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Description
The November Twin Cities Immigration Forum includes presentations on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and a pilot project focused on Minneapolis Small Business and Labor Standards, immigration updates including Ethiopian Temporary Protected Status and the Venezuelan Parole program, news about an upcoming Citizenship resource fair, employment opportunities at City of Minneapolis and more.
A
Afternoon
everybody
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
This
is
the
Twin
Cities
Forum
Ahmed
winduli
home
with
the
city
of
St,
Paul
and
I
I
run
the
Immigrant
Refugee
Affairs
program
and
together
with
Michelle
Rivero
from
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
we've
been
doing
this
forum
now
since
the
beginning
of
the
Biden
Administration.
A
We
first
started
out
by
wanting
to
have
a
place
where
people
could
come
and
talk
about
the
different
executive
orders
and
legislation
that
was
being
proposed
at
the
when
the
by
Administration
first
came
to
power
to
talk
about
the
immigration
immigration
issues
that
might
come
up
and
the
legislation
that
was
being
proposed,
but
over
time
this
form
has
really
changed.
And
now
we
address
all
kinds
of
issues
that
impact
immigrant
refugees,
communities
in
the
Twin
Cities.
A
We
are
an
office
which
is
dedicated
to
making
St
Paul
a
welcoming
City
for
all
and
we're
involved
in
a
lot
of
different
immigration
policy
and
programs
that
help
our
immigrant
Refugee
communities
feel
welcome
here
in
St
Paul.
Maybe
I'll
just
turn
it
over
to
Michelle
for
a
minute
introduce
herself
and
and
her
office.
B
A
C
D
For
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
with
the
cfpb,
we
were
created
we're
a
federal
agency.
We
were
created
after
the
2008
financial
crisis
as
part
of
the
Dodd-Frank
Wall
Street
reform
and
consumer
protection
act,
so
we
Implement
and
enforce
Federal
Consumer
Financial
law
and
make
sure
that
markets
for
Consumer
Financial
products
are
fair,
transparent
and
competitive.
Basically,
our
mission
is
to
make
sure
that
consumers
are
treated
fairly
by
financial
institutions
through
all
of
life's
Financial
moments.
D
From
opening
a
bank
account
to
accessing
a
credit
card
to
buying
a
car
seeking
higher
education
and
planning
for
retirement
meant
purchasing
a
home.
We
have
a
whole
range
of
tools
and
authorities
to
advance
our
mission.
We
are
a
regulator
and
an
enforcement
agency.
We
also
conduct
research
and
Market
monitoring
and
engage
with
diverse
stakeholders
and
partners
to
track
emerging
issues,
identify
problems,
hopefully
as
early
as
possible,
and
develop
resources
and
tools
for
consumers.
D
We
know
that
protecting
and
serving
consumers
in
the
United
States
means
understanding
the
needs
and
the
challenges
that
face
diverse
communities
so
stemming
from
that
understanding
and
the
bureau's
long-standing
work
focusing
in
on
the
financial
needs
of
different
populations.
Earlier
this
year,
we
launched
a
new
initiative
to
identify
and
address
the
financial
needs
of
immigrants
and
their
families,
and
so,
through
this
initiative,
you
know
a
big
part
of
it
is
engagement.
D
You
know
and
really
take
advantage
of
the
fact
that
for
many
immigrants
they
are,
they
have
limited
access
to
more
mainstream
financial
services
and
products.
So
you
know
our
goal
here
is
to
have
a
population
specific
lens
to
this
work,
to
help
us
better
understand
and
respond
to
issues
that
impact,
not
consumers
in
the
United
States
and
and
to
help
us
work
across
the
whole
agency.
D
So
I
wanted
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
ways
that
you
may
be
able
to
partner
with
us
in
this
work
and
some
tools
and
resources
that
I
think
will
be
useful
for
community
members.
First,
I
want
to
talk
about
our
complaint
system,
so
you
know,
of
course
people
have
a
range
of
problems
with
different
financial
institutions
and
providers
oftentimes.
D
You
know
consumers
experience
great
frustration
and
difficulty
just
getting
answers
to
the
problems
and
questions
that
they
have.
The
cfpb
has
maintains
a
complaint
system
where
consumers
are
able
to
share
complaints
about
financial
products
or
Services
directly
with
us,
either
online
or
by
phone
or
by
mail.
We
get
about.
We
get
and
send
about
10
000
complaints
to
companies
every
week
and
companies
are
required
to
respond,
and
generally
they
do
within
15
days.
D
So
this
is
a
sort
of
system
and
a
portal
by
which
consumers
can
get
a
response
from
entities
about
problems
or
issues
that
they're
having
it's
sort
of
its
most
important
function,
but
it
is
also
an
important
tool
for
us
at
the
cfpb
to
learn
about
and
track
problems
and
issues
that
consumers
are
having
when
it
comes
to
financial
services,
including
potential
violations
of
the
law.
So
our
complaint
database
is,
is
you
know
one
way
that
we
have
insight
into
problems
and
it's
an
important
tool.
D
So
I
will
put
the
sort
of
link
to
the
complaint
system
in
the
chat,
but
wanted
to
highlight
that
as
a
tool
for
immigrant
communities
in
the
Twin,
Cities
interpretation
is
available.
If
you
call
by
phone
to
file
a
complaint
and
180
languages.
Unfortunately,
the
online
portal
is
only
accessible
in
English
right
now,
but
the
phone
is,
there
is
interpretation
services
available
by
phone.
D
Another
set
of
tools
I
wanted
to
highlight
are
our
financial
education
resources
that
are
geared
towards.
You
know
a
number
of
diverse
populations.
They
cover
a
wide
range
of
topics
on
money,
decisions
that
people
face
throughout
their
lives,
as
well
as
information
about
your
rights,
protecting
yourself
from
frauds
and
scams
and
and
other
topics.
D
A
number
of
our
materials
that
are
both
consumer
facing
and
sort
of
service
provider
facing
are
available
in
multiple
languages
and
they're,
either
available
for
download
online
or
Partners
can
order
print
Publications
online
again
in
multiple
languages.
We've
gotten
great
feedback
from
Partners
about
our
resources
and
oftentimes.
D
You
know
we've
actually
been
having
is
sort
of
focus
group
discussions
lately
with
different
immigrant
community
members
and
oftentimes
people
haven't
seen
the
materials
before
but
are
very
excited
when
they
learn
about
them
and
find
them
useful.
So
we
would
love
sort
of
your
partnership
and
and
letting
people
know
more
about
them,
and
you
know
I'm
happy
to
put
you
in
touch
with
colleagues
who
can
put
you
to
the
direction
of
appropriate
resources
for
your
needs
and
do
trainings
and
presentations
as
needed.
D
D
I'm
gonna
put
in
here
is
a
link
to
ordering
print
Publications
in
any
number
of
languages,
so
sorry
to
go
on,
but
I
wanted
to.
Let
you
know
about
these
tools
and
resources
and
again
invite
you
know
any
other
opportunities
for
outreach
and
engagement
particularly
related
to
the
financial
needs
of
immigrant
communities.
D
A
D
Part
of
my
role
is
to
help
there
be
no
wrong
door
in
partnering,
with
the
bureau
so
I'm
happy
to
connect
you
with
any
of
my
colleagues.
You
know
if
partnership
envisioned
is
related
to
financial
education.
I
can
send
you
over
there
if
there's
something
else,
I'm
happy
to
connect
you
to
the
right
people
great
so.
D
B
And
Sonia
I
am
hearing
you
use.
People
would
like
a
more
focused
conversation,
including
with
perhaps
impacted
community
members,
that
that's
a
possibility
and
sort
of
thinking
through
how
to
plan
that
out,
including
the
potentially
addressing
specific
questions
that
people
have.
Is
it
something
that's
a
possibility
too,
from
the
standpoint
of
Engagement.
D
Yeah,
absolutely
we
do
round
tables
and
listening
sessions.
You
know
any
a
variety
of
modes
of
Engagement
so
would
be
very,
very
happy
to
play
on
something
with
anybody.
Who'd
be
interested
in
doing
so
either
with
Advocates
service
providers
impacted
community
members,
all
of
the
above
so
happy
to
talk
more
about
that
and
what
would
be
most.
B
C
D
Yeah,
absolutely
thanks
so
much
for
the
question
it
I
I
find
that
sometimes
our
jurisdiction
is
it's
sort
of
hard
to
explain,
but
then
people
are
like.
Oh
yes,
I
see
that
all
the
time
actually
I'll
give
you
a
couple
of
examples.
If
that's
okay,
sort
of
thinking
about
the
work
that
you
do
earlier
this
year,
we
released
a
rule
on.
D
And
so
that's
you
know
it's
an
example
of
something
we've
done
in
our
Google
making
Authority.
We
can
kind
of
set
these
rules
for
the
financial
entities
that
we
have
authority
over
another
example
on
the
enforcement
side,
we
earlier
this
year
brought
litigation
against
MoneyGram
the
ribbons,
the
money
transfer
provider,
together
with
the
New
York
State
Attorney
General's
office,
for
violations
of
our
remittance
rules.
So
again
we
promulgated
a
rule.
D
How
long
it'll
take
what
their
rights
are
when
it
comes
to
error,
resolution
Etc
and
you
know-
have
heard
many
complaints
in
our
complete
portal
and
from
others
about
violations
of
that
rule
by
MoneyGram.
So
we
brought
a
case
against
that
company
earlier
this
year,
which
is
still
in
litigation.
So
that's
some
of
the
sort
of
harder
tools
that
we
have.
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of
soft
power
tools
as
well.
We
write
reports.
D
A
A
E
B
F
Maybe
we
can
start
with
introductions
well
see
if
we
can
share
the
screen
yeah,
but
thanks
so
much
for
having
us
we're
really
happy
to
be
here
as
part
of
this
group
yeah.
Our
conversations
with
both
Michelle
and
edmundo
have
been
so
great
and
we're
really
really
happy
to
be
part
of
this
group
Mal.
Do
you
want
to
do
and
do
a
first.
B
A
A
F
Go
yeah
we're
gonna
talk,
we're
gonna,
try
to
talk
briefly
about
this
pilot
project
that
we're
working
on
with
the
City
of
Minneapolis
I
am.
My
name
is
Ellen
love
I'm
with
the
workplace,
Justice
Lab
at
Rutgers
University,
you
can
advance
the
slide
and
where
we
come
up
this
project
from
is
that
we
work
on
on
labor
standards
and
improving
job
quality
working
with
local
governments
across
the
country
to
improve
job
quality.
A
F
F
F
And
the
other
thing
that
we
know
through
our
research
is
that
good
jobs
depend
on
small
business
strength,
so
small
business
owners,
particularly
an
immigrant
Refugee
and
bipart
communities,
are
often
in
the
same
boat
as
their
employees,
so
that
they
they
report
similar
levels
of
Financial
Health.
So
when
a
small
business
is
profitable,
the
employees
at
that
business
are
more
likely
to
report
that
they
are
also
financially
stable
and
employees
are
twice
as
likely
to
report
that
their
Financial
Health
is
both
excellent
if
they're,
if
their
employer
is
profitable
in
small
businesses.
B
F
I'm,
so
sorry
about
I
can
keep
if
it's
I
can
I
can
just
keep
going
I
guess
but
yeah
okay,
so
small
businesses
show
a
commitment
to
job
quality
and
their
community,
so
we
know
that
the
very
smallest
business
owners,
but
have
taken
action
to
improve
job
Mobility
for
their
employees.
The
Aspen
Institute
said
66
of
them
were
actively
looking
for
ways
to
improve
job
quality
to
their
employees.
F
F
So
what
the
the
challenge
that
we're
trying
to
address,
specifically
with
this
pilot
project,
has
to
do
with
small
business
compliance
and
raising
job
quality
in
relation
to
minneapolis's
labor
laws.
So
there's
a
now
a
minimum,
a
higher
minimum
wage
law
and
earned
sick
and
safe
time
law
and
a
wage
theft
prevention
law
in
Minneapolis
and
the
goal
of
those.
Those
laws
is
really
to
raise
job
quality
across
all
businesses.
F
But
a
challenge
for
some
of
the
small
businesses,
particularly
those
in
immigrant
or
communities
of
color,
is
that
they
may
lack
capacity
and
to
comply
with
those
laws.
Do
not
because
of
like
you
know,
willful
non-compliance,
but
because
of
a
lack
of
back
office
systems,
a
lack
of
dedicated
HR,
a
lack
of
bookkeepers
Etc,
and
we
know
we've
seen
that
traditional
enforcement
tools,
like
citations
or
penalties
are
coming
down.
F
F
E
So
in
August.
All
of
that
conversation
basically
culminated
in
a
round
table
with,
alongside
our
research
work
that
has
been
done
for
a
few
months.
The
round
table
is
a
convening
of
different
stakeholders.
In
the
city
we
have
small
business
owners
from
different
sectors,
different
identities
and
different
Geographic
areas.
In
Minneapolis
we
have
the
Community
Partners
that
work
with
small
businesses.
We
have
the
labor
standards
enforcement
Division
and
then
it's
you
know
led
by
Rutgers
and
Main
Street
Alliance.
E
Right
now,
we
are
in
a
phase
where
you
know
we'll
talk
about
this
a
little
bit
more,
but
through
the
round
table,
we've
identified
one
of
those
Solutions
in
order
to
tackle
this
issue.
So
this
Roundtable
Space
is
really
open
to
small
business
owners
to
community
folks
who
work
really
closely
with
small
businesses
who
are
also
interested
in
you
know
small
business
and
labor
issues
as
well.
E
But
don't
have
the
tools
to
do
so,
and
so
the
ultimate
goal
for
this
project
would
be
to
address
those
challenges,
especially
for
small
business
owners
that
have
been
systematically
disenfranchised
and
marginalized,
set
them
up
to
be
more
efficient
employers
and
achieve
more
compliance.
While
providing
tangible
support
for
these
small
businesses
to
access
more
Capital.
It
is
really
a
first
of
its
kind
opportunity
to
address
both
labor
compliance
and
small
business
challenges
through
back
office.
Capital
Access
services,
and
we
are
also
interested
in
providing
longer-term
mentorship
to
set
Folks
up
for
Success.
E
We
want
to
reimagine
what
holistic
and
collaborative
small
business
support
and
labor
enforcement
can
look
like
in
Minneapolis
and
Beyond
next
slide.
Please
and
right
now,
because
it
is
a
pilot
project.
We
are
throwing
trying
things
out,
and
so
we
are
planning
to
open
the
the
sorry.
The
application
portal
will
be
open
this
month.
A
C
E
We
have
a
preference
for
Roundtable
participants
for
restaurant
food
service,
folks
with
at
least
one
employee
up
to
15
full-time,
equivalent
employees,
retail
up
to
10
full-time
equivalent
employees,
Geographic
areas
of
under
investment,
as
defined
by
mccd
by
Park
and
immigrant
owned
businesses,
as
well
as
small
business
owners.
That
you
know
will
agree
to
a
number
of
bottom
lines
when
it
comes
to
compliance
and
job
quality,
with
our
support
to
get
there
and
then
I'll
pass
it
back
to
Ellen.
F
Yeah
and
I'll
say
I'll
just
on
the
the
preferences
in
terms
of
restaurant
and
retail
Industries
like
I,
just
want
to
stress
that
those
are
preferences
that
there's
openness
to
other
Industries.
If
you
know
of
other
small
businesses
that
could
benefit
from
bookkeeping
or
payroll
support
the
yeah,
those
are
sort
of
the
priority
Industries
but
they're
they're.
You
know,
given
space,
there
could
be
opportunity
for
other
small
businesses,
particularly
those
that
are
immigrant
or
by
pacquon
or
in
those
Geographic
areas
of
under
investment.
F
Where
that
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
violations
of
minimum
wage
or
paid
sick
and
safe
time,
laws
that
we
think
come
from
that
lack
of
lack
of
basic
capacity,
so
this
graph
just
shows
the
number
of
complaints
coming
into
the
minneapolis's
labor
standards
enforcement
division,
and
you
can
see
it
particularly
on
the
on
the
right,
the
paid,
sick
and
save
time
and
and
then
at
the
top
of
that
chart
the
number
that
come
from
accommodation
and
Food
Services.
Many
of
those
are
from
very
small
restaurants.
F
So
this
is
really
like
we're
hoping
to
be
able
to
provide
some
support
right
in
there
and
we're
hoping
to
get
the
word
out
through
you
and
through
other
groups
about
this.
This
potential
pilot
and
next
slide.
Please
another
thing
that
you
know
reason
we're
excited
about
this
idea
is
that
back
office
support
in
addition
to
supporting
compliance
also
combats
the
systemic
challenge
of
access
to
Capital
back
office.
F
Support
provides
the
records
that
are
that
immigrant
businesses
and
bypoc
owned
businesses
often
lack
when
they,
when
they're
trying
to
access
loans,
systemic
racial
gaps
in
formal
education
make
it
harder
to
access
accounting,
support
and
compete
for
loans,
and
we
think
that
you
know
providing
basic
bookkeeping.
Service
and
payroll
service
will
allow
businesses
to
provide
sort
of
the
standard,
Financial
records
and
documents
that
are
required
to
to
get
loans.
So
we
hope
that
we
are
both
heading
towards
labor
law
compliance
and
also
supporting
growth
in
the
long
run.
F
But
there
already
are
programs
through
the
city,
small
business
support
team
that
provide
legal
support.
Business
plan
support
marketing,
women
and
minority
owned
businesses
through
the
city
and
other
and
Lease
support
so
they're.
You
know
we.
We
understand
that,
like
there's
already
a
lot
out
there,
we're
not
trying
to
recreate
the
wheel
where
it
already
exists,
but
we
we
hope
we
can
sort
of
plug
some
key
gaps
and
next
slide.
Please
Mr
to
wrap
up.
We
have
our
contact
information
here
with
our
email
addresses.
F
If
you,
let's
see,
there's
a
few
things,
if
you
know
of
any
businesses
who
might
be
interested
in
the
project,
as
Mel
mentioned,
the
application
portal
will
be
open
towards
the
end
of
this
month.
We
would
love
to
be
put
in
touch
with
anyone.
You
think
might
be
interested
so
that
we
can
make
sure
to
get
that
application
to
the
right
people.
F
If
you
would
be
willing
to
disseminate
like
send
out
information
as
we
you
know,
if
we
have
Outreach
materials
translated
into
multiple
languages
available
to
send
out
to
your
networks.
If
you
think
you,
you
know
any
small
businesses
in
your
communities
or
networks
that
might
be
interested,
we
would
really
appreciate
that
and
if
you're
interested
in
serving
as
a
thought
partner
as
we
move
forward
on
the
the
community
Roundtable,
that's
an
that's
an
opportunity.
We
would
love
to
invite
people
to
join
that
as
well.
B
That's
wonderful,
thank
you
so
much
for
this
excellent
presentation
and
really
appreciate
the
thoughtfulness
that
went
around
the
planning
one.
One
quick
question
before
I
turn
it
over
to
the
individual
who's
raised
their
hand.
May
we
disseminate
a
copy
of
the
Powerpoints
there's
a
lot
of
great
information
in
there.
B
That
may
be
useful
for
people
who
are
thinking
about
applying
for
the
pilot
super
and
then,
if
you
can
also
put
your
contact
information
into
the
chat
as
well,
so
that
people
are
able
to
pull
that
right
away
in
case
they
want
to
connect
before
notes
are
sent
out
and
the
recording
is
sent
out
to
the
group
and
then
your
question
Miss
Flores,
please
go
ahead
and
ask
your
question.
Thank
you.
Yeah.
C
It's
more
of
a
comment,
actually
I'm
kind
of
really
excited
about
getting
connected
with
you
guys
because,
like
at
Esperanza
united,
we
most
of
our
survivors,
we
do
help
when
they
have
like
small
businesses.
We
do
help
support
them
and
we
even
have
a
Latino
Women's
Expo
that
we
do
every
year
supporting
a
lot
of
the
Latino
Community,
especially
survivors
who
are
starting
their
businesses,
so
I
will
be
reaching
out.
Just
so
you
know
wonderful,.
A
F
Yeah
at
the
moment,
that's
our
that's
our
focus
with
this.
You
know
this
initial
pilot
project,
although
we've
now
heard
the
that
question
a
number
of
times,
so
you
know,
if
we
can,
it's,
like
you
know,
get
additional
funding
and
like
make
this
amount,
make
turn
it
into
an
ongoing
program.
Hopefully
we
can
revise.
B
E
I
just
had
a
quick
sort
of
comment:
Main
Street
Alliance.
When
we
started
out
organizing
in
Minneapolis.
It
was
really
because
there
was
a
gap
in
a
small
business
voice
around
these
policies
like
earn
sick
and
save
time
and
Amendment
minimum
wage,
and
so
it
sort
of
has
come
full
circle
where
you
know
we
want
to
be
able
to
merge.
Those
two
support
systems
are
really
important
and
yeah.
We
just
really
appreciate
your
support
for
the
project.
Thank.
B
You
fabulous
thank
you
very
much
for
this
presentation
and
we
will
turn
to
community
updates
and
I
know
that
a
couple
of
our
people
who
are
planning
to
share
information
have
to
jump
off
so
I'm
going
to
call
on
people
if
that's
okay
and
then
invite
others
to
share
what
they
would
like
to
share
Christy.
If
you
could
go
first,
they
see
you
visible
and
I
know
that
you've
got
a
time
commitment
too.
So
please
go
ahead.
G
No
I
I
just
thought
it
might
be
helpful
for
people
yeah
no
worries.
Thank
you
and
well.
Thank
you.
Oh
my
goodness,
there's
a
wealth
of
information
that
was
just
provided.
Thank
you.
Mel
and
Ellen
and
Sonia
I
am
Christy
redelius
Palmer
and
one
of
the
hats
that
I
wear
is
I,
guess
curator
for
human
rights,
Educators,
USA
and
then
I'm
also
serve
on
the
executive
committee
with
Michelle
of
the
child
friendly
cities
initiative
in
Minneapolis,
which
is
a
new
initiative
and
I'm,
not
sure
Michelle.
Have
you
presented
to
the
group
already
about.
B
G
G
I
have
one
of
our
groups,
areas
focusing
on
child
rights,
learning
and
teaching
and
and
education,
and
so
the
hope
is
that
we
really
want
to
engage
young
people
as
well
as
adults
in
thinking
about
how
we
really
bring
the
convention
on
the
rights
of
the
child
or
children's
rights
into
our
work,
how
it's
already
in
potentially
embedded
already
and
many
of
your
work
with
youth
engaged
processes.
But
we
are
really
working
to
try
and
think
creatively
about
how
we
can
support
those
initiatives
both
in
Minneapolis
and
then
in
my
hat
nationally.
G
So
coming
up
on
November
20th
is
the
world
children's
day
and
on
November
17th
we
will
have
a
morning
kind
of
breakfast
around
some
of
the
resources
that
we
we
have
available
for
communities
on
our
website
and
our
children's
rights
learning
area
area.
We
had
a
youth
Summit
last
summer,
but
there
also
will
be
other
kind
of
going
forward
how
we
can
really
increase
kind
of
our
networks
around
youth
supported
actions.
So
that's
one
thing:
I
will
drop
in
the
chat
here.
G
We
have
upcoming
this
coming
Monday
a
resource
on
ending
gun
violence.
So
we
have
a
training
as
action
series
that
we
provide
so
on
Monday.
There
will
be
a
kind
of
listed
from
Amnesty
International
tools
for
addressing
issues
within
communities
and
how
we
can
bring
that
into
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
communities
too.
So
I
think
I'll
I
know
you've
got
a
lot.
B
That
fantastic,
thank
you
so
much
Christy
and
as
we're
moving
through
updates.
If
people
have
questions
that
they
want
to
drop
into
the
chat
or
want
to
raise
your
hand
with
a
question,
please
feel
free
to
do
so,
but
for
efficiencies
sake,
we'll
just
keep
going
through
the
updates
and
I
think
I
see
Walter
anastasyevsky
who's.
Also
on
Walter.
Are
you
still
with
us?
If
you
are,
would
you
like
to
share
an
update
that
you
have.
H
Yes,
thanks
Michelle,
and-
and
thank
you,
everyone
for
all
this
really
wonderful
information,
I've
been
taking
Furious
notes
and
I
think
this
will
be
very
useful
to
us.
I
represent
the
ukrainian-american
community
center
in
Minneapolis
and
we
are
well
we've
been
around
for
a
long
time,
but
our
Focus
right
now
is
on
assisting
recent
Ukrainian
refugees
and
we're
really
acting
as
a
hub
for
all
sorts
of
services.
H
So
last
night,
for
example,
we
had
a
very
successful
immigration,
legal
Forum
that
Michelle
and
edmundo
put
together,
and
that
was
just
an
incredible
success,
both
in
terms
of
turnout
information
and
now
getting
feedback
that
we
want
another
one,
because
people
who
aren't
able
to
make
it
want
to
get
that
information.
We
we
also
work
with
resettlement
agencies,
so
they
come
to
our
location,
every
Friday
and
have
open
walk-in
hours
as
well
as
Minnesota
Department
of
Health.
H
Does
that
for
TB
screening
for
phys,
for
initial
physicals,
and
also
assistance
with
health
insurance
questions,
and
we
also
do
a
series
of
Community
orientation
workshops
we're
doing
that
through
the
International
Institute
of
Minnesota.
Right
now
we're
doing
a
series.
That's
focused
on
finance
and
I
know
from
what
I've
gathered
from
talking
with
recent
arrivals
and
sponsors
and
other
folks
who
are
working
with
them.
Fraud
and
scams
are
a
major
concern.
H
People
have
fallen
for
some
scams
recently,
I
think
they're
operating
in
a
different
cultural
environment,
so
they
may
not
pick
up
the
cues
on
what
what
to
look
out
for
so.
The
information
that
Sonia
provided
at
the
beginning,
I
think
is,
is
going
to
be
very
useful
for
us
as
well
so
I'm,
mostly
here
to
learn
and
I'm,
really
really
happy
to
be
getting
the
information
Nation
from
from
all
of
you.
So
thank
you.
B
Wonderful,
thank
you
Walter
and
with
regard
to
the
event
that
happened
yesterday,
we're
very
grateful
to
uacc
for
hosting
that
space
and
tremendous
gratitude
to
the
many
immigration
Legal
Service
Partners,
including
mid
Minnesota
legal
aid,
Hennepin
County,
Adult
representation,
Services
advocates
for
human
rights
and
more
and
Ramsey
County
and
others
who
participated
in
that
event
and
made
it
the
success
that
it
was
so
much
gratitude.
Thank
you
for
sharing
that
update
and
we'll
invite
people
to.
B
I
Sorry
I
just
was
saying
hello
everyone
and
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
all
this
wonderful
information.
Just
really
quick
amid
Minnesota
illegal
Aid
partners
with
our
Minnesota
Welcome
Center
every
month,
and
this
month
is
legal
rights
as
an
immigrant,
so
it'll
be
this
Wednesday.
Seven
o'clock
and
I
will
throw
in
the
chat
the
zoom
link.
You
can
come
in
person
or
via
Zoom.
B
B
That's
seven
super
thanks.
So
much
for
sharing
that
and-
and
please
do
put
the
information
into
the
chat.
If
there's
a
flyer
or
anything,
we
will
circulate
it
afterwards,
so
feel
free
to
send
it
to
edmundo
myself.
I
see,
Chris
and
Jess
has
their
hand
raised.
If
you'd
like
to
go
ahead,
please
Chris
sure.
J
B
You
that's
awesome,
Chris
and,
given
that
we've
got
internal
and
external
people
for
some
reason,
it's
a
little
challenging
to
upload
a
flyer
in
the
chat.
If
you
have
the
capacity
with
Adobe
to
like
copy
and
paste
as
an
actual
message,
that's
one
way
if
there
is
a
link
or
a
website
that
you'd
like
to
put
in
the
chat
that
has
these
jobs
available,
so
people
are
able
to
pull
it
right
away,
feel
free
to
do
that
or
share
your
email
address.
B
B
A
Okay,
immigration
Updates
this
month
as
we
are
going
to
cover
first,
the
federal
government
announced
on
October
21st
that
they
were
opening
up
TPS
for
Ethiopia.
The
United
States
has
recognized
ongoing
con
armed
conflict
and
extraordinary
temporary
conditions.
Engulfing
engulfing
Ethiopia
and
DHS
is
committed
to
providing
temporary
protected
status.
Those
in
need,
so
any
individuals
from
Ethiopia
that
have
been
residing
in
the
United
States
I
believe
since
October
20th
will
be
eligible
for
TPS.
B
B
A
Great
thanks,
Michelle,
also
I,
think
we
may
have
shared
this
last
month.
I,
don't
recall
that
the
the
government
has
also
opened
up
humanitarian
parole,
processing,
a
process
for
Venezuelans
that
allows
Venezuelan
Nationals
and
their
immediate
family
members
to
come
to
the
United
States
and
receive
humanitarian
parole
for
up
to
two
years.
It
is
a
program
that
is
similar
to
the
unite
for
Ukraine
parole
process.
A
It's
open
to
people
who
come
from
outside
the
United
States
and
enter
the
United
States.
It's
not
available
for
people
who
are
in
the
United
States.
Currently
I
know
there
is
TPS
for
Venezuela,
but
that
the
TPS
dates
date
back
quite
a
way.
So
there
there
is
a
gap.
There
may
be
some
people
here
who
don't
have
either
parole
or
a
temporary
text
status.
A
B
Yep
and
also
want
to
share
that
we
are
co-hosting
space
in
community
to
connect
with
Venezuelan
community
members
with
people
who
are
working
with
Venezuelans
with
Venezuelan
Community
leaders,
and
our
next
meeting
will
take
place
on
next
Wednesday
November
16th
from
6
to
7
P.M.
It's
virtually
if
you're
not
able
to
join,
because
you
have
another
commitment,
but
would
like
these
meetings
on
your
schedule?
Please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
mundoor.
Myself
also
want
to
share
that.
B
A
Thanks,
Michelle
and
and
specifically
with
regard
to
the
Ukrainian
program
and
and
the
Venezuelan
program,
we
have
heard
things
that
are
quite
frankly
do
worry
us,
because
we've
heard
about
people
being
charged
by
the
sponsor
for
sponsorship.
We've
heard
about
other
types
of
kind
of
abuse
issues,
once
the
people
arrive
and-
and
the
sponsor
is
you
know,
is
wanting
money.
They
want
to
take
over
some
of
the
public
benefits.
A
K
Hi
everyone
I'm
Jenny
stall,
Paul
from
The
Immigrant,
Law,
Center
of
Minnesota
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
that
this
afternoon.
They
did
announce
that
they
will
automatically
extend
TPS
for
the
six
countries,
El
Salvador,
Nicaragua,
Sudan,
Honduras
and
Nepal,
and
it
will
be
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
the
16th
of
November.
K
A
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
A
Just
have
one
kind
of
big
update:
the
the
city
of
Saint
Paul
has
nominated
Axel
Henry
to
be
a
police
chief
for
the
city
of
St
Paul
and
Commander
Henry,
who
soon
hopefully
soon
be
Chief.
Henry
is
a
native
of
Saint
Paul.
It's
been
24
years
in
the
in
within
the
Saint
Paul
police
department
and
people
here
in
the
city
are
really
excited
about
his
appointment.
You
know:
he's
he's
very
committed
to
the
community
very
involved
in
the
community
and
is
his
work
is.
A
B
The
City
of
Minneapolis
and
the
city
of
Saint
Paul
are
engaged
in
a
one-year
campaign
to
encourage
people
to
apply
for
naturalization
with
monthly
events.
You've
reported
on
those
events
here.
This
month's
events
will
take
place
on
Saturday
November
12th
from
10
to
noon,
with
covid
vaccines
available
until
1
pm
at
the
Gap
School
on
Ruby
Street
in
St
Paul.
There
are
a
number
of
different
resources
that
will
be
available.
Legal
service
providers,
individuals
who
are
from
literacy,
Minnesota,
Affinity
Plus,
will
participate
because
there's
a
zero
interest.
B
We
have
had
some
public
here,
one
public
hearing
this
morning.
There
are
additional
opportunities
to
make
your
voice
heard.
There
is
another
public
hearing
taking
place
next
week
and
I'll
share
information
in
the
chat
regarding
the
the
budget
hearings
that
are
scheduled
to
take
place
here.
There
are
two
more
opportunities
to
share
your
opinions
about
the
budget.
You
can
also
submit
a
comment
by
email
and
council
contact
council
members
directly
also
put
in
the
chat
a
link
to
the
complete
recommended
budget
by
the
mayor.
B
What
changes
to
make
to
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
also
want
to
share
that
in
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
department,
which
is
a
department
where
the
office
of
immigrant
Refugee
Affairs
is
located
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
There
is
an
hiring
for
a
community
specialist
working
with
individuals
with
disabilities.
B
This
position
is
responsible
for
supporting
the
City's
community
of
individuals
with
disabilities
by
ensuring
that
City
programs,
Services
activities
and
projects
are
accessible
to
individuals
with
disabilities
and
comply
with
Federal
requirements.
The
position
all
also
oversees
compliance
with
Title
II
of
the
American
Americans,
with
Disabilities
Act
and
works
with
all
departments
to
identify
and
remove
barriers
to
ensure
equal
access
to
City
programs,
services
and
activities.
The
closing
date
and
time
for
this
position
is
November
20th
at
11
59
pm.
B
And
if
you
are
interested
in
learning
more
I'll
put
the
link
into
the
chat
regarding
the
position,
please
feel
free
to
visit
the
neighborhood
and
community
relations
website.
You
can
also
contact
the
director
of
neighborhood
and
community
relations,
Karen,
Mo
or
Nick
know.
If
you
have
additional
questions
about
this
position,
so
I
will
pause
there
or
maybe
turn
it
over
to
edmundo,
while
I
populate
the
chat
with
the
things
that
I
just
addressed,
go
ahead.
B
B
B
All
right,
I
can
you
know
I
thought
we
were
going
to
be
running
late
and
we're
actually
early,
which
is
really
exciting,
so
we
always
invite
people
to
reach
out
to
us.
If
there
are
topics
you
would
like
to
discuss
information
you'd
like
to
bring
if
you'd
like
to
present
at
a
future
Forum,
please
do
connect
with
edmundo
or
myself.
B
The
next
Twin
Cities
immigration
Forum
will
take
place
on
again
on
a
Thursday
Thursday
December
8th
from
4
30
to
6
p.m.
So,
if
the
invitation
is
not
yet
on
your
calendars,
we'll
forward
it
to
you
we'll
send
out
an
agenda,
hopefully
in
the
week
before
the
next
forum,
and
if
you
or
someone
you
know
are
interested
in
having
this
invitation
appear
directly
on
your
calendar,
please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
us,
and
I
will
put
my
information
in
the
chat
and
window.
A
And
I
would
just
add
that
we
moved
this
meeting
to
Thursday,
because
last
Tuesday
was
election
day
and
then
we
moved
next
month
meeting
to
a
Thursday,
because
that
following
Tuesday
is
actually
the
middle
of
the
Nick.
The
national
immigrant
inclusion
conference
and
anyone
who
we
felt
a
lot
of
people
would
probably
be
attending
I
know
I'm
attending
I,
think
Michelle's
attending
and
several
people
from
from
both
cities
will
be
attending
so
I'm.
Given
that
we
won't
be
around,
we
moved
it
to
that.
Thursday.
B
A
B
And
just
put
some
information
about
the
Nick
in
case
people
want
to
pull
it
and
learn
more
on
incredible
conference,
it's
its
place
in
a
variety
of
different
participants
and
immigrant
and
Refugee
inclusion
initiatives
from
government
to
community-based
organizations,
libraries,
and
so
many
more
so
please
feel
free
to
pull
that
link
from
the
chat
as
well.
Thank
you
so
much
for
spending
your
evening
with
us
this
evening.
It's
always
a
pleasure
to
host
these
meetings
and
share
information
with
you
and
learn
from
you,
and
we
hope
you
have
a
wonderful
evening.