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From YouTube: August Twin Cities Immigration Forum: August 10, 2023
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The August Twin Cities Immigration Forum offers a presentation on impacts on non-US citizens relating to the new recreational marijuana law in Minnesota, planning for Latino Heritage Month, how to file a discrimination complaint through the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department, DL4A updates, upcoming community events and more.
B
Yep,
thank
you
everyone
for
being
here.
My
name
is
Michelle
Rivero
I'm,
the
director
of
the
office
of
immigrant
and
Refugee
Affairs
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
an
office
that
is
dedicated
to
I'm,
welcoming
newcomers
and
connecting
individuals
who
are
born
outside
of
the
United
States.
Regardless
of
how
long
they've
been
in
the
city
to
resources
and
opportunity
in
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
I'll
turn
it
back
to
edmundo
to
start
with
our
agenda
great.
A
C
Thank
you,
everyone
and
please
know
that
I
have
followed
your
meetings
in
one
way
or
the
other
and
not
necessarily
present
every
time,
but
I
asked
Michelle.
Please
not
delete
me
from
the
invitation,
because
eventually,
I
will
set
my
schedule
and
be
able
to
attend
a
little
bit
more,
and
so
thank
you,
Michelle
for
letting
me
present
today.
I
hope
this
goes
short,
because
I
know
these
meetings
might
get
full
with
with
items
to
discuss.
C
But
this
is
a
time
that
we'd
like
to
take
a
city
employees,
members
of
Somos
de
Latino,
ERG,
employee,
Resource,
Group
of
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
is
still
preparing
for
a
series
of
events
to
celebrate
Latino
Heritage
Month
in
the
in
in
the
month
of
it's
celebrated
between
September
15th
through
October
5th.
There
are
some
events
that
are
open
to
the
public
and
that's
why
I'm
here
to
let
you
know
you
are
welcome
to
attend,
so
we
will
have
a
key
code
on
Friday
September
15th
at
Jefe,
Urban
Cocina.
C
Our
super
employee,
justo
Garcia
is
making
Pollo
sudados
sweetened
chicken
or
with
with
rice,
and
that
will
happen
at
our
downtown
fire
station.
530
South
3rd
Street
this
this
one
is
very
important
for
all
of
us,
I'm
sure
and
we
either
have
it
on
September,
7th,
sorry
I
didn't
say
when
the
cooking
class
is
on
September
20th
12
to
1.,
but
this
one
on
September
37th.
C
The
members
of
La
Latino,
the
ERG
group
and
members
of
the
community
are
invited
to
read
this
resolution.
If
you
have
a
specific
desire
for
reading
a
paragraph,
let
me
know
I
will
be
happy
to
accommodate
and
you
will
be
able
to
make
in
history
as
we
try
to
do
every
year.
When
we
write
in
and
speak
out
loud
the
resolution.
C
Then
we
have
immigration
stories
that
will
be
happening
at
our
Public
Service
building
first
floor
on
October
11th.
We
will
have
some
of
us
not
me
necessarily,
but
some
of
the
somos
members
talking
about
their
stories
as
immigrants
as
Latino
immigrants
and
the
last
but
not
least,
it's
a
week-long
event
and
that
will
be
happening.
C
The
last
week
of
the
Latino
Heritage
Month
and
at
the
downtown
location
in
in
Hennepin,
County,
Government,
Center,
the
basement
or
the
ground
level
level
has
a
Galleria
and
we're
going
to
exhibit
traditional
dresses
for
as
many
Latino
countries
as
we
can
possible
exhibit
there.
Those
are
the
events
that
are
for
the
public.
I
also
wanted
to.
C
Let
you
know
that
if
at
your
departments,
at
the
places
where
you
work,
you
already
have
employees,
resource
groups
or
not,
and
if
you'd
like
to
have
an
informational
conversation
and
how
we
do
things
and
what
works?
What
is
not
work?
What
what
opportunities
we've
had?
I
am
happy
to
have
that
conversation
and
for
the
ones
that
are
wondering
what
a
research
employee,
Resource,
Group
I'm,
going
to
read
the
definition
I
found
on
on
Google
and
we
feel
affiliated
with
that
description.
C
B
If
people
have
questions,
you
wanted
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
heads
up
for
Community
around
the
events
that
the
sumos
employee,
Resource
Group,
is
dedicating
to
leading
and
and
organizing
during
Latino
heritage
month
from
September
15th
to
October,
15th
I
know
that
many
of
these
events
will
also
be
available
on
the
city's
website,
as
as
we
get
a
little
closer
to
the
dates.
So
thank
you
again,
Monica
and
just
to
keep
things
going
with
Minneapolis
briefly.
I
know
we
have
another
City
of
Minneapolis
employee
on
on.
B
D
So
just
to
start
what
we're
tasked
with
in
the
complaint
investigations.
Division
is
enforcing
the
Minneapolis
civil
rights
ordinance,
which
is
the
city
level,
civil
rights
law.
It
mirrors
in
a
lot
of
ways:
state
and
federal
law
around
civil
rights,
but
generally
what
we
do
to
enforce
this
ordinance
is:
we
accept
complaints
and
investigate
them
and
their
complaints
of
discrimination.
So
what
we
have
jurisdiction
over
within
my
division
is
discrimination.
That's
based
on
protected
class.
D
Some
of
you,
I
know,
might
be
very
familiar
with
these
types
of
terms,
but
I'll
kind
of
Define
them
as
I
go
through
for
those
that
may
not
be
a
protected
class
generally,
is
an
element
of
a
person's
identity
that
they
cannot
or
should
not
be
asked
to
change.
So
it's
things
like
race,
national
origin,
religion,
disability,
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity
and
there's
a
there's
a
few
more
of
them
as
well,
but
that's
kind
of
generally.
D
What
you
should
be
thinking
of
when
you're
thinking
of
a
protected
class
and
that's
the
type
of
discrimination
that
we
are
looking
into.
Discrimination
itself
is
being
treated
in
a
some
sort
of
negative
way
because
of
your
protected
class.
So
because
of
this
part
of
your
identity
that
you
could
not
or
should
not
be
asked
to
change,
we
have
jurisdiction
over
discrimination
in
a
variety
of
different
areas.
D
Things
like
that,
if
you
face
discrimination
in
an
area
like
that,
as
well
as
discrimination
in
public
services,
which
includes
any
sort
of
interactions
you're
having
with
city
employees,
so
that
could
be
police
officers
that
could
be
housing
inspectors
and
the
like,
and
a
variety
of
other
areas
that
we
don't
see
as
often
but
have
jurisdiction
over,
all
of
which
are
delineated
in
our
ordinance,
as
well
as
our
website
and
I'll.
Make
sure
that
that
you
all
have
that
contact
information.
D
As
is
relevant
to
this
group,
specifically
I
will
highlight
that
immigration
status
itself
is
not
a
protected
class,
but
national
origin
is,
and
very
often
immigration,
staff
status
and
animus
towards
someone's
immigration
status
could
be
closely
related
to
their
national
origin.
So
a
lot
of
times
when
it's
an
immigration
related
issue,
we
still
would
be
able
to
investigate
it
on
that
national
origin
basis.
I
will
say
too
that
that
we
can
only
investigate
things
that
happen
within
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
within
the
last
year
we
do
have
counterparts.
D
I
can
see
that
we
have
folks
from
not
just
Minneapolis
on
this
call,
so
we
have
counterparts
and
other
jurisdictions
as
well.
So
the
city
of
Saint,
Paul's,
hero
department
is
a
very
has
a
very
similar
process
to
ours
and
handles
these
types
of
cases
as
well
when
they
happen
in
St
Paul
and
then
there's
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights,
which
handles
these
types
of
cases
happening
anywhere
throughout
the
state.
D
So
there
are
other
places
to
go,
even
if
someone
experiences
something
like
this,
not
within
the
city
limits
of
Minneapolis,
so
moving
to
I,
I
guess.
One
thing
I
want
to
highlight,
and
one
thing
that
Michelle
had
asked
me
to
make
sure
that
I
include
in
this
presentation
is
protection
for
people
that
want
to
file
these
kind
of
complaints
that
there's
definitely
concern
about
possible
retribution
or
what
we
would
call
retaliation
and
under
the
Civil
Rights
ordinance.
There
are
specific
protections
for
folks
to
not
be
retaliated
against
for
filing
these
sorts
of
claims.
D
So
if
someone
were
to
file
a
claim
of
or
a
complaint
of
discrimination
and
then
face
something
negative
like
by
their
employer
or
by
their
their
landlord,
that
would
be
something
that
they
could
also
report
to
us
and
that
we
could
take
action
on
and
investigate.
I
will
highlight
that
we
don't
see
that
very
often
when
people
are
filing
formal
complaints.
D
We
certainly
anecdotally
know
that,
like
right,
if
you're
reporting,
something
to
your
supervisor
or
directly
to
a
landlord
or
something
certainly
retaliation
does
happen,
and
that's
the
type
of
thing
we
want
to
hear
about
and
investigate.
We
don't
see
it
as
often
when
people
are
filing
formal
complaints,
largely
Because
by
the
time
a
entity
is
in
that
kind
of
process,
where
they're
being
accused
of
discrimination
in
a
formal
method
through
the
city,
they're
gonna
know
that
they
can't
retaliate
against
the
person
for
engaging
in
that.
D
D
But
maybe
they
also
know
that
there's
P
there's
an
employee
not
of
their
race
and
of
a
race
that
is
kind
of
the
majority
race
at
this
particular
workplace.
Who
has
been
late
on
at
least
five
occasions
and
Still
Remains
employed.
That
would
be
something
that
they
could.
They
could
submit
a
complaint
about
and
that
we
could
investigate.
D
Another
example
is
an
individual
who's,
struggling
with
English
struggling
to
speak
English
at
like
a
store
and
working
with
a
store
employee
trying
to
interact
to
buy
something
or
something
like
that
at
the
store
and
the
store
employee
kind
of
gives
up
doesn't
want
to
help
them
refuses
to
serve
them
and
then
makes
a
comment
such
as
go
back
to
your
country,
or
something
like
that.
That
would
be
another
thing
that
we
could
investigate
and
take
action
on
in
the
housing
context.
D
We
could
have
two
roommates
that
are
actively
pursuing
a
new
place
to
live
they're
kind
of
looking
they're,
both
looking
simultaneously,
not
necessarily
together,
they're
calling
places
individually.
One
of
the
roommates
has
maybe
a
noticeable
accent
and
a
name
that
doesn't
necessarily
sound
white.
For
instance,
they
call
about
a
particular
unit
and
are
told
that
it's
no
longer
available
and
aren't
provided
any
any
access
for.
You
know
applying
for
that
unit.
D
Seeing
that
unit
anything
like
that
and
their
roommate,
who
doesn't
have
a
noticeable
accent
and
maybe
has
a
name
that
is
not
as
specifically,
non-white,
sounding
and
they're
offered
an
application
and
a
tour
of
that
particular
unit.
That
would
be
another
instant
chance
where
file
a
complaint.
That
absolutely
is
something
we
can
look
into.
That
certainly
appears
like
it
could
be
a
denial
of
housing
based
on
someone's
protected
class.
D
So
to
get
into
just
a
little
bit
and
I
know
we
don't
have
a
ton
of
time
so
I'm
going
to
do
a
very
brief
overview.
Just
to
give
you
a
very
general
idea
of
what
our
process
looks
like
so
the
first
step
in
our
process
is
that
someone
submits
a
complaint.
Some
member
of
the
public
submits
a
complaint.
We
receive
that
there's
a
few
different
ways
that
you
can
file
a
complaint.
D
We
try
to
make
it
as
accessible
as
possible,
so
you
can
walk
into
our
office
during
normal
business
hours,
which
is
room
239
in
Minneapolis,
City
Hall,
and
talk
to
somebody
and
fill
out
a
paper
Complaint
Form.
We
also
have
an
online
Complaint
Form
available
in
multiple
languages
and
I'll
make
sure
that
you
have
the
link
to
that
particular
Complaint
Form,
it's
pretty
easy
to
fill
out.
We
really
try
to
make
like
all
of
the
different
fields.
D
You
can
also
make
a
complaint
calling
3-1-1,
which
is
the
city's
General
number,
and
they
can
fill
out
that
Complaint
Form
for
you,
the
service
representative,
that
answers
the
phone
and
then
you
can
also
come
to
our
Public
Service
Center
at
the
city
and
file
a
complaint
with
either
a
person
working
there
or
on
their
computers
that
are
available
to
members
of
the
public.
But
once
we
receive
a
complaint,
what
we
do
is
assess
whether
it
looks
like
it
falls
under
our
jurisdiction.
Is
it
in
Minneapolis?
D
Are
they
alleging
discrimination
based
on
protected
class,
and
then
we
reach
out
and
do
an
intake
interview
and
get
any
additional
information?
We
help
them
draft
a
charge
of
discrimination
which
will
lay
out
exactly
what
has
occurred
that
they
believe
is
discriminatory
and
then
we'll
schedule.
Once
we
have
that
charge
we'll
schedule
early
mediation,
we
use
mediation
a
lot
in
our
practice.
We
really
find
it
to
be
an
effective
way
to
both
get
folks
the
the
remedy
that
they're
looking
for
when
they
come
to
us
with
a
complaint
of
discrimination.
D
It
also
can
be
really
helpful
if
someone's
filing
a
discrimination
complaint
and
they
still
of
an
ongoing
relationship
with
someone
so
say:
they're
violated
against
their
landlord
and
they
still
live
there
or
say
they're
filing
it
against
their
employer
and
they
still
work
there
and
want
to
stay
working
there.
It's
a
way
to
productively
address
what's
happening
that
needs
to
change,
while
also
still,
hopefully,
maintaining
a
a
workable
relationship
between
the
parties,
but
it
is
voluntary.
So
not
everybody
wants
to
do
it
and
it
isn't
always
successful.
D
If
early
mediation
isn't
successful,
we
do
get
an
answer
from
whoever
is
engaged
alleged
to
have
engaged
in
discrimination.
So
the
employer,
the
landlord,
is
able
to
kind
of
lay
out
how
they
see
the
situation
and
how
that
might
differ
from
the
person
who
filed
the
complaint
and
then
the
person
who
filed
the
complaint
can
respond
to
that
answer.
So
we
kind
of
have
this
back
and
forth
between
the
parties
to
try
to
understand
what
are
the
two
perspectives
that
are
happening.
We
have
to
remain
neutral,
but
then
we
do
any
additional
investigating.
D
I
could
go
into
way
more
detail
about
what
all
of
that
means,
but
I
know
that
our
time
is
is
short,
so
I
will
make
sure
our
website
is
a
really
good
resource
to
understand
a
little
bit
more
about
our
process
and
how
to
access
services.
So
I
will
make
sure
that
that's
in
the
chat
I.
Also
on
our
website.
We
have
a
variety
of
videos.
I,
a
variety
is
probably
too
large
of
a
term.
D
We
have
two
videos
is
about
a
minute
long
and
then
another
one,
that's
about
five
minutes
long
and
they
both
I,
think
do
a
really
good
job,
one,
a
really
small
snapshot,
but
a
good
kind
of
understanding
of
the
very
basics
of
what
we
do
and
then
the
other
one
goes
into
some
more
detail
about
the
different
steps.
What
to
expect
when
you're,
interacting
with
our
office
and
when
you're
you're
a
party
in
a
case
they're
also
available
in
multiple
languages.
D
We
have
transcripts
available
in
multiple
languages
for
folks
that
would
rather
read
the
information
versus
watch
it
in
a
video,
so
I'll
make
sure
that
those
are
available
on
our
website
is
also
that
Complaint
Form
in
multiple
different
languages
and
then
I'll
just
highlight
that
we
we
regularly
work
with
parties
that
speak
different
languages.
So
we
have
access
to
language
line
and
we
use
that
for
any
verbal
communication
that
we're
having
with
folks.
D
Getting
that
translated,
making
sure
folks
really
have
the
the
resources
that
they
need
were
pretty
familiar
with
doing
that,
I'll
also
highlight
that
we
have
two
investigators
with
key
language
skills,
one
who
speaks
hmong
and
one
who
speaks
Somali,
so
that's
really
helpful
as
well,
and
then
I'll
also
leave
my
contact
information
email
phone
number.
For
me,
please
reach
out.
If
you
have
questions
about
our
process,
I'm
always
happy.
A
A
E
B
E
B
D
I
have
two
intake
officers
that
work
within
our
division
and
they
are
great
resource
and
really
good
help
with
just
you
know
if
you
need
any
assistance
in
the
filing
process
and
figuring
out
how
to
do
that
and
then
they're
the
people
that
kind
of
help
with
all
the
logistics
throughout
the
whole
case
process.
So
I'm
happy
to
do
that
as
well,
and
Michelle
I'm
I'm
willing
to
take
questions
but
I
understand.
If
you
don't
have
time
for
questions
I.
B
Do
see
one
question
in
the
chat
and
thank
you
so
much
for
sharing
so
much
information
in
such
an
efficient
way.
The
question
in
the
chat
is
what
about
a
contractor
not
getting
paid
from
a
state
agency.
If
there's
any
comments
you
can
make
on
that
or
where
would
you
direct
people
for
that
kind
of
a
question.
D
Yeah,
so
that's
it
the
it
depends
the
classic
lawyer
answer,
but
what
I
will
say
is
so
if
it's
a
state
agency
at
issue
it
for
sure
wouldn't
be
us,
because
we
only
have
jurisdiction
over
the
City
of
Minneapolis.
It
potentially
could
be
something
that
you
could
go
to
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
about,
but
I
will
say
that
at
least
for
us
and
for
the
Department
of
Human
Rights,
it's
always
going
to
need
to
be
discrimination
based.
D
So
if
the
allegation
is
the
lack
of
payment
based
on
someone's
protected
class,
then
there
might
be
somewhere.
We
can
go
with
that.
If
it's
a
kind
of
based
on
a
different
issue,
we're
not
going
to
be
the
right,
the
right
place
and
likely
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
wouldn't
be
either.
Unfortunately,.
B
D
B
Okay,
wonderful,
thank
you,
Kayla,
any
other
questions
or
follow-up
questions.
We
have
like
a
minute,
so
there's
there's
a
little
window.
If
people
had
questions
for
Kayla
and
we
have
connected
with
the
Minneapolis
civil
rights
department
and
we'll
have
other
individuals
joining
from
the
Civil
Rights
Department
to
talk
through
more
of
their
work
and
upcoming
forums,
including
I,
believe
in
September.
But
if,
if
are
there
any
questions,
if
there
are
no
questions,
I'll
turn
it
to
edmundo
I.
Think
we're
good.
Thank
you
again.
Kayla
I
really
appreciate
you
hopping
on
today.
My.
A
E
Thanks
Michelle
hi
everybody,
my
name
is
Julia
Decker
I
am
the
policy
director
at
Immigrant,
Law
Center
of
Minnesota,
and
this
you
know
we
can
go
into
some
more
details
of
people
of
more
specific
questions,
but
I.
Think
the
the
first
and
most
important
thing
for
everybody
to
understand
is
that,
because,
as
Ed
Lindo
said,
marijuana
is
still
federally
controlled.
It's
still
federally
illegal
anybody
who's,
not
a
U.S
citizen,
any
involvement
that
a
non-citizen
has,
even
if
they're
a
green
card
holder,
even
if
they
have
some
sort
of
immigration
status.
E
If
they're,
not
a
citizen,
any
involvement
with
marijuana
in
Minnesota
could
still
lead
to
immigration
consequences
up
to
and
include
in
deportation
removal,
and
so
there's
and
there's
really
no
way
around
that,
even
though
the
state
has
legalized
it
so
I
think
that's
it's
just
really
important.
To
start
there
with
that
understanding
that
the
state
legalization
does
not
change
the
federal
immigration
law
or
Consequences
in
any
way.
E
There
is
a
second
part
of
this.
The
law
I
mean
there
was
a
lot
in
the
law
but
specific
to
non-citizens
around
expungement
of
old
records
convictions.
Things
like
that.
That
is
still
a
little
bit
unclear
as
to
exactly
what
that
process
is
going
to
look
like
what
access
to
records
will
look
like
upon
expungement.
E
Sometimes
even
the
immigration
agency
will
still
ask
for
the
old
records
from
every
single
sort
of
thing
in
the
past,
including
expunge
records,
and
so
non-citizens
may
still
need
to
get
access
to
those,
and
so,
as
that
is
still
up
in
the
air.
Exactly
what
that
process
is
going
to
look
like
what
the
access
is
sort
of
going
to
look
like
ilcm
is:
is
you
know,
monitoring
that
and
trying
to
figure
out
what
the
process
may
look
like
and
how
best
to
communicate
that
information
to
the
community?
E
But
it
was
a
big
lot,
obviously,
big
change,
and
so
just
a
lot
of
things
that
are
still
being
worked
out.
So
those
are
the
two
main
pieces.
I
think
that
I
that
I
want
to
make
sure
I
communicated
today
to
this
group
I'm
happy
to
try
to
answer
some
more
specific
questions,
but
I
also
think
if
you
have
a
specific
case
question
like
oh,
this
person
had
X,
Y
and
Z
that
it's
better
to
contact
me
offline,
I'll
put
my
email
in
the
chat
and
we
can
figure
out.
D
A
Sorry
about
that,
thank
you
Julia
this.
That
was
very
helpful
and
I.
Think
the
expungement
issues
is
really
really
big
because,
as
you
said,
you
know
people
are
going
to
still
need
their
records
and
and
I
know
that
creates
a
problem
for
people
in
Immigration
proceedings
or
in
Immigration
processing.
B
D
B
This
information
with
the
group
really
valuable
and
important
and
I've
also
seen
the
ilcm
Facebook
page
I
would
just
like
you
to
share.
Please
is
there?
Are
there
locations
where
people
can
get
more
information,
including
potentially
in
different
languages?
I?
Imagine
people
will
want
to
know
more,
are
eager
to
understand
this
better.
So
if
there's
a
place
where
you
may
be
able
to
direct
them
or
suggest
that
people
visit
to
to
get
some
more
basic
information
and
understand
where
to
go,
if
they
have
more
questions
that
they
would
like
to
have
answered.
E
E
Obviously,
we
will
hope
to
get
additional
information
about
that
when
the
time
comes
so
again,
our
website
and
social
media
will
probably
be
the
best
places
for
that,
but
the
the
the
most
important
information
is:
don't,
if
you're,
not
a
citizen,
please
don't
engage
with
the
otherwise
legal
marijuana
Market
in
Minnesota.
For
for
the
time
being,.
A
I
do
have
a
follow-up
kind
of
question.
Julia
too.
You
know
one
of
the
areas
where
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
really
important.
Is
many
Refugee
families
come
and
they
come
with
children
and
the
children
are
very
young
and
and
their
parents
may
even
get
them
green
cards
make
a
permanent
residence
for
them,
and
we've
seen
this
in
the
past
in
other
contexts,
but
the
children
don't
ever
naturalize
the
parents,
don't
naturalize
for
the
children
are
18,
so
the
children
grow.
A
You
know
kind
of
grow
up
and
with
just
a
green
card
and
then
the
children
you
know
get
in
trouble
with
juvenile
authorities.
They
you
know
so
I
could
see
where
you
know,
kids
might
be
smoking
marijuana,
because
you
know
all
my
friends
in
high
school
are
smoking
marijuana,
so
I
was
smoking,
marijuana
and
and
that
creating
a
problem
for
them
when
they
get
older.
E
Yeah
I
think
it's
a
really
good
point
and
I
don't
know
of
any
specific
efforts,
but
I
think
that
it's
probably
would
not
be
a
bad
idea
to
do
some
specific
Outreach
to
communities
about
just
the
the
issue
is
specific
to
Youth
and
I.
Think
also
just
communities
in
general
I
think
something
that
also
maybe
people
a
little
bit
of
a
Nuance.
E
B
Yeah
Julia
I
think
that's
really
helpful.
That
point
that
last
point
that
you
made,
because
I
think
that
some
may
feel
like
well
I'm
not
going
to
get
a
ticket
for
doing
it
right
because
it's
not
against
the
law
anymore,
and
so
how
would
this
even
come
up
and
I
I
know
that,
just
in
reviewing
some
of
the
application
processes
like
there
are
specific
questions,
and
so
as
you're
talking
about
like
use
or
you
know,
possession
distribution.
B
A
B
Yep
so
we'll
just
hold
the
space
open
for
a
quickie.
Second,
if
there's
someone
with
a
community-based
organization
that
wanted
to
share
some
information
about
who
you
are
and
what
you
do,
we
wanted
to
make
sure
to
give
space
for
people
to
highlight
on
their
important
work
at
every
Twin
Cities
Immigration
Form.
So
if
there's
anyone
who
would
like
to
take
the
mic
and
share
some
information
right
now,
please
feel
free
to
do
so
and
and
if
not,
please
reach
out
to
edmundo
and
myself,
if
you'd
like
to
share
at
a
future
Forum.
B
B
Yep,
so
actually
there's
another.
Let's
see,
there's
another
quick
bullet
points
on
immigration
news.
One
piece
of
information
that
we
wanted
to
share
and
I
know:
we've
brought
this
to
the
Forum
before
is
the
Afghan
adjustment
act
and
just
to
get
this
topic
on
people's
radar.
The
Afghan
adjustment
act
is
a
bill
that
would
provide
a
pathway
for
Afghans
in
the
United
States
to
apply
for
permanent
residence,
rather
than
being
required
to
go
through
the
Asylum
process
or
a
special
immigrant
Visa
processing.
B
This
bill
was
reintroduced
in
the
House
and
Senate
just
in
July
and
a
local
organization
that
advocates
for
human
rights
is
very
involved
and
engaged
on
this
topic.
If
you
would
like
to
learn
more,
please
visit
the
advocates
for
human
rights
webpage
and
if
you
are
interested
in
learning
more
about
advocacy
opportunities
of
points
of
contact
who
has
joined
the
Twin
Cities
Immigration
Form
in
the
past
is
Lindsey.
Gracing
and
I
will
put
her
contact
information
in
the
chat
as
well
and
I'll
turn
it
to
you
at
Mundo.
A
Thank
you
Michelle.
Well,
we
have
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
St.
Paul
have
been
in
a
one-year
long
initiative
to
promote
citizenship
and
Naturalization
in
in
our
cities.
Between
the
two
of
us,
we
have
over
20
000
permanent
residents
who
are
technically
eligible
to
naturalize.
So
we've
been
doing
a
series
of
immigration
and
and
citizenship
resource
fairs.
Our
next
fair
will
be
on
Saturday
August
12th
from
2
to
4
P.M
at
the
Cedar
Riverside
Opportunity
Center.
A
A
Affinity
also
has
a
take
a
month
off
program,
so
you
can
actually
take
13
months
to
pay
off
the
zero
interest
loan
and
it's
fairly,
it's
a
pretty
good
deal
for
people
who
are
looking
to
naturalize
who
who
may
not
qualify
for
a
fee
waiver
but
don't
have
enough
money.
You
know
to
come
up
with
that.
70
725
dollars
up
front
so
we'll
be
just
you
know,
having
legal
service
providers
And
discussing
the
loan
and
other
thing
issues
that
might
come
up
around
naturalization
this
Saturday.
A
A
Fair,
that's
going
to
be
hosted
at
the
Saint
Stephen's
Lutheran
Church
in
Bloomington,
the
cities
of
Bloomington
and
Immigrant
Law
Center
of
Minnesota
will
be
hosting
a
resource
Fair
where
people
will
be
able
to
get
free
legal
consultations
on
topics
including
Asylum,
U,
visas,
T
visas,
naturalization,
deferred
action
for
childhood
arrivals
country,
specific
parole,
programs
vawa,
which
is
violence
against
women's
act,
special
immigrant,
juvenile
status
and
much
more
so.
If
people
need
legal
consultations,
they
can
also
attend
this
resource.
A
Fair
in
the
city
of
Bloomington,
on
on
Saturday,
the
19th
of
August
I
I
know
that
Hennepin
County
is
also
holding
a
with
mid
Minnesota.
Legal
aid
will
also
be
holding
a
resource
Clinic
where
people
can
get
consultations
regarding
their
naturalization
applications
and
I.
Believe
that
is
on
is
that
August
15th
Michelle
doing
that
one
for
memory,
August
15th.
Do
you
remember
the
location
eleven.
B
B
Looking
for
the
flyer
right
now,
I
did
send
out
the
flyer
to
the
group.
I
see
somebody
just
put
a
message
in
the
chat.
Yes,
so
Carmen
there
are
flyers
for
the
upcoming
feather
resource
fairs
and
Clinics.
It
I
sent
those
out
to
the
group
and
we'll
follow
up
again
with
those
flyers.
After
it's
recent
meeting,
hello.
A
Yeah,
hello,
all
right
all
right
and
then
finally,
we
do
have
a
the
second
Annual
Festival
of
rights,
which
is
going
to
be
held
at
beautiful
launderette
on
the
west
side
of
Saint
Paul
on
Sunday
August
20th
from
one
to
seven
from
one
to
five
there'll
be
an
organization's
Fair.
Where
there'll
be
speeches
about
know
your
rights
they'll
be
free.
Comprehensive
immigration,
screenings
with
advice
from
immigration,
attorneys
there'll,
be
a
food
truck
and
activities
for
the
children,
then
from
five
to
seven
there'll
be
live
music
by.
A
B
There
are
several
community-based
organizations
that
are
very
engaged
in
sharing
information
with
Community,
including
one
called
Minnesota
immigrant
movement,
which
is
giving
trainings
for
the
manual
driver's
license.
Theory
classes,
they
have
several
locations
in
Minneapolis
and
Suburban
areas
where
they're
offering
this
class
I've
been
given
a
telephone
number
to
share
for
people
who
are
interested
in
taking
a
class.
B
There
is
a
driver's
license
for
all
page
with
a
great
deal
of
information
about
events
that
are
taking
place
in
the
future.
Events
that
have
taken
place,
and
it
does
seem
like
there
is
additional
resource
information
that
is
being
communicated
through
that
page.
So
I
just
put
the
page
into
the
chat
as
well
and
then
also
as
edmundo
indicated,
the
event
that's
taking
place
in
Bloomington
on
Saturday
the
19th.
B
There
will
be
a
driver's
license
for
all
components
and
I
believe
that
that
component
is
being
handled
by
unidos
Minnesota,
which
is
another
one
of
the
organizations
that
is
very
engaged
in
providing
information
to
communities.
So
people
understand
the
process
and
are
ready
to
go
one
other
organization
that
is
also
doing
this
type
of
work
is
kopong,
so
Minnesota,
immigrant
movement,
unidos,
Minnesota
and
copal
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
that
people
may
have
on
and
I
think
that
that
was
all
that
I
wanted
to
share.
B
A
Thanks
Michelle
I
guess
we'll
open
it
up
for
anyone
who
may
want
to
make
an
announcement
or
have
any
additional
comments
or
topics
for
discussion,
we'll
just
open
it
up
for
a
few
minutes.
Otherwise
we
can
finish
up
early
today
and
let
you
get
out
in
the
summer
maybe
go
for
a
nice
walk
before
it
gets
too
dark.
A
All
right,
well
I!
Thank
you.
Every
I
thank
everyone
for
joining
us
today.
We
look
forward
to,
hopefully,
maybe
seeing
you
this
Saturday
at
our
naturalization
fair.
If
not,
we
will
see
you
next
month
at
the
next
Twin
Cities
immigration
Forum,
which
I
believe
is
on
give
me
a
second,
the
second
Thursday
of
the
month,
which
is
going
to
be
the
14th
14th
of
September.