►
From YouTube: The Growing Wave of Federal Immigration Restrictions
Description
Having conversations about Immigration is the first step towards making Boston a better city for everyone! Mayor Walsh joins Boston Chief of Health and Human Services Marty Martinez and several Greater Boston Legal Defense Fund stakeholders, to discuss the continuous federal immigration restrictions that face the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, during a forum held at The Boston Foundation in Back Bay.
A
Good
morning,
it's
nice
to
see
you
here.
My
name
is
Paul
Grogan
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Boston
foundation.
Many
of
you
are
familiar
with
the
Boston
foundation
and
have
been
here
many
times.
If
there
is
anyone,
however,
being
here
for
the
first
time
this
morning,
I
want
to
give
you
a
particularly
warm
welcome
and
express
the
hope
that
you
were
back
here
many
times
in
the
future.
The
Boston
foundation
is
greater
Boston's
Community
Foundation
a
104
year
old
charity
that
has
cumulatively
invested
over
two
billion
dollars
in
Boston
area.
A
I,
always
think
when
the
the
issue
is
immigration
and
we're
talking
about
it
that
it's
literally
true
that
there
would
be
no
Boston
foundation
were
it
not
for
the
historic
immigration
that
occurred
in
this
country
between
1880
and
1920.
When
cities
like
Boston,
doubled
and
tripled
in
size,
the
country
industrialized
very
rapidly,
the
the
doors
of
immigration
were
thrown
wide
open.
It
was
a
remarkable
remarkable
period,
but
one
of
great
stress
and
wrenching
change,
as
well
as
opportunity
and
Community
Foundation's
were
invented.
A
The
first
one
being
in
Cleveland,
we
came
shortly
after
we're,
invented
to
you,
try
to
use
philanthropy
in
a
more
strategic
way
to
take
on
the
big
issues
of
of
the
day.
So
we
feel
squarely
in
our
in
our
zone
this
morning
having
the
pleasure
of
hosting
this
forum
on
the
growing
wave
of
federal
immigration
restrictions.
A
Immigration
is
in
the
news
a
great
deal,
but
of
course
it
has
many
aspects
and
it
can
be
very
difficult
to
follow
order
to
have
the
right
context
for
any
particular
event
that
is
occurring.
So
we
thought
this
forum
that
would
bring
together
a
whole
set
of
regulations
and
changes
at
the
federal
and
examine
their
kind
of
reinforcing
and
commune
cumulative
impact
would
be
a
real
service
to
the
community
and
that's
what
we
hope
to
do
this
morning
with
the
help
typically
of
some
tremendous.
A
The
it
reminded
me
mayor
of
of
a
incident
when
we
had
just
moved
into
this
in
this
new
space,
and
you
were
slated
to
speak
at
a
big
forum
on
gender
equity,
payment
equity
and
you
were
late
and
people
couldn't
believe
it.
Given
the
mayor's
commitment
to
the
issue
of
gender
gender
equity,
but
it
turned
out
he
was
delayed
because
he
was
at
a
press
conference
on
saving
the
daca
program.
A
B
To
thank
you
and
the
board
and
the
foundation
for
all
that.
You
do
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
being
here
this
morning
for
this
important
conversation
that
we're
having
I
want
to
thank
the
city,
leadership,
the
CMIT,
martinez,
chief
of
health
and
human
services
is
here,
joyce,
Lenihan,
chief
of
policies
here
and
I'm
sure
over
the
course
of
the
morning.
Other
people
will
come
in.
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
special
shout
out
to
my
office
of
immigrant
advancement.
That's
here,
they're
amazing.
B
B
They
were
on
the
front
line
every
single
day
in
in
the
last
three
years
or
two.
Actually,
it's
only
been
believe
I'm,
not
two
years,
and
six
months
seems
like
3,300
years
that
we've
had
this
government
going
on
in
Washington.
They've
done
incredible.
Work
amazing
work
on
so
many
the
other
issues
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
tireless
work.
You
know
my
country's
definitely
still
at
a
crossroads,
but
Boston
is
showing
a
way
forward.
I
mean
we're.
Gonna
continue
to
I,
can't
tell
you
how
proud
I'm
the
world
temprana
him
of
all
the
work.
B
That's
been
done
by
a
lot
of
people
in
this
room
and
a
lot
of
people
in
a
lot
of
rooms
around
the
city
of
Boston.
Thank
you
for
that.
It's
a
testament,
I
think
to
our
city's
values.
Immigrants,
like
my
parents,
many
of
yours
literally
built
a
city
Paul,
talked
about
the
growth
of
this
city
in
the
30s,
the
20s
and
30s.
B
That
made
a
difference
to
who
we
are
as
a
city
as
immigrants
came
to
these
shores,
there's
been
different
times
in
periods
of
history,
where
immigrants
have
come
to
the
shores
of
Boston
and
other
cities
across
America,
and
they
truly
are.
When
you
look
at
we're
talking
about,
you
know
the
the
Community
Preservation
Act,
we
passed
it
not
too
long
ago.
Part
of
that
money
from
the
communication
act
goes
to
historic
preservation.
B
If
you
go
around
the
city
of
Boston
and
you
look
at
all
the
historical
sites,
there's
a
good
chance
that
most
of
them
have
were
built
by
the
hands
of
immigrants
that
came
to
this
country
that
moved
rock
and
rubble
and
did
all
the
hard
manual
labor
work
to
make
those
sites
created.
So
we
are
I
am
I,
am
certainly
somebody
who
was
not
forgotten
the
immigrant
community
and
somebody
that
will
never
forget
the
immigrant
community.
For
me.
B
Actually,
it's
a
point
of
pride
I'm
very
excited,
I'm,
very
proud
to
say
that
I'm
first-generation
wherever
I
go,
I
talk
about
being
the
son
of
an
immigrant
when
I
was
campaigning
this
summer
last
summer,
across
Indiana
and
Ohio.
In
Iowa
I
started
my
speech
by
talking
as
a
son
of
immigrants,
I
made
a
point
to
say:
I
talked
about
that,
because
this
is
something
we
can
just
say
in
Boston
in
the
safety
of
our
own
city.
B
It's
something
we
need
to
take
across
the
country
and
really
talk
about
immigrants
and
the
impacts
immigrants
have
now
it's
our
turn
here
to
protect
and
empower
those
who
have
come
here
to
seek
a
better
life
and
also
tell
their
story
over
the
last
few
years
with
what
the
hits
have
just
kept
coming.
We
had
the
travel
ban,
we
had
the
skit.
B
We
have
the
scare
tactics
every
couple
of
weeks
every
time
if
something
goes
on
in
Washington
there's
another
scare
tactic
that's
thrown
out
across
the
TV
policies
rooted
in
fear,
bigotry
and
hatred
and
racism.
It's
counter
to
everything
that
we
stand
for
as
a
country,
and,
let's
not
forget
that
our
country
comes
first
and
there's
been
a
lot
of
criticism
of
the
country.
It's
it's
about
the
person
who
is
putting
this
stuff
out
there.
B
He
does
not
stand
for
the
values
of
the
United
States
of
America,
and
it's
something
that
we
have
to
continue
to
remember,
but
Boston
is
going
to
continue
to
fight
back
we're
gonna
show
us
show
people
who
we
really
are.
One
of
the
most
important
steps
that
we've
taken
is
the
legal
defense
funds.
We
saw
a
dire
need.
We
came
up
with
a
real
solution.
B
We
pooled
our
resources
and
raised
over
a
million
dollars
in
our
first
year
and
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
people
who
stepped
up
I'm
gonna
read
some
of
the
names
of
the
first
folks
that
stepped
up
the
Boston
foundation,
the
Hyams
foundation,
the
Bob
foundation,
the
climb
and
Family
Foundation,
the
fish
foundation,
the
Miller
foundation,
Foley
hoang.
Those
were
the
first
people
that
stepped
up
to
help
us
raise
a
million
dollars.
The
Defense
Fund
has
allowed
us
to
protect
and
defend
and
serve
immigrant
and
refugee
community.
B
We
know
when
immigrants
have
representation,
they
win
62%
of
their
cases,
so
it's
so
important
for
people
to
have
representation
when
they
don't
have
representation,
they
win
ten
percent
of
the
time
we
are
meeting
a
very
important
need
and
we're
working
together
to
continue
that
the
funds
we
have
raised,
support
five
legal
service
organizations,
six
community-based
organizations
and
partners
in
Greater
Boston.
This
results
in
hiring
six
additional
immigration,
attorneys
and
eight
community
advocates
to
support
our
immigrants.
B
More
than
three
hundred
legal
cases
have
been
opened.
43%
of
those
cases
have
full
representation.
These
clients
represent
33
different
countries
of
origin,
a
very
not
another,
pretty
impressive
number
more
than
4,300
people
were
educated
in
you
know
your
rights
workshop
and
other
training
that
our
office
and
other
folks
have
done
says,
go
out
there
and
explain
people
their
rights.
This
work
that
we're
doing
is
about
keeping
families
together.
It's
about
protecting
kids
and
children.
It's
about
keeping
our
workforce
strong.
B
This
work
has
a
big
impact
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
together
to
make
this
program
even
stronger.
Today,
we're
gonna
hear
from
some
great
partners
this
fund
has
supported.
They
can
tell
you
more
about
what
they're
up
against
and
what
they
need
to
keep
moving
forward.
We'll
also
discuss
the
new
Boston
indicators
report,
Andre
Lima
from
the
city
and
Trevor
Meadows
from
the
Boston
foundation
will
be
explaining
those
explaining
those
findings.
B
They'll
talk
about
the
major
changes
the
Trump
administration
is
made
and
wants
to
make
in
policies
like
daca,
like
TPS,
like
asylum
and
refugee
programs
in
public
charge.
Here's
what
we
know
for
sure
the
Defense
Fund
is
working
and
it's
helping
people.
We
want
to
continue
to
expand
this
program.
The
city
is
dedicating
50
thousand
dollars
for
year,
three
putting
our
stake
in
the
game
and
we
need
your
help.
B
Many
of
you
have
been
supportive
since
the
beginning
and
hope
will
continue
to
work
in
the
space
if
you
haven't
gotten
involved
yet
now
it's
time
the
Trump
administration
is
not
backing
down
and
I'm.
Not
using
this.
As
a
scare
tactic,
we
need
to
work
harder
now
more
than
ever
to
protect
human
rights.
There
are
many
ways
you
can
help
support
this
program.
You
can
talk
to
my
team
I
Tina's
who's
here,
chief
mighty
mightiness
melt,
Nieman
services
who's
here
with
us.
You
can
also
donate.
B
We
want
to
ask
you
that
it
here
today
go
back
to
your
employer's
ask
them
to
get
involved.
Tell
them
I'm
asking
to
get
involved,
because
the
people
that
leave
companies
here
in
Boston
I'll,
probably
immigrants,
themself
or
one
or
two
one
boat
ride
away
from
be
a
plane
ride
away
from
being
an
immigrant
themselves,
first
generation
or
second
generation
their
family
came
from
somewhere
and
when
their
family
came
here
from
somewhere,
there
was
probably
a
good
chance
that
they
weren't
greeted
at
the
airport,
with
a
sign
welcome
to
America.
They
were
probably
said.
B
We
don't
want
you
here,
so
we
want
to
be
able
to
raise
this
money
and
continue
to
move
forward.
We've
already
shown
how
effective
this
work
is
when
we
work
together.
All
of
us
are
a
part
of
a
strong
advocacy
community.
That
change
can
happen.
Here's
just
one
more
example:
well
that
8,000
foreign
trained
health
professionals
live
in
Massachusetts
8,000
people
from
another
country
are
here
in
Massachusetts
that
are
doctors
and
nurses.
More
than
20%
of
them
are
unemployed
or
working
in
non-medical
positions.
Oftentimes
is
because
getting
licensed
here
in
the
United
States
is
difficult.
B
This
is
something
that
we
want.
We
wanted
to
fix
for
a
long
time,
thanks
to
many
of
you
here,
waiting
to
get
move,
it
move
move
along
forward
a
little
bit
this
year.
The
state
Senate's
budget
includes
the
formation
of
a
commission
that
will
try
to
remove
these
barriers.
This
is
a
big
step
and
I
want
to.
B
Thank
you,
everyone
who
continues
to
speak
out
on
this
issue-
and
this
is
one
issue
of
many
where
people
come
to
this
country
that
have
a
degree
in
different
types
of
professions
in
their
country
and
when
they
come
to
the
United
States
of
America,
we
don't
acknowledge,
we
don't
recognize
their
degree,
so
this
is
one
space
that
would
be
really
important
to
us.
We
want
to
keep
replicating
this
Pro
the
success
we
want
to
continue
to
move
forward.
We
need
to
keep
working
together.
We
need
to
keep
celebrating
the
contributions
of
our
immigrant
community.
B
We
can't
let
the
conversations
that
are
happening
around
Washington
get
us
down,
because
we
are
better
than
that
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
in
that
spirit
before
I
before
we
move
forward.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
morning.
Thank
you
for
this
part
of
this
important
conversation,
I
wanna
take
the
panelists.
I
may
be
speaking
and
again.
I
want
to
thank
the
Boston
foundation
from
once
again
hosting
this
very
important
conversation.
D
To
begin
with,
and
one
quick
shout
out
also
to
my
colleague,
Peter
Church
ik
who's
done
a
great
deal
of
work
on
this
project.
We
really
appreciate
those
contributions,
so
I'm
just
gonna
dive
right
into
the
research
and
focus
on
the
key
findings
here
and
then
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
about
half
way
through
to
my
colleague,
Andre
Lima,
with
the
city
of
Boston
who's,
going
to
bring
us
out
through
the
rest
of
the
research.
D
So
one
of
the
first
big
moves
that
the
Trump
administration
made
was
on
daca
or
deferred
action
for
childhood
arrivals,
and
this
is
a
program
that
the
Obama
administration
made
back
in
2012
through
an
executive
action
in
order
to
provide
temporary
legal
status
and
also
work
authorization
for
previously
undocumented
immigrants
who
arrived
to
the
US
as
children.
And
so
this
is
a
really
important
program.
D
Thankfully,
the
court
stepped
in
and
at
least
for
the
time
being,
kept
this
program
alive,
but
they
are
no
longer
accepting
new
applications.
They're
only
doing
renewals-
and
even
this
is
sort
of
uncertain,
how
long
that's
going
to
continue
and
with
respect
to
the
renewal
request.
There's
also
been
a
significant
impact
and
in
getting
back
to
Mayor
Walsh's
comments
through
the
fear
that
has
come
from
that
original
announcement,
and
this
is
what
we're
gonna
see
on
this
next
slide.
D
So
now,
as
the
legal
proceedings
continue
in
the
courts,
ultimately
determine
what's
to
come
of
daca,
we
have
in
Massachusetts
17,000
people
that
are
either
daca
recipients
or
daca
eligible
whose
lives
are
just
left
there
hanging
in
the
balance,
people
that
have
often
lived
most
of
their
lives
here
in
Massachusetts
or
in
the
US
they've
grown
up
here,
and
this
is
really
their
home.
They
now
have
families
and
jobs
and
homes,
and
these
are
the
people
that
the
Trump
administration
has
chosen
to
target,
but
they
didn't
stop
there.
D
Of
course,
more
recently,
the
administration
turned
their
attention
to
temporary
protected
status.
This
is
a
program
that
was
created
for
people
from
countries
where
a
natural
disaster
or
political
instability
prevented
their
safe
return
home,
and
so
the
way
that
it
works
is
the
Department
of
Homeland.
Security
will
create
this
designation
for
a
period
of
eight
months
and
they'll
offer
similar
to
daca
temporary
legal
status
and
work
authorization
and
then,
after
the
18
month
period,
they'll
reconsider
the
conditions
in
that
country
and
decide.
D
Okay,
can
these
folks
get
home
safely
now
or
do
we
need
to
extend
this
designation
so
that
they
can
remain
here
in
the
US
and
continue
working?
And
so
of
course,
the
Trump
administration
turned
their
attention
at
TPS
and
decided
to
end
that
status
for
six
different
countries,
despite
the
fact
that
the
conditions
in
those
countries
really
had
not
improved,
and
this
is
what
we
see
on
the
next
slide
in
the
top
half.
D
Most
of
them
are
from
El,
Salvador
and
Haiti,
and
this
is
relevant
because,
even
though
we
think
of
TPS
per
the
name
as
being
a
temporary
program,
El
Salvadoran
Haiti
have
had
TPS
continuously
for
10
to
20
years.
So
these
people
have
been
you
know,
contributing
members
of
our
communities.
They've
been
living
here
continuously.
D
And
the
nice
thing
about
the
humanitarian
protection
programs
is
that,
unlike
daca
and
TP
s
being
temporary
status
programs,
they
do
offer
a
pathway
to
citizenship.
For
these
really
particularly
vulnerable
people
that
have
fled
their
homes.
But
the
humanitarian
programs
also
give
an
enormous
amount
of
authority
to
the
executive
branch,
particularly
to
the
president.
In
terms
of
how
to
operate
these
programs-
and
unsurprisingly,
the
Trump
administration-
also
took
advantage
of
this,
and
this
is
what
we
see
on
this
next
slide.
D
Probably
the
single
most
impactful
restriction
to
come
out
of
the
Trump
administration
was
to
lower
refugee
admissions
to
the
lowest
level
since
the
inception
of
the
refugee
admissions
program.
At
a
time
when
global
refugees
have
now
swelled
to
a
population
of
20
million
people,
the
Trump
administration
said:
okay,
let's
take
twenty
thousand
just
an
incredible
decision
there,
and
this
is
also
playing
out
here
in
Massachusetts,
where
we
see
since
the
Trump
administration
took
office.
D
Refugee
admissions
to
our
state
fell
by
eighty
six
percent
and,
of
course,
they
continued
and
took
their
focus
to
the
asylum
system
and
similar
to
the
global
refugee
population.
The
number
of
asylum
cases
has
been
on
the
rise,
and
this
is
what
we
see
next,
since
2010,
the
number
of
asylum
cases
has
increased
500%
and
what
is
the
Trump
administration
done?
D
They've
undermined
the
asylum
system
first
by
making
victims
of
domestic
and
gang
violence
ineligible
for
asylum
protections.
This
came
through
former
attorney
general
Jeff
Sessions.
Of
course
it
was
overturned,
but
it
still
had
an
impact.
Next,
they
attempted
to
implement
a
total
Asylum
ban
for
border
crossers.
It's
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
people
that
are
coming
to
seek
asylum
protections
are
often
fleeing
for
their
lives,
and
so
Asylum
law
establishes
that
you
can
make
your
claim
on
u.s.
land,
regardless
of
how
you
enter
the
country.
So
this
was
contrary
to
Asylum
law.
D
Next,
probably
the
most
cruel
and
impactful
restriction
that
came
from
the
administration
was
separating
the
thousands
of
children
from
their
parents
at
the
border
that
were
coming
to
seek
protection
and
putting
them
in
detention
facilities
and
causing
an
incredible
amount
of
trauma,
and
notably
some
of
these
kids
still
haven't
even
been
reunited
with
their
families.
Today,.
D
Most
recently,
the
Trump
administration
has
worked
to
keep
asylum
seekers
out
of
the
United
States
altogether,
so
that
they
can't
even
get
to
make
their
claim
and
then,
when
they
finally
do
get
a
chance
to
make
their
claim.
The
wait
in
Mexico
policy
is
forcing
them
to
remain
in
Mexican
border
towns
that
are
relatively
unstable
to
begin
with,
and
what
we're
seeing
is
really
a
developing
humanitarian
crisis
with
thousands
of
people
getting
backlogged
at
the
border,
and
this
is
what
we
see
right
here
on
this
next
slide.
D
Think
this
just
paints
a
really
poignant
picture
of
the
way
that
you
know
we
oftentimes
get
abstracted
into
our
data
and
our
policies
in
all
of
those
complexities,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
talking
about
human
beings,
we're
talking
about
families
and
we're
talking
about
kids
that
are
just
trying
to
come
and
have
a
better
life
for
that
for
themselves
and
for
their
future.
So
with
that,
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
my
colleague,
Andre
Lima.
E
Thanks
Trevor
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
me,
my
name
is
Anthony
Lima
I'm,
the
policy
and
research
director
for
the
mayor's
office
of
Health
and
Human
Services
and
I'm.
Gonna
walk
us
through
a
procedural
change
that
the
Trump
administration
is
attempting
to
make
to
what's
called
the
public
charge,
grounds
of
inadmissibility,
there's
a
long-standing
provision
in
the
Immigration
and
Nationality
Act
that
can
disqualify
immigrants
from
either
entering
the
country
or
obtaining
a
green
card
if
they're
likely
to
become
what's
called
a
public
charge,
which
is
a
term
used
by
u.s.
E
immigration
officials
to
refer
to
an
individual
that
is
considered
primarily
dependent
on
the
government
for
subsistence.
So
when
an
immigration
officer
reviews
an
individual's
application
for
a
green
card,
they
apply.
What's
called
the
public
charge
test,
which
is
meant
to
determine
whether
the
applicant
is
likely
to
become
dependent
on
the
government
in
the
future
and
in
this
census
of
prospective
tests
and
it's
within
under
their
discretion,
to
deny
the
application
if
they
deem
the
applicant
likely
to
become
a
public
charge
and
in
making
this
determination.
E
Currently,
immigration
officials
may
consider
the
use
of
programs
on
the
Left
when
deciding
whether
someone
is
likely
to
become
a
public
charge.
However,
in
October
on
October
10th
of
2018,
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
published
a
proposed
new
rule
that
would
broaden
the
definition
of
a
pub
charge
to
include
a
use
of
a
wider
range
of
public
benefits
programs,
including
absolutely
critical
nutrition
and
health
programs
like
Snap
and
some
public
health
insurance.
Those
are
some
of
those
are
listed
on
the
right
now.
E
There's
one
immediate
concern,
which
is
that
people
may
be
denied
a
green
card
because
of
their
use
of
certain
public
benefits
and
if
they're
unable
to
adjust
their
immigration
status,
their
current
status
would
eventually
lapse
and
they
would
become
deportable
now.
This
is
worrisome
and
cruel,
but
I
just
want
to
zoom
out
for
a
moment
to
focus
on
the
broader
implications
of
this
proposed
rule,
based
on
our
experience
with
past
immigration,
reforms
and
policies
that
specifically
target
immigrant
communities.
It's
reasonable
to
expect,
and
we're
already
receiving
anecdotal
evidence
from
community
partners
to
attest
to
this.
E
It's
reasonable
to
expect
that
the
proposed
change
will
discourage
immigrants
from
accessing
health,
nutrition
and
social
services,
regardless
of
whether
or
not
they
would
be
directly
impacted
by
the
rule
change.
This
is
what
we
call
the
a
chilling
effect
and
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
scale.
This
chart
shows
the
estimated
chilled
population
of
Massachusetts,
which
is
defined
here
as
the
number
of
people
who
live
in
a
family
comprised
of
at
least
one
non
citizen
and
have
received
food,
health
or
housing
benefits.
E
As
you
can
see
about
half
a
million
people
in
Massachusetts,
many
of
them
u.s.
citizen
children
of
immigrants
might
be
negatively
impacted
as
families
choose
to
disenroll
from
critical
programs
for
fear
that
they
might
put
themselves
at
risk
by
continuing
to
use
them
and
I'll.
Just
mention
briefly
as
a
final
point
that
large
scale
disenrollment
from
health
programs
represents
a
real
public
health
risk,
because
when
people
discontinue
treatment
for
chronic
and
infectious
diseases,
the
health
of
whole
communities,
that
means
towns,
cities
and
states
can
be
endangered.
E
Now,
in
addition
to
these
changes
to
the
public
charge
rule,
there
are
a
handful
of
additional
procedural
changes
to,
and
restrictions
on,
legal
immigration
that
the
trumpet
Mesa
administration
has
attempted
to
make,
and
those
are
detailed
in
the
report.
But
I
want
to
close
this
section
of
the
presentation
by
talking
briefly
about
how
cities
and
states
can
work
to
better
support
their
immigrant
communities.
E
Such
local
actions
include
allowing
undocumented
to
pay
in-state
tuition
at
public
institutions
of
higher
learning
and
helping
foreign
trained
professionals
navigate
the
state
credentialing
system
so
that
they
can
work
in
the
fields
of
their
specialty.
We
can
also
support
immigrants
by
helping
them
navigate
the
legal,
the
legal
system,
because
immigration
law
is
civil,
not
criminal,
immigrants
and
deportation
proceedings
are
not
affording
to
afford
an
attorney
if
they
cannot
afford
them
it
themselves.
E
As
a
result,
many
people
go
unrepresented
in
immigration
court
or
have
to
represent
themselves,
and,
unsurprisingly,
a
person
is
much
much
more
likely
to
win
their
case
if
they
have
a
lawyer
and
in
many
cases
this
means
winning
some
form
of
immigration
relief
for
which
they
qualify.
In
fact,
immigrants
in
Massachusetts
are
six
times
more
likely
to
win
a
deportation
case
if
they
have
legal
representation.
So,
as
you
can
see,
a
representation
in
immigration
court
is
absolutely
critical,
and
access
to
legal
representation
is
a
real
obstacle.
F
F
12
2017
assured
in
a
new
federal
administration
which
took
Swift
and
alarming
administrative
actions
that
threaten
the
rights
and
well-being
of
our
immigrant
communities.
In
response,
a
funder
gathering
was
held
here
at
the
Boston
foundation
in
partnership
with
philanthropy
Massachusetts
and
a
number
of
local
funders
to
help
build
awareness
of
the
nature
of
these
threats.
How
our
nonprofit
and
public
partners
were
responding
and
what
philanthropy
could
do
to
rise
to
the
occasion.
F
As
today's
report
highlighted,
a
number
of
efforts
were
catalyzed
in
response
in
this
morning's
panel,
you
will
hear
from
partners
advancing
one
of
these
efforts:
the
Greater
Boston
immigrant
defense
fund,
a
public-private
partnership
launched
by
their
while
in
partnership
with
the
Massachusetts
legal
assistance
corporation
and
the
Massachusetts
law
reform
Institute,
with
support
from
local
and
national
funders.
Since
its
launch
in
fall
of
2017,
the
funds
partners
have
worked
to
bring
together
direct
legal
aid
with
kamini
outreach
and
organizing
to
build
our
region's
capacity
to
protect
and
defend
immigrant
rights.
F
Here
in
the
Commonwealth,
an
effort
made
all
the
more
critical
in
this
climate
of
ever
shifting
an
increasingly
hostile
federal
policy.
Our
panelists
will
share
more
of
that
story
with
you
today.
It
is
my
honor
now
to
introduce
our
esteemed
moderator,
I
might
just
say:
I
got
Asiya
editorial
writer
for
the
Boston
Globe,
who
will
lead
our
panel
discussion
as
a
first
Latina
ever
to
serve
on
the
Boston
Globe
editorial
board.
Marcela
has
brought
her
expert,
bilingual
journalism
and
nuanced
perspective
to
immigration
policy
and
other
issues
of
concern
to
the
Latino
community.
F
G
Thank
you
night.
That
was
a
very,
very
kind
introduction
and
thank
you
to
the
Boston
foundation
for
hosting
this
important
discussion
this
morning.
I'm
gonna
briefly
introduce
our
panelists
here,
but
you
should
know
that
there
are
bios
more
extensive
bios
for
them
in
your
program.
First,
we
have
Meg
Morton,
who
is
a
staff
attorney
with
the
Greater
Boston
Legal
Services
Gladys
Vega
executive
director
of
the
Chelsea
collaborative
Michael
Ravi,
who
is
the
director
of
data
and
policy
analysis
of
the
Massachusetts
legal
assistance,
Corporation
and
edie's
Gomez
senior
staff
attorney
with
the
Massachusetts
law
reform
Institute.
G
So,
let's
just
dive
into
it.
I
wanted
to
begin
with
a
question
for
both
Meg
and
ETS
and
feel
free
to
to
jump.
If
you
guys
also
have
points
to
make,
but
I
wanted
to
ask
because
you're
directly
doing
legal
aid
work,
you
know
with
support
of
this
immigrant
phone.
Can
you
tell
us
how
that
word
that
you're
providing
to
the
immigrant
community?
How
has
that
been
shaped
by
this
shifting
policy
landscape
that
we
heard
described
in
the
report
so
feel
free
to.
H
Okay,
I
guess
I'll
start
I
would
say
our
work
has
been
shaped
in
every
possible
way
by
the
shifting
landscape
at
Greater
Boston
legal
services.
We
we
represent
low-income
people
in
the
Greater
Boston
area,
in
a
variety
all
types
of
civil,
non
criminal
matters,
including
housing,
elder
law,
family
law,
employment
matters
and
such
and
also
in
our
in
my
area
and
immigration.
And
since
this
administration
took
office,
I
really
can't
and
started
to
pass
the
policies.
H
H
About
two
weeks
after
President
Trump
was
inaugurated,
we
started
seeing
a
new
policy
where
people
were
not
being
released
after
a
finding
of
their
credible
fear,
but
instead
were
being
incarcerated,
and
my
first
encounter
with
that
was
a
couple
from
a
country
in
central
Africa
who
had
been
persecuted
and
she
had
been
tortured
by
government
officers,
and
it
was
an
extreme
case
of
persecution
and
they
were
both
placed
in
different
prisons.
Here
in
the
Boston
area,
she
spoke
only
her
tribal
language
and
so
having
an
interpreter
for
her
was
very
difficult.
H
She
was
completely
isolated
in
the
prison
facility
by
her
language
limitations
and
also
traumatized
in
the
presence
of
uniformed
people
because
of
what
she
just
escaped
a
prison.
The
prison
medical
staff
determined
that
she
was
being
retro,
Mathai
z'd
in
the
prison
and
then
in
fact,
she
had
a
complete
psychotic
break.
H
So
our
policy
caused
her
more
harm,
and
we
we
appealed
to
ice
to
let
her
out,
under
these
circumstances,
arguing
that
she
posed
no
danger
to
the
community
and
she
wasn't
a
flight
risk
because
she
wanted
her
moment
to
seek
asylum
and
she
we
were
refused
and
the
ice
officer
who
was
responsible
for
her
case
that
he
was
surprised
because
it
looked
like
the
kind
of
case
that
should
go
forward
with
a
release.
They
ultimately
received
asylum,
but
the
suffering
that
they
went
through
for
that
process
was
intense
and
that's
not
an
isolated
case.
H
That's
one
example
though
another
example
I'm
having
right
now
is
a
woman
who,
in
the
past,
she
came
into
the
country
fleeing
forced
prostitution
and
other
severe
persecution
in
in
the
past.
If
she
had
come
to
the
attention
of
ice
officers,
she
would
have
been
given
a
notice
to
appear
in
immigration
court
and
she
would
have
probably
come
to
our
office
or
some
other
legal
services
organization
talked
about
her
situation.
We
would
have
developed
her
case.
We
would
have
worked
with
her
over
time
and
then
presented
her
case
to
the
court.
H
Instead,
what
happened
to
her
is
when
she
she
came
to
the
attention
of
ice
in
one
of
these
situations,
where
someone
has
a
reason
to
go
into
a
Massachusetts
Court,
a
Massachusetts
state
court.
In
her
case,
it
was
because
she
was
charged
with
assault,
but
the
person
she's
charged
with
assaulting
is
the
person
who
trafficked
her
into
the
country
she's
a
victim
of
sex
trafficking
and
then
repeatedly
raped
and
abused
her.
H
So
in
the
context
of
what
has
happened
to
her,
of
course,
she
shouldn't
be
charged
with
assault,
but
in
any
event,
she
had
all
this
fear
of
going
to
any
kind
of
authorities,
because
she'd
been
warned
that
in
this
climate
that
could
cause
her
to
be
deported.
So
she
ended
up
when
she
went
to
Massachusetts
state
court
for.
I
H
There's
often
saying
that
the
reason
they're
doing
doing.
That
is
because
these
are
people
who
have
committed
crimes
and
it's
for
our
public
safety,
for
our
wealth
that
the
community's
welfare.
But
what
we're
seeing
is
it's
really
just
a
more
expeditious
way
to
deport
people,
because
what
happens
when
someone's
in
detention-
and
so
you
see
like
the
example-
I
gave
she's
truly
not
a
danger
to
the
community
but
she's
being
treated
as
though
she
is.
She
wasn't.
H
She
wasn't
detain
on
the
assault
charge,
so
the
police
and
the
community
don't
consider
her
a
threat
to
the
community,
but
she
is
in
detention
solely
for
purposes
of
her
over
some
visa
overstay
and
because
she's
undocumented.
So
in
in
that
case,
what
happens
is
we
have
a
very
limited
amount
of
time
to
prepare
her
case
and
it's
very
difficult,
she's
an
hour
and
a
half
from
Boston
now
so
every
time
I
go
to
meet
her
takes
three
hours.
It's.
It
becomes
a
much
more
difficult
case.
Also,
it's
not
just
an
immigration
case.
H
Now
she
has
concerns
about
the
welfare
of
her
child,
so
we've
been
involving
family
law
attorneys
as
well.
Her
the
man
who
is
her
alleged
victim
also
threatened
her
partner,
saying
if
he
took
any
steps
against
him,
he
would
report
him
to
ice.
So
now
we're
trying
to
work
with
the
Attorney
General's
Office
and
the
Civil
Rights
Division,
so
it
becomes
a
much
larger
case.
Each
time
we
represent
somebody.
J
G
K
I
just
want
to
connect
what
meg
is
saying
which
is
so
critical
to
showing
the
difference
a
lawyer
makes,
and
also
the
increased
cost
for
legal
services
that
this
administration
has
imposed,
because
now
attorney
have
to
do
a
greater
deeper
dive
into
many
areas
of
a
client's
case
that
perhaps
they
didn't
have
to
before.
But
I
wanted
to
connect
back
to
the
areas
of
policy
change
that
the
report
highlighted,
which
I
think
did
a
very
nice
job
for
you,
guys
of
breaking
down
and
bucketing
some
of
the
areas
of
policy
change.
K
K
Senator
Markey
has
a
list
of
all
of
the
policy
changes
footnoted
over
the
last
two
and
a
half
years
and
I
counted
over
30
policy
changes
in
all
of
these
areas
and
more
so
not
only
the
attorneys
but
the
community
groups.
All
13
of
the
GB
IDF
grantees
have
been
besieged
by
immigrant
families
who
are
affected
by
multiple
policies.
So
you
heard
Meg
talking
about
the
asylum
changes,
but
our
TPS
and
our
daca
families
also
have
opportunities
that
are
being
closed
off
to
seek
asylum.
K
Some
of
them
are
persecution,
victims
too
many
of
them
have
US,
citizen,
children
and
and
when
they
run
into
hard
times,
they
need
to
access
housing
and
they
need
to
access
healthcare
programs
and
they
are
being
chilled
from
accessing
those
programs
and
nourishing
their
families
and
taking
care
of
their
families.
Health.
Out
of
the
fear
that
has
been
generated
in
that
the
community
groups
have
had
to
respond
to
as
well.
So
it's
the
the
pace
and
the
scope
of
policy
change
that
has
really
changed.
The
ballgame
here.
G
I'm
glad
you
know
so
a
chelsa
collaborative
you
being
at
the
frontlines
working
with
the
community
for
years
you
know
pre,
Trump
and
now,
obviously,
with
all
these
challenges
and
barriers
thrown
of
the
immigrant
community,
can
you
tell
us:
how
has
your
organization
approached
this?
You
know
barrage
of
policy
changes
and
what
are
you
seeing
in
terms
of
what
the
immigrant
communities
needs
are
and
what
are
you
doing
to
support
it
like
how?
How
is
it
working
at
the
ground
level,
so.
J
I
have
to
say
that
first
I
am
grateful
for
the
establishment
of
the
fund,
because,
since
the
election
of
this
administration,
the
community
of
Chelsea
went
into
lots
of
tears,
I
never
thought
that
publicly
I
will
shed
some
tears
were
members
of
our
community
because
of
the
fear
of
ice
in
our
community
on
TV
on
the
courts
in
the
sense
of
loss
and
hope
in
hopelessness.
There
was
no
hope
it
was.
J
It
has
been
one
of
those
one
of
those
situations
where,
if
people
don't
come
to
our
office,
we
have
to
be
innovative
and
we
go
out
to
them
so,
for
example,
for
example,
when
we
think
about
what
makes
America
great
again
for
me,
it's
what
we
have
here,
a
group
of
people
working
together
to
address
the
issue
of
inhumane
policies.
They
keep
attacking
families,
they
keep
separating
families
and
what
we
have
done
it
Chelsea
has
been
a
little
bit
different.
J
J
They
have
an
ice
agent
in
the
Chelsea
court
system,
where
Center
is
set
in
2007
we
became
sanctuary,
so
immigration
was
unheard
of
like
immigration
agents
in
our
city,
there's
no
way
we
have
an
amazing
city
manager
to
Ambrose
II
know
we
have
a
chief
of
police
who
has
been
like
the
the
exemplary
chief
in
terms
of
community
policing
and
working
with
undocumented
families
and
stuff
and
the
superintendent.
So
we
have
all
that
cover.
We
have
earned
the
trust,
but
here
comes,
you
know,
ice
agents
to
our
court.
So
what
happens?
J
Is
people
are
afraid
of
going
to
court
victims
of
crime
witness
of
crimes?
People
are
not
speaking
about
what
they
see
or
what
they
hear,
because
they
are
afraid.
We
had
a
situation
recently
that
I'm
that
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it
doesn't
get
sort
of
like
reported,
but
in
in
terms
of
because
it's
under
investigation
still
but
167
families
went
to
this
church.
They
were
in
members
of
a
Christian
Church.
They
wanted
to
buy
a
building
for
the
church
they
put
together.
Approximately
what
they
thought
it
was
97
thousand
dollars.
J
It
happened
to
be
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
and
every
every
month
they
would
give
for
the
temple
and
then
every
Sunday
they
would
be
offerings
to
to
maintain
the
church
so
to
maintain
the
rental
unit
that
they
were
renting
as
they
were
getting
the
building.
So
what
happens?
The
pastor
disappeared?
J
Well,
they,
the
parishioners,
began
to
ask
questions
to
the
pastor.
What
is
the
bank
balance?
When
are
we
getting
the
church?
Have
you
talked
to
their
landlord?
Where
we
are
now
he's
putting
the
this
building
for
sale?
Can
we
make
an
offer
I?
Think
we
close
to
one
hundred
thousand
one
of
the
treasurer
says
you
know
I'm
only
collecting
money
but
I,
don't
see
any
financial
statements.
J
I,
don't
see
anything
I'm
a
community
person,
but
my
name
is
be
news,
so
two
of
them
came
to
the
Chelsea
collaborative,
and
one
of
them
in
particular,
was
afraid
of
approaching
me.
So
what
we
decided
to
do
with
my
board
president,
who
happens
to
be
a
detective
of
Mexican
descent
from
the
Chelsea
own
Police
Department,
so
she
said
Gladys.
If
people
are
not
coming
to
us
and
if
we
know
that
this
is
a
large
Church,
let's
go
to
them.
So
we
said
you
know
what
you
and
I
I
trust
the
members
of
the
community.
J
I'm
gonna,
take
this
case
on
my
own,
although
I
run
their
organization
and
we're
gonna
knock
on
doors
and
we're
gonna
ask
these
parishioners
these
people
to
speak
up
and
to
tell
us
what
what
is
happening
because
they
were
afraid
of
going
to
court
and
we're
afraid
of
pressing
charges.
So
when
we
approached
the
district
attorney
under
the
racial
Rollins
administration,
she
gave
us
two
days
on
a
Sunday
I
want
two
consecutive
Sunday.
We
went
out
to
our
neighborhoods.
We
knock
on
those
doors
he's
done.
J
His
Sue's
and
other
members
of
the
church
gave
us
a
list
of
people
that
they
knew
they
had
given
money,
so
they
had
given
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
dollars
for
the
temple,
sixty-five
thousand
dollars
of
operating
for
almost
two
and
a
half
years.
The
remaining
balance
of
those
two
accounts
is
forty
three
dollars
in
one
of
the
accounts
and
twenty
three
dollars
on
the
other.
The
church
money
has
gone
disappeared.
The
pastor
has
also
disappeared.
He
happens
to
be.
J
We
know
that
he's
somewhere
in
Escondido
California,
which
in
Spanish
Escondido
means
hidden
so
he's
hiding
in
Escondido
California,
and
we
are
waiting
and
we're
waiting
now
to
extradite
him.
But
the
worst
thing
about
this
is
that
we
did
everything
very
innovative,
not
going
to
court,
because
people
were
so
fearful
about
going
to
court
about
being
faced
with
isolation.
So
what
we
did
is
what
we
know
best
knock
on
doors.
J
Get
our
community
together
meet
at
a
place
where
people
feel
comfortable
at
a
news,
our
partners,
our
legal
partners,
because
I
tell
you
with
our
legal
partners.
We
have
no
community,
we
have
no
access
to
justice,
and
that
is
why
I'm
grateful
that
we
together
everyone
here,
the
Boston
foundation,
the
Boston
immigrant
defense
fund,
hyeon's,
Phoenicians
and
Miller
furnish
all
these
partners.
Really
they
get
this
stuff,
and
this
is
why
this
case
has
been
a
little
bit.
Successful.
J
G
Going
back
to
the
phone:
let's
talk
about
the
the
fund
and
how
it
actually
works.
Gladys
and
Meg.
Can
you
guys
talk
a
little
bit
about?
You
were
talking
about
the
importance
of
legal
partners
right,
you
guys
have
a
collaboration.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
how
that
works
in
supporting
immigrants?
And
you
know
what
does
that
collaboration?
Look.
H
Like
we
at
Greater
Boston,
Legal
Services,
as
is
true
of
the
other
legal
service
providers
who
are
receipt
recipients
of
the
of
the
fund
money,
we
we
have
a
presence
with
our
community
partners,
particularly
with
Chelsea
collaborative.
We
go
there
to
meet
people
who
need
legal
services
for
their
intakes,
so
we
go
into
the
community
and
into
the
communities
in
this
case
in
Chelsea,
and
we
we
talked
to
people
there
and
environment
where
they're,
comfortable
and
don't
feel
fear
of
coming
forward.
For
many
people
even
coming
to
our
office
is.
L
H
citizen
children
often
so
we
need
the
support
and
the
coordination
with
our
community
partners,
but
it
makes
it
possible
for
us
to
save
some
time
in
identifying
clients
through
the
partnership
and
also
it
each
of
the
cases
that
I'm
working
on
now
of
people
who
are
in
detention
are
people
that
I
I
learned
of
through
one
of
our
community
partners.
The
need
for
legal
representation
for
people
in
every
aspect
of
immigration
is
overwhelming,
if
it's
especially
so
for
cases
in
detention,
and
we
just
can't
screen
everybody
who's
in
detention.
H
And
if
you
go
to
the
hallway
at
the
immigration
court-
and
you
see
the
list
of
cases
before
the
immigration
judges
each
week,
there's
everyone's
attorney
is
listed
and
if
you
look
at
the
detained
cases,
almost
it's
very
few.
People
have
lawyers.
So
it's
it's
a
real
crisis.
So
we
rely
on
the
Chelsea
collaborative
and
other
organizations
and
the
fund
to
help
us
become
aware
of
the
people
who
are
in
most
need
who
are
in
detention
and
a
risk
of
being
a
deported.
G
To
clarify
something
I
mean:
maybe
this
is
just
me
in
you
know:
I
don't
want
to
get
into
the
weeds
or
anything,
but
there
is
an
Inc.
You
know
an
increasing
amount
of
people
in
detention.
Why
is
that
I
mean
it
wasn't
the
case
before
right
and
so
because
there's
been
a
systematic
effort
at
the
training
people
and
make
them
more
eligible
for
deportation
faster.
Is
that
thick?
Is
that
why
they
end
up
in
detention
faster
or
what
is
the
sort
of
underlying.
K
Executive
orders
that
our
president
signed
was
an
executive
order
that
changed
the
priorities
for
for
removal
and
consequently
eliminated
priorities
in
the
past
under
the
prior
administration,
in
theory
at
least,
and
then
largely
in
practice.
Individuals
with
significant
criminal
histories
were
the
priority,
and
the
elimination
of
those
standards
meant
that
everybody
is
eligible.
H
Have
a
woman
I
just
went
to
an
ice
check-in
with
she
came
into
the
country.
She,
it
was
like
her
third
or
fourth
attempt
to
come
into
the
country,
she's,
so
desperate
to
escape
certain
death
she's,
a
victim
of
persecution,
but
each
time
she
came
in,
she
was
not
given
an
opportunity.
Contrary
to
our
law
and
international
treaties
were
party
to.
She
was
not
given
an
opportunity
to
express
her
fear
and
to
say
why
she
needed
asylum
she's
now
being
treated
like
a
criminal
entrant
because
of
her
repeat
attempts
to
enter.
H
She
got
a
nice
instruction
after
a
few
months
later
to
come
with
airline
tickets
to
the
Burlington
office,
and
that's
when
we
met
her
and
I
went
I
called
the
ice
officer
ahead
of
time
and
said
she
needs
to
be
given
a
screening
to
seek
asylum
she's
asking
for
a
screening
to
seek
asylum
and
she's
entitled
to
that
she's
tried
five
or
six
times
now.
You
need
to
do
it
and
he
said
no
she's.
H
She
wants
that
she's
going
to
have
to
go
into
detention,
we're
going
to
detain
her
I
said
well,
she
has
a
breastfeeding
baby
and
he
said
well.
She
can't
hide
behind
that
baby.
So
I
ended
up
going
to
the
check-in
with
her
and
we
negotiated
and
they
didn't
take
her
into
detention,
but
it
just.
It
was
illustrated
the
point
that
she's
being
treated
as
though
she's
a
criminal
when
she's
really
here
just
to
seek
asylum
and
she's
asking
for
the
screening
she's
not
trying
to
hide
from
the
process.
H
H
Example
or
it
being
used
for
purposes
of
deportation,
and
so
also
when
you're,
when
you're,
seeing
part
of
the
report
that
you
will
see,
if
you,
when
you
read
it,
and
it's
important,
is
that
it's
not
just
these
new
policies
on
daca
or
TPS
or
asylum
that
we're
talking
about
here.
We're
also
talking
about
people
going
through
the
ordinary
process
of
adjusting
to
permanent
residents
into
applying
for
citizenship.
Now,.
H
G
C
G
Again
so
Michael,
let
me
turn
again
to
the
fund.
So
your
organization,
the
Masters
legal
assistance
Corporation,
has
been
charged
with
managing
this
fund
and
monitoring
its
impact.
So
can
you
share
with
us?
What
are
you
seeing
in
terms
of
early
outcomes
from
fun
partners
and
how
has
have
the
funds
coordinated
approach
to
legal
aid?
You
know
in
turn,
have
had
an
impact
in
the
individuals
who
are
being
served.
Certainly.
M
Before
I
jump
on
that,
I'd
like
to
just
tell
folks
who
may
not
know
that
much
about
legal
services
like
what
legal
services
is
I,
think
there's
a
lot
of
new
faces
in
the
room,
and
so
in
Massachusetts
legal
services
is
made
up
of
a
network
of
nonprofit
legal
aid
offices,
they're
spread
all
around
the
Commonwealth
and
they
cover
the
entire
Commonwealth
they're.
All
independent
and
the
legal
aid
offices
that
are
part
of
this
project
are
located
in
the
sort
of
eastern
half
Massachusetts.
M
So
this
this
project,
the
Greater
Boston
immigration,
Defense
Fund,
is
able
had
sufficient
funding
to
staff
up
legal
aid
offices
as
well
as
community
organizations
sort
of
in
the
eastern
half.
There
is
a
significant
immigration
population
in
the
western
half
of
Massachusetts.
That
is
also
going.
Maybe
underserved
I.
N
M
It's
the
numbers
are
pretty
astounding
that
that
how
underserved
this
population
is
when
you
look
at
the
what's
going
on
in
the
court,
so
so
this
this
particular
project
mm
Lac,
which
is
a
an
entity
through
which
funding
flows
to
those
legal
aid
offices.
So
we
are
the
primary
source
of
funding
for
most
legal
aid
in
Massachusetts
and
this
particular
project
funding.
M
O
M
What
we,
what
we
characterized
this
positive
outcomes,
we
think
that's
important
to
know
what
are
the
what's
the
good
things
that
are
happening
as
a
result
of
this
work,
there's
nearly
seven
hundred
positive
outcomes
for
the
three
hundred
and
four
cases
that
have
been
open
so
far
and-
and
that
is
I-
think
pretty
pretty
substantial.
It
includes
things
like
deportations,
having
been
prevented,
deportations
having
been
delayed
that
individuals
with
no
legal
status
gained
legal
status
through
the
advocacy
that
they
received
or
people
with
legal
status
that
was
threatened,
were
able
to
preserve
that
legal
status.
M
Was
their
family
reunified
or
was
family
unity
preserved?
Things
like
that?
We
paid
close
attention
to
and
the
you'll
see
in
the
papers
that
have
been
handed
out
that
there
been
some
very,
very
significant
results
on
the
on
the
outcome
aside
and
the
second
part
of
your
question
had
to
do
with
how
the
how
this
model
has
worked.
M
C
N
M
Lack
is
really
perfectly
positioned
because
we've
been
around
for
thirty
five
plus
years,
administering
funding
for
legal
aid
programs,
collecting
data
on
the
work
of
legal
aid
programs,
and
so
these
collaboratives,
with
their
vision,
speak
to
us
and
say
this
is
what
we
want
to
do.
Can
you
handle
the
funding
part?
G
G
G
M
M
So
far,
our
research
and
the
costs
associated
with
our
work
were
around
1,800
dollars
a
case
so
we're
good
deal,
but
we're
also,
but
we
also
but
I,
think
this
for
a
very
good
reason:
we're
really
good
at
it.
You
know
there
are
these,
these
legal
aid
folks
and,
and
these
community
organizers
really
know
what
they're
doing
and-
and
they
bring
to
bear
I
feel
like
I'm
going
off
on
a
tangent
here,
but
they
bring
to
bear
the
full
menu
of
legal
aid.
M
So,
within
this
this
network
alone,
I
think
there
was
nearly
a
thousand
referrals
within
the
network
that
were
made
to
each
other.
Now
you
you
see
that
we
open
three
hundred
and
four
cases,
so
what
was
happening
to
those
other
referrals?
Well,
what
was
happening
to
other
referrals?
Those
people
were
getting
help
in
the
domestic
violence
unit,
with
their
domestic
violence
case
or
in
their
health
care
unit.
With
their
health
issue
cases.
You
know
there
there's
just
this
tremendous
menu
of.
M
C
G
So
I'm
gonna
throw
a
question
to
all
of
you
and
feel
free
to
jump
in,
or
you
know
with
your
answers.
Let's
talk
about,
imagine
emerging
threats.
What
do
you
see
as
the
next
sort
of
you
know,
cruel
policy
coming
or
things
that
we
need
to
be
paying
attention
to
in
this
coming
year?
You
know
that
we
should
be
prepared
of
as
an
advocate
community
and
for
the
fund
and
and
also
what
advice
do
you
have
for
funders
who
are
seeking
ways
to
support
our
immigrant
communities
in
responding
to
the
is
emerging
threats?
Can.
K
K
Mixed-Status
families
no
longer
permit
this
arrangement
of
paying
your
your
share
anymore.
This
will
have
a
tremendously
negative
impact,
not
just
on
these
families
but
on
our
city
on
our
communities.
How
are
we
going
to
respond
to
that?
So?
The
very
first
thing
is
to
submit
public
comments
opposing
this
rule
that
are
due
by
July,
9th
I
encourage
everyone.
If
you
want
to
contact
me,
there
are
other
resources,
I'm
sure
the
city
is
leading
an
effort
to
respond.
J
I
would
say
so.
First
I
would
just
to
answer
some
other
stuff
on
deportations
that
you
were
mentioning.
Yeah
I
actually
think
that
they're,
the
reason
where
we
keep
sort
of
like
keeping
people
in
detention
centers
because
they
have
a
cost
everyone
there
has
an
individual
class
and
we
need
to
keep
someone
who's
rich,
wealthier
and
I
actually
think
that
that
contributes
to
that
I
also
have
to
say
that,
in
terms
of
solutions,
I
actually
think
that
we
cannot
always
blame
the
horrible
administration
that
is
in
the
white
house.
J
We
also
have
to
take
responsibility
for
what
we
have
not
done
in
Massachusetts
in
Massachusetts,
an
immigration
policy
yeah
there
reflects
the
needs
of
the
community.
We
haven't
passed
a
driver's
license,
we
haven't
done
a
stay
in
state
work,
so
I
think
that
I
think
that
we
cannot
ignore
the
fact
that
we
have
to
do
our
own
stuff
in
our
own
state.
G
And
I'll
ask
something
else:
just
to
add
a
little
bit
of
context
to
your
to
your
very
you
know.
Very
you
know.
Important
comments
is
that
you
know
I've
been
here
for
close
to
20
years
and
I've
been
working
as
a
journalist
for
more
than
10
and
for
10
years
I've
watched
the
driver's
license
bill
go
in
and
out
of
the
State
House
without
no
action
whatsoever.
10
years
at
least
you
can
look
it
up
and
same
with
in-state
tuition,
and
this
obviously
predates
Trump.
G
This
bill
has
not
even
received
a
hearing,
yet
at
the
Statehouse
it's
still
sitting
there.
The
governor
has
said
he's
not
he's
going
to
be
to
it,
but
the
legislature
has
an
opportunity
to
you
know
not
only
make
a
statement
but
but
change
the
lives
of
many
many
immigrants
here
in
Massachusetts.
The
driver's
license
bill
is
a
hugely
important
piece
of
legislation
and
yes,
we
need
legal
aid.
G
We
got
to
face
all
these
emerging
threats,
but
this
is
something
tangible
that
would
change
the
life
of
many
immigrants
there,
who
would
literally
give
them
the
chance
to
do
their
jobs,
and
so
it's
baffling
to
me
I
totally
share
your
outrage
because
again
that
bill
has
language
in
the
legislature
for
not
for
two
three
four
years
for
nearly
ten
years
and
right
now
hasn't
even
has
a
hearing
date.
So
I
think
that
your
point
is
very
well
taken.
Other
states
have
done
in
New.
G
York
is
about
to
do
this,
the
driver's
license
for
undocumented,
so
we
there's
no
way
we,
you
know,
there's
no
reason
why
we
shouldn't
do
it
so
I
appreciate
your
comments
and
I
hope
everyone
is
going
to
go
home
and
call
your
legislators
immediately
advocacy
right.
You
know
it's
one
thing
to
say
that
we
all
support
it.
We
all
get
behind
it,
but
we
need
to
do
our
part.
So
going
back
to
the
sorry.
J
H
I
think
one
I
mean
it's
hard
to
even
say
what's
emerging,
because
all
of
this
has
been
a
progression
short
beginning.
It's
like
here.
It's
here,
it's
happening,
so
family
separation
is
still
happening.
We
met
with
someone
this
week,
who's
trying
to
have
her
7
year
old
release,
who's,
who
has
a
neurological
disability,
severely
disabled
child
in
juvenile
center
at
the
border.
So
what's
happening
at
the
border,
is
in
our
communities.
H
Experience
and
life
experience
we're
seeing
people
who
are
fleeing
extreme
violence.
That's
not
criminality!
It's
discrimination,
its
persecution,
it's
targeted
violence,
a
lot
of
which
our
government
had
a
role
in
establishing.
In
our
past
involvement
in
those
countries,
so
these
are
very
complicated
situations
and
each
country
has
its
own
unique
history
and,
and
so
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
about
the
emerging
threat
is
that
it's
still
happening
so?
Was
it
a
hundred
thousand
people
last
month
trying
to
come?
We
have
this.
We
keep
saying,
there's
an
emerging
humanitarian
crisis
at
the
border.
H
It's
not
emerging
it's
happening,
and
meanwhile
we
are
becoming
more
draconian
and
horrific
in
our
response,
and
so
it's
affecting
the
character,
the
soul
of
our
community
life
and
our
country
in
a
way
that
happened,
I'm,
seeing
across
the
board.
There
are
many
very
nice
helpful
civil
servants
involved
in
Department
of
Homeland
Security
and
the
immigration
court,
but
they
are
constrained
as
well.
So
the
woman
I
told
you
about
who's.
Who's
got
the
two
children
and
who's
in
detention.
You
know
she
was.
H
She
was
handed
an
asylum
application
by
the
judge
and
told
fill
this
out
completed
in
a
week.
We'll
consider
your
case.
This
was
before
we
met
her
the
applications
in
English.
She
doesn't
speak
English.
There
were
no
translation
services
available,
so
she
was
one
week
away
from
being
deported
when
we
met
her.
So
this
is
this
is
this
is
causing
people
in
the
in
the
in
the
system
to
behave
in
ways
that
are
yep,
not
good,
yeah
they're,
not
good.
H
J
To
just
mention
real
quickly
there
also
another
emerging
threat
is
that
people
take
advantage
of
the
fear
of
immigration.
So
there's
a
lot
of
fraud
happening.
There
are
communities,
people
are
afraid
of
speaking
out,
so
they
become
victims
of
crimes
because
they're
not
reporting
those
crimes.
So
we
have
to
be
extremely
careful
with
that
in
terms
of
our
legal
expert
and
our
legal
partners
to
make
sure
that
when
we
do
our
workshops
and
and
that
we
talk
about
those
issues
too
they're
being
prayed.
P
G
C
M
In
is
very
real,
as
was
mentioned,
I
think
that
that
is
something
that
is
an
emerging
threat
that
we
really
have
to
pay
close
attention
to.
There
will
be
similarly
a
an
economic
threat
that
is
going
to
be
borne
by
by
this
immigrant
community.
Poverty
is
going
to
explode
if,
if
the
public
charge
rules
have
their
effect,
so
what
funder
can
do
and
what
legal
aid
programs
can
do
and
what
community
organizations
do
sort
of
in
their
sole
is
educate
the
community
about
what
what's
real?
P
M
G
M
G
Before
we
turn
to
the
questions
from
the
audience,
the
indicators
report
outlined
solutions
like
Gladys
mentioned.
One
of
it
is
advocating
for
a
driver's
licenses
for
undocumented
immigrants,
any
other
policy
or
solution
that
you
guys
want
to
highlight
before
we
turn
to
the
audience
for
questions
in-state
tuition,
of
course,
but
any
other
well.
K
Gladys
didn't
mention,
but
also
there's
been
some
systemic
advocacy
in
the
courts
not
just
nationally
but
locally,
and
some
of
the
gb
IDF
grantees
are
critical
leaders
in
that,
and
one
of
those
initiatives
is
the
lawsuit
challenging
the
presence
of
ice
in
Massachusetts
courts,
which
is
really
important.
If,
if
we
can
make
inroads
into
that
so
I
guess
this
is
sort
of
to
echo
what
Michael
is
saying
about.
We
need
to
invest
in
in
this.
K
G
Right
now,
let's
go
to
the
audience
for
questions.
I
should
remind
you,
there's
people
with
microphones
and
if
you
have
a
question
for
Trevor
or
Andre
Cooper
sent
to
the
report,
you
should
feel
free
to
post
a
question
to
them.
Oh
here
we
go
and
if
you
can
introduce
yourself
as
you
pose
a
question
that
would
be
great.
C
Q
Little
bit
about
the
Venezuela
TPS
bills
that
have
been
true
both
in
the
Congress
and
in
the
Senate,
having
both
support
from
Democrats
and
Republicans,
but
being
not
discussed
at
all
by
the
administration,
even
though
they
are
publicly
saying
that
they
understand
the
humanitarian
crisis.
Also,
a
point
to
to
refer
to
is
that
Venezuela
is
now
number
one
on
asylum
seekers,
but
at
the
same
time,
it's
not
getting
any
time
of
support
from
the
administration.
Thank
you.
G
K
Not
really
involved,
but
I,
just
you
know,
as
you
may
have
heard,
the
dream
and
promise
Act
finally
passed
the
House
this
week
yesterday,
yeah
so
and-
and
that
is
a
bill
that
has
had
bipartisan
support
for
so
long,
at
least
on
the
the
daca
front,
and
you
know
we
still
don't
have
we
still
don't
have
that
law.
So
you
know
I
assume
that
you
know
the
challenges
to
some
of
the
other
bills
that
you're
talking
about
or
equally,
if
not
more
severe,
yeah.
C
I
am
Adams,
Tom
I,
run
an
organization
called
reimagining
migration
and
so
I'm
wondering
ever
any
of
you
involved
with
large-scale
educational
support
systems.
There's
a
new
report
out
of
UCLA
that
suggests
said
that
administrators
around
the
country
are
just
baffled
by
all
of
the
changes
that
we've
been
throwing
out
at
the
beginning
of
the
report,
and
people
are
actually
you
know
they
don't
know
what
to
do
for
their
kids.
Increasing
amounts
of
their
time
is
actually
forget.
Negotiating
the
academic
comes
as
social
and
emotional
work.
C
It's
actually
negotiating
the
legal
challenges
that
their
kids
have
had
so
or
any
of
you
involved
in
helping
educators.
So
they
have
a
good
sense
of
what
their
rights
are,
what
their
responsibilities
are
obligations
and
peace
to
is.
I
saw
a
really
wonderful
model
and
I
wonder
if
there
is
such
a
thing
here.
The
UCLA
just
started
a
legal
clinic
for
one
of
their
community
schools,
so
it's
actually
legal
on-site
legal
clinic
to
the
students
I'm
wondering
too
such
a
thing
exists
anywhere
here.
Yes,.
K
So
I
can
give
a
few
examples,
so
one
of
the
grantees
has
developed
a
partnership
with
the
public
schools,
and
so
they've
done
a
lot
of
education
of
the
teachers
at
that
school
about
these
changes,
because
that
the
teachers
are
often
in
a
position
to
translate
the
information
better
than
sometimes
the
legal
team,
but
I
think
others.
Other
grantees
are
also
involved
in
similar
efforts.
Yes,.
J
We
have
done
the
same
with
the
school
superintendent,
so
they,
the
teachers,
have
been
trained.
We
have
had
forums,
we
have
had
workshops,
we
even
work
with
our
local
clinics,
healthcare
clinics
where
there
was
a
huge
same
rose,
same
rose,
it's
a
Catholic
Church
where
over
1,500
members
go
or
every
Sunday,
so
they
had
a
huge
festival
back
in
March
and
we
brought
doctors
from
Children
Hospital
who
Leah
who's
an
incredible
or
core
who's.
An
incredible
advocate
who's
always
in
these
forms
with
us
in
MGH
doctors,
dr.
Atkins.
J
They
all
came
to
this
fair,
basically
to
tell
people
individually,
I
am
it
they
came
with
their
suits
and
they
say:
I
am
a
doctor
if
you
don't
have
back
access
to
healthcare
because
you're
afraid
to
come
to
the
hospital
we'll
go
to
your
home.
So
it
was
incredible
and
very
unique
to
have
healthcare
providers
provide
access
to
them
in
that
setting,
but
it
was
basically
so
to
deal
with
the
fear
and
East
appear
that
you
know.
Please
do
not.
If
you
don't
keep
your
appointments.
J
Let
us
know,
because
we'll
go
out
to
your
home
and
with
the
school
system
we've
been
working
very,
very
hard
in
addressing
the
issue
of
north
sharing
information
of
a
school
department
being
a
Century
City.
Our
School
Committee
passed
a
resolution,
so
we've
been
added
from
the
beginning
and
thank
God
that
we
have
been
very
successful
there.
H
C
G
H
F
P
O
Coming
out
and
working
in
the
community
going
to
churches
going
to
community
groups,
bringing
lawyers
and
law
students
to
help
with
things,
I
just
want
to
express
my
deep
appreciation
for
everybody
in
the
pan
and
I
want
to
shout
out
for
Maggie
Morgan
from
Greater
Boston
Legal
Services,
who
has
been
a
prick
and
I
guess.
My
question
for
the
panel
is
these:
are
individual
cases
each
person's
attached
to
a
family?
O
G
G
M
L
J
To
address
as
the
nonprofit
organization
who's
interesting
the
needs,
we
have
to
figure
out
how
this
family
is
going
to
pay
for
the
high
cost
of
rent.
We
have
to
figure
out
how
they're
doing
with
food.
How
are
the
kids
are
going
to
make
it
back
to
school?
How
are
their
you
know,
their
their
families
are
sort
of
like
going
to
function
without
the
the
father
or
that
bread
earner,
so
I
think
that
you
know
other
other
immigration.
Is
that
so
important,
integral
part
right
of
the
subject
matter?
J
I
mean
the
fact
that
when
you
deport
or
when
the
or
the
the
fact
that,
when
you're
dealing
with
immigration
issue,
it's
horrible
in
terms
of
the
family
conversation,
what
the
family
composition
goes
through
in
the
fear
of
having
to
have
access
to
anything,
because
right
now
you
know
many
of
these
policies
that
the
administration
has
proposed.
Nothing
really
has
happened,
they're
like
crazy
policies
that
he
thinks
and
tweets
right,
but
the
the
problem
is
this:
with
their
respective
boomers
and
I
said,
the
journalist
is
that
it
goes
to
the
news
right
and
everyone
in.
J
It's
like,
oh,
this
is
happening
and
then
the
line
is
that
and
then
you
have
Facebook
and
everyone.
It
goes
to
social
media
and
we
have
to
sorta
like
be
alleviating
the
fear
and
saying
nothing
has
happened
here.
Guys
you
can
go
to
the
hospital
you
can
go
to
court.
You
can
do
this,
I
mean
the
fact
that
you,
the
fact
that
we
did
this
lawsuit
with
civil.
M
J
Liberties
and
racial
rolleston
and
the
DA
Ryan
and
the
public
defender's
group,
it
was
amazing,
you
know
why,
because
it's
we
did
the
law,
so
I
have
reporters
inside
that
court
system
in
Chelsea
we
haven't
had
an
agent,
so
I
mean
I
feel
fortunate
that
have
kept
them
out
Chelsea.
For
now
it
doesn't
mean
that
they're
now
gonna
come
back,
but
I
think
that
you
know
when
we
use
our
legal
experts
and
we
use
that
they.
You
know
the
lawsuits
and
stuff
that
really
works,
and
at
least
it
slows
the
process.
K
I
just
add
also
about
the
families.
This
is
another
way
in
which
this
type
of
project
is
different
than
when
funders
fund
a
community
group
to
give
food
to
families
who
are
in
need,
or
funds
a
legal
services
organization
to
provide
legal
services.
It's
one
thing,
but
this
collaborative
is
a
really
unique
model
that
matches
the
community
partners
to
the
to
the
lawyers,
and
so
it
it
it's
better
equipped
to
respond
to
the
collective
needs
of
the
families,
and
so,
for
example,
you
mentioned
you're
from
a
faith-based
organization.
K
We
have
a
faith-based
community
group
in
the
in
the
fund,
and
so
they
have
been
able
to
supply
like
Chelsea
collaborative
for
the
human
needs
of
the
family
members
who
are
left
when,
when
the
mom
is
in
detention
or
the
dads
in
detention
and
also
have
provided
other
kinds
of
supports,
you
know
accompanying
the
families
to
their
immigration.
Proceeding
so
that
model
of
collaborative
services
wrap
around
a
family
in
a
really
effective
way.
K
H
We're
seeing
too
is
that
in
many
cases,
maybe
all
of
them,
but
many
that
I
can
think
of
off
the
top
of
my
head,
because
people
have
been
afraid
to
come
out
from
in
this
climate.
Once
we
meet
someone
who's
in
removal
proceedings
and
we
start
to
become
acquainted
with
their
family
members,
then
we
there
are
more
cases
that
come
out
of
that
family
that
are
I
mean
Michael
was
referring
to
this
as
well,
so
it
greater
bus
and
legal
services.
H
Yesterday,
I
was
meeting
with
the
family
law
unit
about
a
case
I'm
working
today,
so
all
of
our
cases
have
involved
lawyers
from
other
areas
of
law
to
support
the
issues
that
come
up
when
somebody
gets
involved
in
removal
proceedings
or
in
the
immigration
system.
Also,
the
the
organizations
are
raising
a
lot
of
money
for
bond.
So
when
we
can
get
a
bond,
it's
you
know
set
it's
thousands
of
dollars
and
most
families
can't
afford
to
pay
that,
and
so
these
organizations
and
our
coordinate.
H
I
H
G
P
M
M
Into
other
community
organizations,
we
saw
a
significant
amount
of
collaboration
that
would
be
working
together
on
a
project.
You
know
doing
a
presentation,
doing
a
training
doing
a
case,
lots
of
collaboration,
one
group
and
another
group
working
together
and
another
very
interesting
thing
that
I
thought
that
we
tracked
was
technical
support.
This
little
band
of
Greater,
Boston
immigration,
Defense
Fund
grantees,
have
provided
technical
support
to
137
other
organizations
on
immigration
matters.
So
it's
a
resource
that
has
been
being
leveraged
to
create
more
capacity
in
other
organizations,
and
the
data
has
been
very
heartwarming
to.
L
P
M
G
P
Oh
Steve
Michelson
I'm,
a
clinical
psychologist,
so
I'm
listening
to
your
presentation
of
incredible
information
in
a
different
way
as
a
mandated
reporter,
if
I
saw
abuse
occurring
in
a
family
or
in
an
institution,
I
would
have
the
right
and
and
mandated
to
report.
What's
going
on,
you've
referenced
fear
trauma
and
we've
seen
the
decisions
and
provisions
and
some
of
the
behavior
of
the
people
in
the
cabinet
who
implemented
these
terrible
decisions.
P
Is
there
a
process
that
is
in
place
and
has
it
been
not
from
a
legal
point
of
view
how
these
people
accountable
from
for
the
trauma
they've
imposed?
Let's
just
take
children
and
their
families
and
not
everybody,
but
is
there
a
process
in
place
to
hold
these
people
for
the
trauma
they've
imposed
on
thousands
of
people
I.
H
H
We
we
try
to
communicate
as
often
as
possible,
with
DHS
and
nice
officers
to
call
out
situations
that
we
think
are
egregious
and
hopefully
what
happens
of
we
see
over
time.
Is
that
sometimes
it
matters,
but
yeah
I,
think
I.
Think
that's
part
of
the
problem
here
is
and
part
of
the
emerging
threat
is
that
immigrants
and
our
community
feel
like
are
being
made
to
feel
like
they're
asking
they're
asking
something
of
us
when
they're
not
really
there
they're
working,
they.
H
G
N
N
I
was
wondering
if
you
have
the
new
coalition,
if
not
I'm,
gonna,
tap
Carmen,
again,
cuz
she's
at
the
State
Arts
Council
and
they've
been
doing
work
with
the
EBT
card
holders
and
people
in
DCF
and
how
cultural
spaces
are
safe
spaces
and
a
lot
of
our
artists
would
be
happy
to
step
up
and
a
lot
of
artists
are
in
this
community.
So
just
wondering
that
has
been
in
a
conversation
about
expanding
your
network.
N
I
I
Natural
born
native
I
don't
care
where
you're
from
if
you
live
in
Massachusetts
in
the
United
States,
it
has
a
huge
impact
on
everyone
given
what's
happening
with
the
Supreme
Court
visa
vie
the
Trump
administration's
request
to
put
citizenship
on
the
US
census.
Whatever
happens,
my
concern
is
no
matter
what
happens
even
if
they
support
the
administration's
request.
The
reverberations
for
residents
who
are
here
legally,
they
themselves
may
in
fact
be
afraid
to
fill
out
the
census
form.
So
the
undercount
will
not
only
affect
Hispanics.
It
will
affect
everyone.
J
So
we've
been
part
of
in
the
past
18
months,
the
Chelsea
collaborative
and
a
group
of
Boston
based
nonprofit
organizations
have
with
funders
and
access
strategy
has
been
instrumental
in
sort
of
like
creating
this
fun.
We've
been
talking
about
it
and
we've
been
organizing
around
it
and
we
actually
have
different
cities
having
their
sensors.
Kick
up
our
kick
up.
J
We
held
a
press
conference
to
basically
set
a
year.
For
now
we
will
be
doing
the
census,
so
we
we
are
very
aware
of
that,
and
that
is
why
we're
doing
everything
in
advance
to
educate
our
community
but
their
peers.
There,
it's
real
and
the
loss
of
funding
for
the
state
of
Massachusetts
would
be
devastating.
J
G
A
A
question
there's
been
frequent
references
to
different
sources
of
funding
for
aspects
of
your
work.
But
could
you
characterize
the
overall
picture?
Are
you
overwhelmed
by
need
that
you
can't
meet
our
resources
pretty
adequate?
If
someone
give
me
some
sense
of
what
what
the
overall
funding
situation
is,
if
you
were
to
aggregate
all
these
different
pots.
M
C
H
M
H
H
J
I
would
have
to
add
that
if,
if
the
Boston
immigration
Defense
Fund
would
have
no
money
for
attorneys,
I
Gladys
banger
was
always
begging
for
money.
We're
not
even
accept
a
donation
with,
because
without
legal
defense,
our
work
can
now
be
done.
There's
no
way
that
we
can
do
this
work
without
our
partners.
With
our
lawyers,
I
mean
when
we
win
is
because
we
have
legal
representation,
if
not
we're
not
able
to
win,
and
what
we
are
able
to.
J
G
L
So,
thank
you,
Marcela
and
the
panel.
You
know
each
time
I've
come
to
these
events
and
sort
of
at
the
end.
I'm
I
have
like
a
million
things,
I'm
thinking
about
for
the
panel
and
I'm
always
going
through
my
head
and
I
just
again
want
to
appreciate
and
thank
you
for
all
the
work
that
you
all
are
doing
on
the
legal
side,
community-based
side
of
a
most
importantly,
giving
voice
to
the
issues
that
we
need
to
continue
to
give
voice
for
us.
So
once
again,
a
round
of
applause
for
the
panel.
L
It
makes
a
huge
difference,
but
also
access
to
resources
from
community-based
organizations,
education
and
ensuring
that
knowledge
truly
is
power.
That's
why
we
need
to
do
the
know.
Your
rights
workshops
that
way.
That's
why
the
questions
about
what
are
we
doing
in
our
schools?
How
are
we
educating
folks
in
our
schools?
How
are
we
working
with
our
Police
Department?
L
We'd
love
it
to
be
more
there's
no
question:
I'm
gonna
say
it
cuz.
If
I
don't
say
it,
you're
gonna
say
it
to
me
later.
So
we'd
love
it
to
be
more,
but
that
$50,000
in
public
funds
are
critically
important.
We
want
more
municipalities,
more
city
governments,
more
public
entities
to
give
public
funds
to
what
we're
trying
to
do.
L
It's
an
important
part
of
this,
and
we
hope
it
kick-starts
this
next
round
of
funding
so
that
more
funders
can
get
involved
and
get
engaged
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
to
be
able
to
support
that
I.
Not
only
want
to
thank
those
funders
for
their
work,
but
there's
individual
folks
that
are
doing
important
work,
I.
Think
the
there's
Kyra
Mendez
as
Carol
Mendes
here,
Kyra
Mendes
for
the
Boston
foundation.
L
L
When
folks
are
thinking
about
contributing
and
volunteering
there's
many
ways
to
get
involved,
you
can
see
the
Boston
foundation,
the
Himes
foundation,
to
continue
to
think
about
that
work.
We
also
have
our
own
are
from
the
city:
Casey
Brock
Wilson,
the
director
she's,
your
partnerships,
who's
really
helping
to
drive
a
lot
of
the
work
with
our
Moines
office.
So
thank
you
Casey
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
on
the
city
level
with
us.
L
I
appreciate
that
and
I
also
just
want
to
say
that
I
think
it's
important
that
we
think
about
all
the
issues
that
are
in
front
of
who
talked
about
emerging
trends.
We
talked
about
on
things
that
are
in
front
of
us.
I
know
that
this
is
being
live-streamed
I,
believe
because
I
got
a
text
of
something
somebody
wanted
me
to
make
sure
that
I
mentioned
here
at
the
end,
which
I
think
is
important
and
to
not
forget
some.
L
That's
really
what
this
work
is
about
and
that's
why
we're
trying
to
accomplish
together
as
we
work
holistically
in
closing
what
I'll
say
to
you
is
I,
think
it's
important
to
make
sure
that
we
lift
up
this
conversation
ongoing,
not
only
when
we're
here
at
a
forum,
but
not
only
when
we're
with
other
immigrant
partners
and
providers,
not
only
when
we're
advocating,
but
probably
when
we're
not
with
people.
That
think.
L
Like
we
think,
that's
probably
when
it's
most
important
to
do
that
when
we
want
to
tell
the
story,
that's
out
there,
that's
really
what
we
need
to
do
to
break
down
the
stigma
and
the
fear
that
gets
created.
You
know
someone
asked
about
teachers
and
schools
and
we
hear
from
teachers
that
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement
in
Health
and
Human
Services
we're
from
teachers
and
schools
all
the
time
who
are
dealing
with
families
trying
to
figure
out
what
information
to
with
families.
L
So
the
students
keep
coming
to
school
so
that
parents
access
the
resources
they
might
need
around
health
and
services
and
other
providers,
and
we
know
it's
about
having
conversation
with
folks,
not
just
in
the
times
when
it's
comfortable,
but
in
the
challenging
times
when
it's
there.
So
I'll
leave
you
with
two
things.
There
are
many
ways
to
get
involved
at
the
end
of
the
2/4
pager
on
the
Legal
Defense
Fund.
There's
ways
to
get
involved
on
that
fund.
I
encourage
you
to
do
it
if
you're
a
funder.
L
L
As
we
continue
to
prioritize
these
issues,
can
we
do
more,
yes
can,
and
should
the
city
be
pushed
to
do
more,
yes
and
I'm
happy
to
have
that
engagement
and
pushing,
because
we
need
to
continue
to
lift
up
these
resources
to
make
sure
we're
making
a
difference
and
making
sure
there
truly
is
access
to
justice?
Thank
you.
Everyone
and
have
a
great
day.