, said he wants the next commander-in-chief to act urgently to solve climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump doesn't believe in science,” said Jawaid, 66. “I mean, it's mind boggling in this day and age. We have the data under our fingertips, and it is showing that it is us humans that are warming the planet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844780\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844780\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Muhammed Jawaid, an immigrant from Pakistan, poses in front of his Danville home by a yard sign supporting his friend Mohamed Elsherbini's campaign for Danville town council.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammed Jawaid, an immigrant from Pakistan, poses in front of his Danville home by a yard sign supporting his friend Mohamed Elsherbini's campaign for Danville town council. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Muhammed Jawaid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a Muslim from Pakistan, Jawaid worries the president’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11802728/california-immigrants-grapple-with-trumps-expanded-travel-ban\">travel ban\u003c/a> and rhetoric against non-white immigrants will lead to discrimination, including against his own family. He said he hopes the next U.S. leader will treat all citizens equally, no matter their race or what country they came from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they're Americans, they are Americans, period. They have taken an oath,” said Jawaid, 66. “But if you start alienating them and you say you're not equal to a white race, then that can be detrimental in the long run to the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Naturalized citizens from Eritrea, Japan, Egypt and Pakistan weigh in on how Trump's immigration policies are influencing their vote this fall","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1604421873,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":27,"wordCount":1046},"headData":{"title":"Trump Focused on Restricting Immigration. 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How Are Bay Area Immigrant Voters Responding?","audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/18615a05-15da-471a-bcd8-ac64012066cb/audio.mp3","path":"/news/11844635/trump-focused-on-restricting-immigration-how-are-bay-area-immigrant-voters-responding","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For Henok Welday, an Oakland resident, President Donald Trump’s immigration policies towards asylum seekers and refugees were top of mind when filling out his mail-in ballot at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Eritrean immigrant won asylum in the U.S. and became a citizen about six years ago. Because of his experience, Welday said he is upset that the Trump administration has blocked \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11801856/9-ways-trump-has-overhauled-immigration-to-the-us\">tens of thousands\u003c/a> of mostly Central American migrants from seeking humanitarian protections at the southern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are all human beings. I would like the chance that I’ve been given here to be given to other people too,” said Welday, who fled an Eritrean regime accused by the United Nations of crimes against humanity. “People may have no other choice than to leave their countries and seek a better life here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has made restricting immigration, both legal and illegal, a central focus of his administration. As millions of Californians cast their ballots ahead of Nov. 3, many of the president’s strict immigration policies are on the minds of many — including the one out of every six registered voters in the state who are immigrants themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationwide, eligible voters who are foreign born have grown to about 10% of the overall electorate, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center. And California has more naturalized U.S. citizens who are eligible to vote than any other state, about 5.5 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844679\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A voter approaches an Alameda County Registrar of Voters ballot drop box in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45481_029_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter approaches an Alameda County Registrar of Voters ballot drop box in Oakland on Oct. 27, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Welday voted for the first time this presidential election and said he regretted not casting his ballot in 2016, even though he had the right to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday morning, he brought his six-year old son Nathan with him to drop off his ballot at an official drop box outside the Alameda County Superior Courthouse in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted him to see what's the right thing to do,” said Welday. “Whatever his choices may be. But it's always to let your voice be heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Glancing at his son, he said he doesn’t want a president that ordered border authorities to separate nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11782685/new-tally-totals-over-5500-kids-taken-from-parents-at-the-border\">5,500\u003c/a> migrant children from their parents, including hundreds who have not yet been reunited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's saddening,” said Welday, shaking his head. “I mean, as a parent, you wouldn't want to be away from your child for one day. Forget about being in two countries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11844646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/RS45488_036_KQED_Oakland_RegistrarofVoters_10272020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Naomi Means walks in Oakland's Chinatown on Oct. 27, 2020. Means, an immigrant from Japan, became a U.S. citizen nearly two decades ago. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Walking the streets of Oakland’s Chinatown, Naomi Means also said the president’s treatment of immigrants was a key factor in her vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Means, a special education teacher, disagreed with Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-presidential-determination-on-refugee-admissio-1845502954\">order\u003c/a> to admit only up to 15,000 refugees next year, an all-time low. Previous Republican and Democratic administrations typically set the refugee cap at more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/trump-cuts-refugee-cap/2020/10/01/a5113b62-03ed-11eb-8879-7663b816bfa5_story.html\">70,000\u003c/a> people per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"tag":"election-2020","label":"Election 2020 Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really feel for them,” said Means, 61, originally from Japan. “I don’t agree with excluding other people. This is a country of immigrants anyway, and except for Native Americans, everybody else came from other parts of this earth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for other naturalized citizens outside of deep-blue Oakland, immigration was not a top issue defining their votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohamed Elsherbini, an immigrant from Egypt, has owned a tour company in the Bay Area for more than three decades. He said his main concerns this election are national security and the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that California is mainly a blue state, but I believe that Trump has a better chance to lead our country to economic growth and safety and stand up to any dangers, whether from terrorist groups, or stand up for better economic deals with China,” said Elsherbini, 58.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844779\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-800x537.jpg\" alt=\"Mohamed Elsherbini, an immigrant from Egypt, poses next to an American flag. Elsherbini is running for a seat on Danville's town council.\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-800x537.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-1020x685.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1-1536x1031.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Elhersbini_v2-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Elsherbini, an immigrant from Egypt, poses next to an American flag. Elsherbini is running for a seat on Danville's town council. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mohamed Elsherbini)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After living more than 20 years in Danville, Elsherbini is now a candidate himself, running for town council to support small businesses and help create jobs, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know the city very well, and I know what we need to keep Danville safe, balance the budget and support local businesses,” said Elsherbini, who identifies as a conservative and GOP supporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans represent nearly 20% of the nearly 3.8 million California voters identified as foreign born, according to Political Data, Inc. Meanwhile, Democrats are about half of immigrant voters in the state, and a third have no party preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsherbini’s friend Muhammed Jawaid, also a Danville resident, said he voted for Trump in 2016. But this year, he cast his vote for Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jawaid, a retired network analyst for tech companies, said he wants the next commander-in-chief to act urgently to solve climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump doesn't believe in science,” said Jawaid, 66. “I mean, it's mind boggling in this day and age. We have the data under our fingertips, and it is showing that it is us humans that are warming the planet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11844780\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11844780\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Muhammed Jawaid, an immigrant from Pakistan, poses in front of his Danville home by a yard sign supporting his friend Mohamed Elsherbini's campaign for Danville town council.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/Jawaid_v2-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammed Jawaid, an immigrant from Pakistan, poses in front of his Danville home by a yard sign supporting his friend Mohamed Elsherbini's campaign for Danville town council. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Muhammed Jawaid)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a Muslim from Pakistan, Jawaid worries the president’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11802728/california-immigrants-grapple-with-trumps-expanded-travel-ban\">travel ban\u003c/a> and rhetoric against non-white immigrants will lead to discrimination, including against his own family. He said he hopes the next U.S. leader will treat all citizens equally, no matter their race or what country they came from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they're Americans, they are Americans, period. They have taken an oath,” said Jawaid, 66. “But if you start alienating them and you say you're not equal to a white race, then that can be detrimental in the long run to the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11844635/trump-focused-on-restricting-immigration-how-are-bay-area-immigrant-voters-responding","authors":["8659"],"programs":["news_6944","news_72"],"categories":["news_1169","news_8"],"tags":["news_27540","news_27370","news_20611","news_20202","news_2027"],"featImg":"news_11844647","label":"news_72"},"news_11812278":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11812278","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11812278","score":null,"sort":[1586898066000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"maestros-de-oakland-prometen-donar-sus-cheques-del-estimulo-federal-a-familias-indocumentadas-que-quedaron-fuera","title":"Maestros de Oakland Prometen Donar sus Cheques del Estímulo Federal a Familias Indocumentadas que Quedaron Fuera","publishDate":1586898066,"format":"standard","headTitle":"KQED News","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A medida que la pandemia del coronavirus continúa causando estragos en la economía del estado, un grupo de maestros y directores en Oakland planean donar sus cheques de estímulo federal a las familias indocumentadas de sus escuelas, las cuales fueron excluidas de dicha ayuda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos educadores del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Oakland lanzaron el pasado jueves la campaña de Compromiso de estímulo en respuesta al enorme estrés y desesperación que dicen que están presenciando entre los padres inmigrantes que han perdido todos sus ingresos bajo las órdenes de quedarse en casa, y los cuales no pueden beneficiarse del seguro de desempleo ni de otros beneficios federales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estamos en contacto con las familias todos los días y lo que estamos escuchando es desgarrador.\" dijo Anita Iverson-Comelo, directora de la escuela Bridges Academy en Melrose, en el este de Oakland. \"Sentimos que tenemos que hacer algo.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al menos ocho maestros de la escuela Bridges Academy, incluidos algunos que ganan menos de $50,000 por año, han prometido la totalidad o parte de los cheques que recibirán por medio del paquete de estímulo, dijo Iverson-Comelo. Ella y otros seis directores, cuyos salarios más altos podrían dejarlos fuera de la asistencia monetaria federal del coronavirus, también planean donar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iverson-Comelo estima que aproximadamente dos tercios de las familias de su escuela, que atiende principalmente a estudiantes de bajos ingresos desde preescolar hasta quinto grado, se encuentran sin recibir ingreso alguno. La mayoría de esos padres no califican para el seguro de desempleo o la ayuda federal del paquete de estímulo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María, la madre de un niño de cuarto grado en la escuela Bridges Academy, dijo que la situación financiera de su familia se volvió grave después de que su esposo, un camarero en un hotel de Berkeley, fuera despedido hace casi un mes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María es uno de los padres de unos 14,000 estudiantes que los funcionarios de OUSD dicen se encuentran recogiendo comidas gratis para llevar en las escuelas designadas cada lunes y jueves. Pero teme que su familia no pueda pagar su renta de $1,100 el próximo mes además de otras cuentas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estoy preocupada. No sé qué sucederá el próximo mes y cuánto tiempo seguirá esto,\" dijo María, una ama de casa que, junto con su esposo, han vivido en los Estados Unidos durante más de 11 años. Dos de sus hijas, de 5 y 10 años, son ciudadanas estadounidenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María dijo que se encontraba triste porque el gobierno federal excluyó a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados del paquete de estímulo, aun cuando pagan impuestos, como lo hace su esposo a través de su número de identificación de contribuyente individual (conocido en sus siglas en Inglés como ITIN) . El número permite al Servicio de Impuestos Internos recaudar miles de millones de dólares en contribuciones anuales de inmigrantes que no cuentan con un número de seguro social.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero al enterarse de la campaña de Compromiso de estímulo, María dijo que se sentía alentada y esperanzada de que el esfuerzo de los maestros de estas escuelas locales pudiera marcar una gran diferencia en la comunidad indocumentada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estoy agradecida de que estén luchando y cuidándonos, porque todos somos seres humanos,\" dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cientos de educadores en San Francisco también están prometiendo donar sus cheques del estímulo a los inmigrantes indocumentados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El esfuerzo de los educadores del Área de la Bahía se da a cabo cuando el gobernador Gavin Newsom dijo que él y los legisladores estatales están considerando una ayuda económica de emergencia para los inmigrantes que no cuentan con un estado legal, y los cuales han sido fuertemente afectados por la pandemia y la desaceleración económica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassandra Chen, maestra de matemáticas y ciencias de la escuela intermedia de la Academia United for Success en Oakland, dijo que se vio obligada a prometer su chequeo de estímulo después de las llamadas diarias con los estudiantes y sus familias una vez que se cancelaron las clases en persona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='elcoronavirus' label='Más Información Sobre el Coronavirus']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rápidamente se dio cuenta de que la mayoría se encuentran en una situación muy difícil para tener suficiente dinero para comprar alimentos o pagar el alquiler, y muchas de estas familias no pueden recibir ninguna ayuda federal a la cual otros residentes tienen acceso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Desearía que un paquete de estímulo en la nación más rica del mundo [hubiera] cuidado de todos los seres humanos en esta pandemia global. Pero no incluye a mucha de nuestra comunidad,” dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bajo el paquete de estímulo de $2.2 billones firmado por el presidente Donald Trump el mes pasado, los contribuyentes solteros que ganen $ 75,000 o menos recibirán automáticamente un pago de hasta $1,200. Las parejas casadas que presentan una declaración conjunta son elegibles para recibir cheques de hasta $2,400, con un monto de $500 adicional por cada hijo menor de 17 años.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque Chen dijo que el salario de maestra \"no es sorprendente en ningún sentido de la palabra\", se siente económicamente estable en comparación con muchas de las familias de sus alumnos porque le siguen pagando por trabajar desde su casa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Claro que podría usar $1,200, pero no lo necesito. Y muchas familias en nuestra comunidad se encuentran desesperadas,” dijo Chen, quien invita a otros que puedan donar parte del dinero que recibirán a que lo hagan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La campaña Stimulus Pledge se está asociando con el Fondo de Educación Pública de Oakland, una organización sin fines de lucro, para obtener y distribuir los fondos prometidos por los participantes, dijo el director Iverson-Comelo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otras escuelas de Oakland que participan en la campaña son Emerson Elementary, Esperanza Elementary, International Community School, Manzanita SEED y Melrose Leadership Academy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los funcionarios del Distrito Unificado de Oakland dijeron que la iniciativa es un ejemplo de la dedicación que los maestros, directores y otro personal tienen para los estudiantes que lo necesitan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Apoyamos este trabajo increíble y compasivo que están haciendo,\" dijo John Sasaki, portavoz del distrito. \"Como siempre lo hace la comunidad de Oakland, nos estamos uniendo a nuestras familias para apoyarlas en todo lo que podamos.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El distrito también ha establecido el Fondo de Ayuda Rápida COVID-19 para apoyar a estudiantes y familias vulnerables.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo ha sido traducido por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/azucenarasilla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azucena Rasilla\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"5490\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/5490.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A medida que la pandemia del coronavirus continúa causando estragos en la economía del estado, un grupo de maestros y directores en Oakland planean donar sus cheques de estímulo federal a los inmigrantes indocumentados excluidos de dicha 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class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A medida que la pandemia del coronavirus continúa causando estragos en la economía del estado, un grupo de maestros y directores en Oakland planean donar sus cheques de estímulo federal a las familias indocumentadas de sus escuelas, las cuales fueron excluidas de dicha ayuda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estos educadores del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Oakland lanzaron el pasado jueves la campaña de Compromiso de estímulo en respuesta al enorme estrés y desesperación que dicen que están presenciando entre los padres inmigrantes que han perdido todos sus ingresos bajo las órdenes de quedarse en casa, y los cuales no pueden beneficiarse del seguro de desempleo ni de otros beneficios federales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estamos en contacto con las familias todos los días y lo que estamos escuchando es desgarrador.\" dijo Anita Iverson-Comelo, directora de la escuela Bridges Academy en Melrose, en el este de Oakland. \"Sentimos que tenemos que hacer algo.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al menos ocho maestros de la escuela Bridges Academy, incluidos algunos que ganan menos de $50,000 por año, han prometido la totalidad o parte de los cheques que recibirán por medio del paquete de estímulo, dijo Iverson-Comelo. Ella y otros seis directores, cuyos salarios más altos podrían dejarlos fuera de la asistencia monetaria federal del coronavirus, también planean donar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iverson-Comelo estima que aproximadamente dos tercios de las familias de su escuela, que atiende principalmente a estudiantes de bajos ingresos desde preescolar hasta quinto grado, se encuentran sin recibir ingreso alguno. La mayoría de esos padres no califican para el seguro de desempleo o la ayuda federal del paquete de estímulo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María, la madre de un niño de cuarto grado en la escuela Bridges Academy, dijo que la situación financiera de su familia se volvió grave después de que su esposo, un camarero en un hotel de Berkeley, fuera despedido hace casi un mes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María es uno de los padres de unos 14,000 estudiantes que los funcionarios de OUSD dicen se encuentran recogiendo comidas gratis para llevar en las escuelas designadas cada lunes y jueves. Pero teme que su familia no pueda pagar su renta de $1,100 el próximo mes además de otras cuentas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Estoy preocupada. No sé qué sucederá el próximo mes y cuánto tiempo seguirá esto,\" dijo María, una ama de casa que, junto con su esposo, han vivido en los Estados Unidos durante más de 11 años. Dos de sus hijas, de 5 y 10 años, son ciudadanas estadounidenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>María dijo que se encontraba triste porque el gobierno federal excluyó a millones de inmigrantes indocumentados del paquete de estímulo, aun cuando pagan impuestos, como lo hace su esposo a través de su número de identificación de contribuyente individual (conocido en sus siglas en Inglés como ITIN) . 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