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From YouTube: March Twin Cities Immigration Forum: March 16, 2023.
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The March Twin Cities Immigration Forum covers the newly signed Drivers License for All bill which goes into effect on October 1, how to submit a public comment relating a new proposed regulation limiting access to asylum, upcoming city and community events and how to participate, and more.
A
Welcome
to
this
month's
Twin
Cities
immigration
Forum.
This
is
a
monthly
meeting,
that's
co-hosted
by
the
City
of
Minneapolis,
immigrant
and
Refugee
on
Affairs
office
and
the
city
of
Saint,
Paul,
immigrant
and
Refugee
program
to
address
topics
of
interest
and
concern
to
Immigrant
and
Refugee
residents
and
individuals
and
organizations
that
serve
our
immigrant
Refugee.
A
This
monthly
series
started
as
a
way
to
unpack
Federal
immigration
policies,
programs,
actions
and
news
and
has
expanded
Beyond
immigration
updates
to
include
discussions
on
a
variety
of
topics
with
speakers,
including
from
Community
from
governmental
entities
and
more
my
name
is
Michelle.
Rivero
I'm,
the
director
of
the
office
of
immigrant
and
Refugee
Affairs
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
edmundo
to
introduce
yourself.
B
Thanks
Michelle
Ahmed
wind
early
home,
an
assistant
City
attorney
with
the
city
of
St,
Paul
and
I,
am
charged
with
developing
and
managing
the
Immigrant
Refugee
program
for
the
city
of
Saint
Paul
and
together
with
Michelle.
We,
we
Host
this
immigrant
Forum
immigration
Forum,
as
well
as
a
couple
other
projects
that
we've
been
doing
together
to
assist
our
communities
here
in
the
Twin
Cities.
C
I
have
no
words
to
to
describe
this.
Victory.
All
I
have
to
say
is
over
the
last
20
years,
I'm
releasing
Minnesota,
probably
under
trauma,
and
the
stress-
and
this
is
something
that
it
was
not
discussed
very
very
often
at
the
state.
But
now
we
can
say
this
is
this
is
a
new
chapter
here
in
Minnesota.
I
won't
take
a
lot
of
time,
because
I
know
that
we
have
a
commissioner
and
and
Bina,
but
something
that
I
want
to
share
is
one.
C
Is
the
community
super
excited
about
this
I've
been
participating
in
meetings
across
the
state
so
far
and
we
have
another
flow
participants.
They,
of
course,
have
a
lot
of
questions
and
they're
getting
ready
and
the
difference
now
in
in
the
past
is
you
can
see
their
smile?
You
can
see
how
they
are
coming
with
that
hope,
and
they
they
are.
C
Also,
the
community
is
super
super
happy
to
know
that
they
will
be
able
to
apply
and
receive
the
same
standard
driver
license
nothing
different,
no
different
color.
It
will
be
the
same
so
for
them
they
are
finally
receiving
this,
as
as
something
that
improves
equality
and
Equity
here
in
Minnesota,
I
remember
in
2003,
when,
for
the
first
time,
I
I
had
a
long
conversation
with
Tim
Walls
in
a
community
picnic
in
Worthington
Minnesota,
and
this
is
the
the
first
time
that
I
remember
he
was
like
wow.
C
I
cannot
believe
this
problem,
but
also
when
we
have
the
2006
rate
I
remember.
There
was
a
meeting
that
we
have
with
ice
in
the
Department
of
Justice
and
the
sheriff
in
the
Minneapolis
Chief
Michael
Minsky,
and
they
brought
a
garbage
bag
full
of
identities,
and
they
were,
they
were
complaining
about
using
different
identities
and
fake
database
blah
blah
blah,
and
this
is
the
first
time
that
I,
remember,
representative
Hamilton
team
wolves
and
chief
Kaminsky
advocating
for
driver's
license
in
front
of
ice
and
the
Department
of
Justice.
So
this
is
long
overdue.
C
A
B
A
D
Not
a
problem
at
all
and
you
got
it
right:
ponjong,
director
of
the
driver
and
vehicle
services,
division
and
super
happy
to
be
here.
I've
been
in
this
role
now
for
a
year
in
about
six
months,
and
that's
how
long
I've
known
about
this.
This
work
and
all
this
effort
that's
been
learned,
and
it
continues
to
amaze
me
how
passionate
the
community
is
and
all
the
folks
who
have
been
involved
in
this
work.
D
D
A
D
Thank
you
yeah,
so
I'm
super
excited
to
to
to
take
that
the
Baton
and
and
continue
the
race.
You
know,
as,
as
everyone
may
know,
October
1st
is
the
effective
date
for
this
piece
of
of
statute
and
there's
lots
of
work
that
that
will
happen
between
now
and
October
one,
and
so
some
of
those
things
are
we
were
approved
or
as
part
of
the
bill.
D
We
had
several
positions
that
were
included
in
this,
two
of
which
I
wanted
to
highlight
and
they're
all
equally
important,
but
two
positions
that
I
want
to
highlight
here.
In
this
call
we
have
two
program
manager
positions,
what
we're
still
getting
them
through
the
job
audit
process
and
we'll
Define
kind
of
classifications
and
titles
and
all
that
fun
stuff,
but
they
will
essentially
manage
this
program
and
be
our
the
State
subject
matter:
experts
they'll
work
directly
with
Community
groups
and
with
community
members
on
unique
situations.
D
We
have
business
or
local
government
city
and
county
and
and
private
business
owners
who
are
Deputy
registrars
or
deputies
who
do
work
on
behalf
of
the
state
and
they'll
they'll,
receive
all
that
all
training
necessary
to
to
conduct
these
transactions
come
October
one,
and
so
these
two
roles
are
absolutely
critical.
The
funding
starts
July
1.,
our
hope
is
to
begin
the
hiring
process
a
little
bit
prior
to
that,
and
my
big
ask
in
this
call
is
to
if
you
know,
someone
or
think
someone
would
be
a
good
fit
for
that.
D
Please,
please,
please
separate
them
our
way
and
make
sure
they
apply.
You
know,
I
I
think
these
two
will
really
be
critical,
will
serve
critical
roles
and
be
the
face
of
this
of
this
work.
I'm
here
at
DBS
and
and
we're
excited
to
bring
those
roles
on
and
and
they're
very
much
needed.
In
addition
to
those
two
roles,
we're
hiring
six
driver
examiner
roles,
so
that
will
will
spread
those
throughout
the
state.
Clearly,
some
here
in
the
Metro
we're
still
trying
to
figure
out
that
balance.
D
That's
part
of
the
work
that
needs
to
happen
between
now
and
October
1st,
and
then
we
also
are
hiring
four
administrative
staff
kind
of
clerical
positions
to
process
trans
process.
These
specific
applications
as
they
come
through,
because
we
know
that
these
will
have
unique
documents
and
and
they
might
require
additional
review
in
the
back
office,
and
so
we
gotta
we,
you
know
we're
excited
to
get
those
jobs
filled
and
and
get
get
the
staff
here,
get
them
trained
up,
get
our
partners
trained
up
and
and
be
ready
for
October
one.
D
D
We
have
lots
of
materials
that
we
need
to
work
out
and
and
really
develop
and
share,
and
so
we're
looking
forward
to
to
this
to
engagements
like
this
and
others
where
we
can
get
some
of
that
feedback.
Suggestions
for
for
what
kind
of
communication
would
be
effective
and
helpful
and
then
what
and
then
we'll
continue
to
look
at
things
look
at
ways.
We
can
make
this
process
better
we're
working
with
other
states,
as
Mariano
mentioned.
E
D
Looks
a
little
bit
different
in
every
jurisdiction,
but
but
there
are
definitely
lessons
learned
that
that
they've
shared
that
we're
that
we're
we're
looking
forward
to
leveraging
and
taking
advantage
of
so
lots
of
work
left
to
do.
We
have
a
communication
that
will
be
coming
out
and
I
know
one
of
the
questions
that
we've
been
getting
asked
a
lot.
D
D
We
just
can't
endorse
them
because
we
didn't
translate
them,
but
the
the
test
is
developed
off
of
the
direct
off
of
the
manual,
and
so
please,
you
know
if,
for
folks
getting
ready
for
the
test,
read
the
read
the
manual
prep
for
that
just
a
word
of
warning.
There
are
practice
tests
floating
around
in
the
in
on
the
end
on
the
web.
Those
are
not
our
practice
tests
and
they
may
not
reflect
the
r
manual.
Those
are
you
know,
get
put
up
in
other
states.
D
They
get
put
out
by
driving
schools,
they
get
put
up
by
all
sorts
of
different
entities,
and-
and
you
know,
we
hear
feedback
all
the
time
that
you
know
that
question.
They
answered
right
on
the
practice
test,
but
it
wasn't
right
according
to
our
manual
and
or
our
our
test,
and
we
just
for
clarity.
We
we
don't
have
a
pack.
Minnesota
does
not
have
a
practice
test
out
there,
and
so
the
the
key
is
really
to
study
the
manual.
The
written
test
is
available
in
multiple
languages.
D
Last
count
that
I
received
was
12.
and
and
the
major
languages
among
Somali
Spanish
are
are
are
among.
Among
the
twelve,
if
there
are
other
languages
that
folks
are
looking
are
interested
in,
they
certainly
reach
out
to
confirm
that
the
language
is
available,
but
there's
no
special
kind
of
requests
or
anything
that
anybody
needs
to
do.
D
And
it's
a
it's
a
computer-based
test,
and
so
we
just
kind
of
change
the
language
and
folks
can
toggle
back
between
the
language
between
that
the
preferred
language
and
English.
If
they
want
to.
We
also
have
oral
testing,
and
so
we
do
those
kind
of
two
ways
we
can
do.
One
one-on-one
an
individual
can
can
schedule
a
test
and
they
can
have
bring
their
own
translator.
D
We'll
have
a
proctor
that
sits
in
the
room
and
folks
can
do
have
the
the
questions
read
orally
to
them
and
then,
when
they
respond
on
a
paper
sheet
or
We've.
Also
since
last
year
and
introduced
a
group,
oral
testing
and
I
know
that
our
Community
Partners
are
are
excited
about
that,
because
you
know
our
translators
go
a
little
bit
further.
We
can
get
more
people
in
and
I
know.
D
Translators
are
very
hard
to
come
by
and
they're
expensive,
and
so
we
can
do
up
to
seven
testers
with
what
one
translation
session
all
seven
testers
will
be
going
through
the
same
test.
They
kind
of
go
through
the
same
Pace
or
they
are
paced
together
as
a
group,
and
that
usually
takes
about
two
hours
for
for
us
to
get
all
seven
people
through
that,
and
so,
but
either
way
go
to
there.
D
The
website
for
that
and
I'll
throw
it
in
the
chat
here
in
a
little
bit
too
inside
the
website.
The
email
address
to
sign
up
for
either
an
oral
test
either
single
or
group
is
the
same.
Email
and
folks
can
show
interest
through
that
and
then
sign
up
and
then
we'll
coordinate
an
appointment
for
them,
and
then
I
mentioned
third-party
Proctors.
There
are
third-party
Proctors
that
exist
already.
D
D
The
one
caveat
to
that
is
that
the
third
party
Proctors
only
administered
The
Test
in
English
and
and
they
can
charge
a
10
fee
if
you
come
to
the
state,
there's
no
fee
unless
you're
retaking
the
test
for
the
third
time
and
then
there's
a
retake
fee
on
that
third
test
of
ten
dollars.
Our
third
party
Proctor
is
as
an
incentive
to
be
a
proctor.
D
They
can
charge
ten
dollars
per
exam
on
the
very
first
exam
that
does
open
up
the
pool
for
testing
I
know,
appointments
can
be
challenging,
especially
I.
Imagine
October
one
is
going
to
be.
You
know
a
large
rush,
and
so
those
third-party
Proctors
that
are
are
another
resource
for
for
folks
to
use,
and
then
for
Community
groups
and
in
even
local
governments.
We
encourage
folks
to
become
third-party
Proctors.
There's
a
certification
process.
D
All
of
our
appointments
are
30
days
out
only
and
I
know
that
that
can
be
a
challenge
for
for
folks
having
to
wait
until
30
days
prior
to
eligibility
to
make
that
appointment.
But
what
that
allows
DBS
to
do
is
to
better
predict
our
resources
and
make
all
of
our
appointments
available
when
we
make
appointments
available
really
far
out.
D
One
of
the
things
we
noticed
was
we
had
a
lot
of
cancellations
and
then
we,
especially
in
this
environment
with
turnover
and
just
the
pandemic
I
mean
it
was
really
hard
to
predict
who
was
going
to
be
in
the
office
and
which
examiners
were
going
to
be
available
to
to
offer
an
appointment.
And
so
we,
you
know
we
had
to
reduce
the
number
of
appointments.
We
were.
We
we
could
offer
to
ensure
that
every
appointment
was
was
held
by
by
offering
them
30
days
out.
D
We
see
less
cancellations
and
so
30
days
out
start
scheduling
those
appointments
and
and
and
getting
folks
in
and
then
the
the
last
thing
I
wanted
to
share
before
I
turn
this
over
and
I'm,
not
sure
I'm
sure
how
much
time
I
had
but
I
want
to
share
something
really
exciting
and
we
this
is.
We
have
a
soft
launch
of
our
chat
bot
that
we
just
implemented.
This
is
newer
to
we.
D
We've
always
had
a
chat
bot,
but
this
is
a
new
chatbot
that
allows
us
to
to
offer
our
that
chat,
experience
in
in
four
different
languages,
English
Hmong,
Somali
and
Spanish,
and
so,
if
you
go
to
our
website,
which
is
drive.mn.gov
and
I
know
the
the
browser
up
here
says
something
different
when
you,
when
you,
when
you
browse
to
drive.mn.gov
it
takes
you
to
this
site
here,
you
see
all
the
tiles
for
all
the
different
online
services
that
you
can.
You
can
leverage
through
through
the
web.
D
Our
website
appointments
are
right
here
to
schedule.
Appointments,
but
I
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
our
chatbot
down
here,
which
we're
very,
very
proud
of
again
soft
launch.
We
haven't
made
our
big
splash,
yet
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
for,
though
we
are
encouraging
our
our
partners,
Community
groups,
to
go
out
there
and
and
test
it
out,
make
sure
that
you
know
see
how
the
translations
work.
D
This
is
an
AI
chat
button,
so
it's
learning
as
as
more
people
interact
with
it,
and
the
hope
is
that
we'll
capture
the
Minnesota
dialect
and
and
really
refine
how
this
chatbot
works
and
I'm
I'm
not
going
to
do
this
in
a
different
language.
I'm
going
to
show
you
guys
this
in
English,
but
please
please
check
out
these
other
languages,
and
so,
when
you
go
into
it
you
can.
There
are
some
kind
of
common
actions
you
can
take.
Some
of
these.
D
You
can
do
the
entire
internet,
entire
action
within
the
chatbot.
Some
of
them
will
lead
you
to
another
link,
will
will
you
can
where
you
can
complete
the
transaction?
Anything
that's
done
in
the
chatbot
will
be
in
the
language
of
choice
and
and
I
and
I.
This
button
is
here
the
button
that
I
want
to
I
want
to
ask
everyone
to,
as
they
are
going
through
this
experience,
if
they
have
any
feedback,
positive,
negative
suggestions
for
language,
just
the
experience
itself.
D
This
all
this
feedback
is
is,
is
collected
and
it's
put
together
the
actual
the
AI
bot
actually
stores
it
and
categorizes
it
and
helps
us
develop
kind
of
enhancements
to
the
the
tool,
and
so
that
that
is
well.
What
DBS
is
working
on
now,
I
I
see
I,
saw
some
questions
in
the
chat
and
I
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
answer
them,
so
that
I
think
there
was
one
question
about.
Do
they
have
do
those
two
program
managers
they
do.
D
They
have
to
be
here
in
St
Paul.
So
technically
they
will
work
out
of
the
out
of
town
square,
which
is
our
downtown
St
Paul
office.
That's
our
our
corporate
office.
It's
it's
not
very
nice!
So
that's
why
the
air
quotes,
but
the
they
will
likely
be
very
much
remote.
They
just
won't
be
classified
as
a
full
remote
worker.
They
still
have
their
home
office
in
Town,
Square
and
periodically.
D
A
Thank
you
so
much
director
Zhang
for
all
this
information,
and
if
people
have
questions-
and
you
want
to
start
plugging
them
into
the
chat
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
that
Vena,
IR
executive
director
of
Immigrant
Law
Center
of
Minnesota
also
has
an
opportunity
to
share
some
information
that
there's
been
some
engagement.
That's
taken
place,
but
again
for
the
audience.
A
If
you
have
questions
that
you'd
like
to
plug
into
the
chat
or
once
Fina
completes
what
she
would
like
to
share,
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand
and
again,
thank
you
so
much
director
Jean
for
being
with
us
today
and
for
all
your
work
throughout
the
process.
I
have
seen
you
testify
at
the
state
legislature,
so
I
know
you've
been
very
hard
at
work
and
your
role
in
in
the
success
cannot
be
understated.
So
thank
you
very
much
appreciate
it.
A
F
So
much
Michelle
for
introducing
me
and
thanks
so
much
and
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate
to
director
Zhang
and
his
team
for
already
the
partnership
in
getting
the
build
pass
and,
of
course,
an
implementation
and
for
all
the
folks
who
are
on
the
call
who
have
just
played
such
an
instrumental
role
in
getting
this
legislation
passed
over
20
years.
It's
been
a
privilege
to
work
with
everybody
and
continue
to
work
with
everyone
to
get
to
the
point
where
people
are
getting
driver's
licenses
on
October
1st,
which
is
so
exciting.
F
And
so
what
we
are
really
doing
on
our
part
is
working
to
both
make
sure
that
kind
of
conduit
to
DPS
and
making
sure
to
get
community
questions
to
to
DPS
and
get
them
answered
and
help
with
kind
of
making
sure
that
folks
can
a
lot
of
people
within
the
community
can
kind
of
be
able
to
explain.
You
know
some
Basics
about
the
process,
but
then
the
second
thing
is
that,
understandably,
after
20
years
of
not
having
driver's
licenses
for
all,
a
lot
of
people
have
very
good
questions.
F
Lots
of
questions
about
what
happens
if
they,
you
know,
you
know
if
they
have
a
prior
deportation
order
and
they
go
to
apply
for
a
driver's
license
if
they
had
a
driver's
license
from,
for
example,
the
times
before
2003
had
it
for
a
while,
but
then
a
couple
there's
definitely
people
who
have
not
been
able
to
renew
that
license.
What
did
they
do?
F
So
we're
working
hard
to
a
have
a
repository
of
all
get
those
questions
so
that
we
can
get
them
answered
and
then
second
figure
out
the
best
ways
to
answer
them
for
the
community
and
I
think
it
will
be
a
combination
of
one
kind
of
FAQs
that
will
be
posted
online
and
translated
into
various
languages
that
are
necessary
and
we're
also
working
on
our
team
to
do
like.
We've
got
kind
of
like
a
QR
code
function
so
that
we
can
also
go
to
recordings
as
well.
F
So
we
are
working
on
preparing
all
of
this
together,
we
have
a
fun
meeting
of
kind
of
the
immigration
legal
folks
working
on
this
next
Tuesday
to
work
on
planning,
but
we
will
be
getting
that
information
out
definitely
check
out
our
website
at
www.ilcm.org
for
updates.
But
what
I
think
is
really
important.
I've
been
telling
folks
is
that
there
are
lots
of
questions.
People
can
also.
This
is
one
thing
that
we've
done.
F
We've
created
a
form
for
more
for
organizations
to
to
put
in
commonly
asked
questions
from
community,
and
this
would
be
a
great
form
for
all
for
all
of
you
to
use.
If
you
have
questions
at
this
time,
we're
not
making
it
a
general
form,
we
may
make
it
a
general
form
soon
enough,
but
the
biggest
thing
is
this
is
a
form
there's
going
to
be
questions
and
we're
going
to
use
it
to
inform
the
FAQs
we
do,
but
it's
not
going
to
be
a
former
survey.
F
That's
going
to
result
in
an
immediate
response
to
anybody
and
definitely
not
individualized
advice
and
because
we
know
that
can
be
really
confusing
to
like
Community
more
generally
for
right
now,
we're
just
keeping
this
too
for
more
organizations
to
send
in
their
questions.
So
please
feel
free.
If
there's
other
organizations,
you
think,
may
be
getting
questions
from
community
and
need
to
send
them
in.
Please
send
those
we're
monitoring
them
and
then
we're
working
on
them.
But
it's
going
to
take
some
time,
and
the
reason
it's
taking
time
is.
F
Is
that
we're
going
to
prioritize
accuracy
over
speed
is
really
you
know?
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
the
best
and
right
answers
for
folks
and
so
I
anticipate
that
what
will
happen
is
they're,
going
to
be
kind
of
waves
of
FAQs
and
questions
answered,
easier
ones
will
be
answered,
probably
within
the
next.
F
You
know,
couple
of
weeks
or
a
month
have
like
a
basic
FAQ
and
over
time
there'll
be
things
that
are
more
complex
that
come
out
and
we're
also
just
as
director
Zhang
is
working
with
other
states
that
have
implemented
it.
We're
also
in
touch
with
some
of
the
great
or
organizations
that
have
implemented
this
law
in
other
states
recently,
such
as
Virginia
Illinois
Massachusetts,
to
also
learn
from
them
to
be
able
to
provide
the
best
advice
to
folks
in
Minnesota.
A
B
Do
I
have
a
a
very
short
couple
short
comments
and
then
a
quick
question
first
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
Mariano
for
everything,
you've
done
and
everything
you
continue
to
do,
and
you
know
I
for
one
will
very
much
miss
you
and
be
very
sad
if
you
retire.
So
you
know,
I
I'm
gonna
make
a
personal
request
that
you
at
least
a
little
bit
just
because
we
got
some
things
to
do
together
that
I
still
want
to
get
to.
So
thank
you.
Yeah
I,
like
lunch,
that's
right!
That's
right!
B
Second,
this
is
really
directed
to
director
Zhang
and
tavina.
Just
some
observations
that
my
office,
you
know
and
some
feedback
from
from
my
office,
of
what
we've
heard
and
I
know.
Michelle
has
has
gotten
some
of
this
similar
feedback.
We've
been
hearing
I
heard
from
the
Ukrainian
Community,
but
also
the
Afghan
community
and
H-1B
holders
asking
about
how
is
this
going
to
impact
their
driver's
licenses
when
their
license
is
based
on
or
the
duration
of
their
ability
period
of
their
driver's
license
is
based
on
their
immigration
status?
B
Is
that
kind
of
change
you
know?
Are
they
gonna
have
to
pay
additional
fees?
You
know
so
there's
there's
a
lot
of
questions
around
people
who
have
status
at
the
at
this
time
and
also
have
driver's
licenses
so
that
that
I
think
you're,
gonna
I,
don't
know
if
you're
seeing
those
questions.
But
those
are
the
questions
that
my
office
I
know.
Michelle's
talked
to
me
about
her
office,
also
receiving
those
questions.
B
Number
two
and
and
I
know
Marion
was
was
I
talked
about
this
at
some
point
too,
you
know
we
always
worry.
Whenever
there's
a
new
benefits
program,
whether
it
be
an
immigration
or
at
the
state,
there
are
always
fraud
schemes
that
come
out
and
take
advantage
of
members.
Community
members
and
take
you
know,
take
their
money
and
and
they're
not
legit.
So
you
know
that's
something
that
we
in
St
Paul
are
very
concerned
about
and
and
really
would
be
happy
to
help
and
participate
in
any
kind
of
anti-fraud.
B
D
I'll
take
a
stab
at
it,
but
I
will
say
this
question
has
come
up
about:
what
do
we
do
just
temporary
State
credentials
as
a
whole
and
well
I?
Don't
have
an
official,
we
don't
have
an
official
response
to
that.
Yet
I
will
say
the
car.
What
the
conversation
has
been
like
is
individuals
who
are
on
temporary
stay.
Their
credential
will
be
valid.
D
It
will
remain
valid
for
the
for
the
duration
of
that
of
that
credential
and
and
if
they
were
to
transition
to
this
credential
the
standard
credential
and
use
this
this
process
they
very
they
they
could
do
that
now.
I
think
one
of
the
caveats
is:
is
there
are
a
list
of
primary
and
secondary
documents?
I
know,
I've
heard
that
feedback
and
Mariana
touch
base.
Briefly
on
at
the
siding
about
this.
D
They
still,
they
will
still
need
to
meet
the
the
primary
and
secondary
requirement
requirements
and
I
know
that
that
will
be
a
challenge
for
for
many
community
members
and
is
is
gathering
those
documents
and
access
to
those
documents,
and
so
you
know
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
we'll
we'll
be
trying
to
figure
out
over
the
over
this.
This
next
several
months
is,
is
how
do
we?
How
do
we
connect
folks
to
the
right
organizations
right
agencies
so
that
they
can?
D
But
the
preliminary
conversations
have
been
that
when
they're,
when
that
credential
expires
and
they
go
to,
they
can
come
to
renew,
they
will
just
renew
for
it
for
the
credential
that
they
choose,
which
could
be
a
temporary
stay.
If
they,
if
they
had
more,
you
know
temp,
they
will
they,
their
temporary
stay
was
extended
or
or
this
or
this
credential
PETA.
F
F
Oh
you,
I'm
good,
okay,
I'm,
just
Frozen
on
my
own
camera,
so
yeah
so
from
from
our
lead,
our
our
reading
of
the
law.
Temporary
status
doesn't
matter
anymore.
Certainly,
if
you
that's
what
the
credential
you
have
that's
the
expiration
you
have.
You
have
in
the
same
way
that
I
think
in
some
ways
it's
like
yeah,
my
my
driver's
license
still
expired,
January
1st
of
2000.
You
know
this
of
this
year
and
just
had
to
renew
it,
but
that
is
our
there's
understanding.
F
The
one
thing
I
was
just
gonna
ask
director
Sean,
and
this
just
might
be
a
question
for
later
on,
for
certainly
I
think
that
and
I
know
there's
so
many
Community
organizations
that
are
really
working
on
this
question
of
getting
people
and
connected
with
their
consulates
with
others
to
be
able
to
get
primary
and
secondary
documents
during
this
time.
But,
as
you
say,
there's
probably
gonna
be
and
there's
going
to
be
perhaps
kind
of
some
populations
that
we
see.
Okay,
this
group
is
just
not
able
to
get
it
is
there?
F
Oh
I
know
there
is
a
variance
process
and
I
guess.
The
one
question
is
when
you've
gone
through
enough
hoops
and
figured
out
okay,
these
couple
of
groups
are
going
to
be
variance
groups.
Will
it
be
possible
to
kind
of
develop
kind
of
some
standard
variances
for
common
situations
so
that
there
doesn't
have
to
be
an
individual
adjudication
for
every
single
one
of
them
kind
of
helping
you
guys
and
helping
the
community
too?.
C
Over
the
last
now
two
weeks,
I
have
seen
posts
over
Facebook
and
other
social
media
platforms.
This.
It
is
just
that
people
are
taking
advantage
of
earlier
people,
I
I
did
call
one
of
those
numbers
and
they
told
me
that
they
are
charging
four
or
six
hundred
dollars.
I
even
mentioned
I
don't
got
papers,
I
was
just
trying
to
get
more
information
and
they
told
me
no
worries.
C
So
people
are
taking
advantage
of
this
amazing
time
enjoy
for
many
families.
There's
another
case
that
I'm
aware
that
a
person
here
in
Minneapolis
was
charged
three
thousand
dollars
so
scam
fraud.
It
is
something
that
is
real
and
I
think
that
it
will
be
good
for
us
to
think
about.
You
know
working
with
us,
municipalities
or
or
non-profits
and
going
second.
C
A
B
A
Can
go
I'm,
seeing
the
comments
that
have
been
put
in
the
chat
with
regard
to
establishing
a
page
through
DBS.
The
call
out
on
fraud,
we'll
also
check
regarding
schemes
also
just
want
to
make
sure
to
mention
the
Attorney
General's
office
as
a
resource,
the
city,
attorney's
offices,
as
those
fraud,
events
or
crimes,
as
well
as
the
county
attorney's
offices,
as
points
of
contact.
A
If
individuals
have
been
victims
of
Fraud
and
please
don't
hesitate
to
reach
out
if
we
can
help
connect
you
or
individuals
who
are
experiencing
situations
like
that
to
any
of
those
offices.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Thank
you
again,
director
Zhang.
Thank
you
Veena
for
coming
on.
Thank
you.
So
much
Mariano
appreciate
you
all
for
going
through
this
topic.
I
know
that
there
will
be
more
to
come
and
you're
welcome
to
come
back
with
updates,
as
you
have
them
available.
Thank
you
again.
Thank.
B
Well
and
why
don't
we
move
on
to
topic?
Two
then
topic.
Two
today
is
that's
off
the
coast
of
California
and
we
wanted
to
bring
this
issue
to
people's
attention.
In
case
you
hadn't
seen
it.
Eight
eight
people
were
found
drowned
off
the
coast
of
San
Diego,
where
two
boats
had
capsized
and
we'll
put
an
article
about
that
incident
in
into
the
chat
as
well
as
there
was
a
recent
death
on
the
northern
border.
G
Great
well,
thank
you
for
grounding
Us
in
sort
of
the
reality
of
what
happens
when
we
have
at
this
point,
4.9
million
people
seeking
Asylum
globally
and
a
global
migration
system
that
does
not
prioritize
safe,
regular,
predictable
channels
of
migration.
For
all
people
who
need
to
move
migration
is
human
and-
and
instead
is
really
you
know,
stuck
on
exclusion
and
expulsion
and
and
outdated
means
of
control
that
have
proven
to
be
dangerous
and
short-sighted.
For
many
reasons,
as
you
said,
the
administration
is
currently
proposing
an
a
rule.
G
Who
could
clear
passport
control
in
order
to
do
that,
it
would
penalize
people
for
traveling
through
another
country
and
require
that
they
have
actually
applied
for
and
been
denied
asylum
in
those
countries.
So
it.
This
really
is
something
that
I
think
is
strikes
at
the
heart
of
what
Asylum
was
meant
to
do.
Asylum
was
created
as
a
way
to
ensure
that
when
people
are
fleeing
for
their
lives,
they're
not
trapped
inside
another
country,
simply
because
the
place
they're
fleeing
to
won't
let
them
in
through
sort
of
regular
immigration
channels.
G
G
That's
on
the
website
and
we've
given
just
a
little
bit
of
a
synopsis
of
what
the
rule
does
and
what
some
of
the
biggest
problems
that
we
see
with
it
are
but
really
encourage
people
to
think
about
it
from
our
own
unique
perspectives.
If
somebody
has
themselves
traveled
through
other
countries
in
order
to
get
refuge
in
the
United
States
I'm
describing
the
reality
of
that,
Journey
might
be
incredibly
important.
G
Why
did
would
that
have
put
your
life
at
risk?
What
is
the
reality
of
our
communities
desire
to
welcome
people
and
our
capacity
to
welcome
people
a
lot
of
the
rules
premised
on
it
just
being
costing
too
much
at
the
border
and
costing
too
much
for
communities
like
the
Twin
Cities,
to
welcome
people
and
to
include
people
in
our
in
our
economies
and
in
our
communities
and
in
our
schools
and
and
homes,
and
we
saw
that
people
can
do
that.
So
we
might
want
to
speak
to
that.
G
G
So
far
on
this
rule,
that
is
titled
circumvention
of
lawful,
Pathways
and
I
guess.
The
last
thing
I'd
say
is
that
the
the
Biden
Administration
is
approaching
this,
as
though
seeking
Asylum
is
not
a
lawful
pathway,
and
that
is
in
fact
not
true,
as
I
started
out.
The
the
federal
statute
is
really
clear
that
no
matter
how
you
come
here
seeking
Asylum
is
a
lawful
thing
to
do
so.
G
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
or
put
other
links
in.
There
is
one
event
that
is
happening,
that
I
I'll
share
the
details
of
when
I
get
the
the
little
link
up
and
that
is
to
being
put
on
by
the
University
of
Minnesota
Bingo
Center
for
new
Americans
and
some
of
their
law
school
groups
on
how
to
actually
do
the
comments.
So
if
you've
never
done
this
and
want
a
how-to
in
in
framing
that
there
will
be
a
workshop
happening
and
I'll
throw
the
details
with
that
in
the
chat
in
a
second.
B
Thank
you
Michelle,
so
much
and
really
encourage
everyone
on
the
call
to
to
submit
a
comment.
If
you're
able
and
you
know,
check,
check
out,
The
Advocates
website
I
think
it's
a
great.
They
did
a
great
job
of
showing
us
how
to
get
a
comment
in
and
next
we
are
going
to
move
on
to
giving
the
time
we're
going
to
move
on
well
before
we
do
that,
any
any
questions
for
Michelle
very
quickly.
B
H
I
am
oh,
so
good
afternoon,
all
of
you
Miguel
field,
I'm,
a
neurologist
at
the
University,
and
we
have
a
group
of
doctors
and
nurses
and
lawyers
called
phalam
foreign
ex
Minnesota
and
appreciate
all
you're
doing.
I
just
want
to
make
a
quick
comment
about
the
incident
in
San
Diego,
where
people
drown
seeking
Asylum
I
am
from
Puerto
Rico
and
in
Puerto
Rico.
H
We
have
a
issue
very,
not
uncommon,
that
people
are
getting
votes
in
the
Dominican
Republic
to
cross
over
to
Puerto
Rico,
and
it
is
it
quite
a
dangerous
thing.
So
I
I
agree
with
everybody
has
been
saying
and
Michelle
McKenzie's
about
the
danger
of
ocean
trying
to
get
in.
It
is
not
like
causing
a
Rio
Grande
I
mean
there
are
dangers
there
too,
but
ocean
Asylum
seeking
is
very,
very
dangerous
and
Puerto
Rico,
notably
people
drowned
in
large
amounts.
H
Recently
had
20
women
that
were
coming
in
at
very
little
a
boat
and
they
drowned
off
the
coast.
They
didn't
quite
make
it
empirical.
We
have
a
campaign
to
work
with
that
called
both
people,
and
it
is
a
totally
different
thing
to
try
to
go
through
ocean
with
sharks
and
inherently
a
very
dangerous,
much
more
dangerous
than
crossing
the
river.
So
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
this
is
a
new
chapter
in
in
people
trying
to
migrate
with
a
lot
of
medical
consequences
and
very
hazardous
type
of
thing.
H
A
H
A
I
E
For
many
on
this
call
that
are
providing
information
to
Immigrant
communities.
You
can
appreciate
the
challenges
of
providing
information
that
may
need
to
be
updated
in
multiple
languages,
but
is
also
time
sensitive,
such
as
a
free
dental
clinic
being
hosted
at
Midtown
in
Minneapolis
in
a
week's
time,
or
that
there
is
a
change
in
the
times
of
our
service
being
provided
due
to
a
winter
storm
at
gumbo.
We
work
with
organizations
to
develop
custom
messaging
that
is
then
interpreted
in
different
languages.
E
I'll.
Put
that
in
that
chat
and
also
provide
that
to
Michelle
to
send
out
a
big
thanks
to
Michelle,
to
edmundo
for
kind
of
listening
to
me
over
several
months
and
being
being
willing
to
help
help
help
us
I
guess
provide
a
different
medium
of
communication
to
folks
out
there,
because
we
know
the
options
we
provide,
although
they
are
relevant
they're,
some
that
fall
through
the
cracks
and
and
don't
get
those
messages.
B
A
That's
wonderful,
thank
you.
So
much
Peter
and
I'm
sure
the
people
will
appreciate
having
the
opportunity
to
explore
the
app.
If
there
are
any
questions
for
Peter
right
now,
please
feel
free
to
raise
your
hand
or
just
go
ahead
and
ask
and
Peter.
If
you
can
share
your
contact
information,
so
people
may
be
able
to
connect
with
you
if
they
think
of
questions
afterwards,
we'll
also
invite
if,
if
there
are
other
community
updates
that
people
may
want
to
share
now
is
the
opportunity
to
do
so.
A
We
are
at
5,
30,
3
and
I
know
we
have
a
number
of
City
updates
as
well
that
we
wanted
to
go
through.
So
if
there
are
not
questions,
I'm
not
seeing
any
hands
raised,
but
please
feel
free
to
interrupt
me
and
Peter.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
joining
us
today
really
appreciate
you
being
here
and
sharing
information
with
us
super.
A
I
Good
wonderful
yeah,
that
sounds
great
hello,
everybody.
My
name
is
Tate
and
I
use
day
them
pronouns
I
work
with
Tina
and
Michelle
at
neighborhood
community
relations
department.
I
am
here
today
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
community
connections
conference.
This
is
the
conference
that
our
department
puts
on
for
the
city
and
essentially
the
purpose
of
the
conference
is
to
connect
community
members
to
City
departments
and
City
departments
to
community
members
and
right
now
we
are
soliciting
workshops
from
the
community
to
present
at
the
conference.
I
Convention
center
and
it
will
be
held
on
June
10th
I'm,
going
to
drop
a
link
for
some
more
information
specifically.
Regarding
the
community
connections
conference
for
breakout
sessions,
I
am
tasked
at
NCR
to
solicit
Workshop
ideas
from
folks
to
be
potential
presenters
at
the
community
connections
conference.
It
doesn't
cost
any
money
to
be
a
breakout
presenter
at
the
conference.
I
Just
some
information
about
Workshop
submissions
is
that
we're
looking
for
folks
to
submit
projects
or
presentations
based
off
of
the
city
strategic
goals.
The
website
that
I
linked
below
has
more
information
about
those
topics
and
sort
of
what
your
session
type
could
look
like,
but
we're
essentially
looking
for
topics
related
to
advocacy
and
public
policy,
affordable
housing
and
homelessness,
climate
action,
Community
safety
and
police
reform
culture,
economic
inclusion,
pandemic
recovery,
good
governance,
health
and
wellness
immigration,
non-profit
resources
and
any
any
Workshop
tracks
that
are
focused
on
you.
I
J
I
actually
dropped
right
before
Tate
did
the
breakout
sessions
just
the
general
link
that'll.
Take
you
right
to
our
conference.
Page
you'll
also
find
on
that
page,
the
section
where
Tate
mentioned
for
the
breakout
sessions
down
below
there's
opportunities
to
volunteer
and
get
involved,
as
well
as
for
exhibiting.
J
So,
if
you're
interested
in
having
a
booth-
and
you
can
do
both-
you
can
definitely
present
a
workshop
and
have
a
booth.
All
of
that
information
is
on
the
main
link
that
I
popped
in
right
before
Tate
did
she
gave
all
these.
They
gave
all
the
details:
June
10th
from
9
to
3,
30
9
to
3,
30,
.,
and
then
another
thing
I
wanted
to
talk
about
too.
Is
our
department
is
kicking
back
up
what
we
used
to
call
our
community
based
organization,
monthly
meeting.
J
J
We
decided
to
kick
that
back
off
again
and
we'll
be
doing
that
in
person
in
the
first
week
in
April
I'm,
going
to
pop
that
information
in
the
chat
as
well
about
when
we're
going
to
be
hosting
those
meetings.
There
will
be
light
refreshments
and,
if
you
do
want
to
and
I'll
be
sending
out
an
invite
through
email.
So
if
you
haven't
received
any
invitations
for
this
Community
Partners
meeting
in
the
past,
just
put
put
your
name
or
your
email
in
the
chat.
J
J
Historically,
what
this
conversation
was
about
or
the
intent
is
for
community-based
organizations
and
partners
of
the
city
to
learn
what
the
city
is
doing,
such
as
City,
Grants
and
programs
available,
and
a
lot
that
happens
during
those
conversations.
Is
organizations
learn
from
each
other,
whether
it's
the
resources
they're
providing
opportunities
to
partner
Etc?
We
had
like
three
rivers,
Park
District,
do
a
presentation
talking
about
their
free
low-cost
programming
and
job
opportunities
as
an
example.
So
we're
still
going
to
look
toward
that
kind
of
format.
J
However,
these
first
meetings
is
really
for
you
all
to
give
your
input
on
what
these
meetings
can
be.
What
would
you
like
to
see
from
them,
whether
it's
certain
city
departments,
whether
it's
information
on
funding
opportunities,
that
the
city
is
offering
at
the
time,
if
there's
a
networking
opportunity
and
if
you
have
any
questions,
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
anytime,
I'm,
very
responsive
I'm,
trying
to
speed
this
up?
A
I
Thank
you,
hello
again.
Everybody
I
just
wanted
to
do
a
quick
call,
so
something
that
my
team
has
been
working
on
is
applications
for
the
partnership
engagement
fund.
This
is
an
application
that
that
this
it's
like
a
grant
that
the
City
offers
that
funds,
community-based
organizations
and
individuals
doing
Equitable
engagement,
work
in
this
city,
engaging
underrepresented
communities
in
Minneapolis.
I
We
are
in
need
for
some
more
Community
reviewers
to
help
us
review
the
applications,
as
the
application
will
be
due
tomorrow,
and
we
are
looking
for
some
more
Community
reviewers
to
help
us
review
these
applications
that
are
geared
towards
engaging
underrepresented.
Folks
in
Minneapolis
I
am
going
to
drop
the
link
to
be
able
to
have
folks
be
able
to
potentially
sign
up
to
be
a
reviewer.
On
our
review
panel.
I
The
review
panel
will
be,
will
be
a
hybrid,
so
we'll
both
be
offering
an
in-person
an
online
option
and
we
are
planning
to
provide
a
small
stipend
to
folks
that
are
able
to
participate
on
the
review
panel
and,
if
you're
able
to
join
us
in
person,
we
also
will
be
providing
food
we're
just
looking
for
some
more
reviewers
to
help
us
review
these
applications.
As
the
pool
funds
available
this
year
was
over
a
million
dollars
and
we
had
a
ton
of
applications
come
through,
so
we
just
need
help
with
folks
reviewing
these
applications.
I
If
you
only
are
able
to
review
five
applications,
we
would
still
love
your
help
and
we
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time,
I'm
going
to
drop
a
Google
Docs
link
as
well.
If
you
just
need
a
reminder
and
want
some
more
information
about
the
partnership
fund
and
I'll
turn
it
back
to
Michelle.
Thank
you
for
the
time.
Thank.
A
You
so
much
Tate
and
thank
you
again,
Christina
just
really
exciting
opportunities.
Happy
that
you've
shared
them
I
just
want
to
share
a
couple
of
additional
things
on
City
of
Minneapolis
side
I'm
going
to
share
the
jobs
Link
in
the
chat.
There
are
many
job
openings
now
and
new
job
openings
that
will
come
available
soon
invite
attendees
to
look
at
the
job
opportunities
at
City
of
Minneapolis
and
also
spread
the
word.
A
If
you
know
someone
who
might
be
interested
in
Municipal
employment,
I
know
that
at
the
state
level,
the
Attorney
General's
office
is
also
higher
hearing
for
a
wage
theft
investigator.
So
I'm
just
going
to
put
that
posting
in
the
chat
as
well
and
edmundo,
you
and
I
have
a
couple
of
events
happening
in
the
next
few
days,
including
this
Saturday.
Would
you
want
to
take
over
those
updates
for
the
group
but
you're,
muted,
dude.
B
Actually,
because
we
have
been
getting
community
members
with
questions,
Beyond,
naturalization
and
and
all
all
questions
are
taken.
So
it's
an
opportunity
for
a
community
to
connect
with
service
legal
service
providers
and
English
language
service
providers,
financial
service
providers
and
and
others
so
Michelle
just
put
I.
Think
Michelle
just
put
a
link
in
the
chat
to
the
flyer
for
for
the
event
and
what
else
we've
got
coming
up
in.
A
Yep
we
did
share
I'll
just
say
that
we
did
share
flyers
in
multiple
languages
with
this
group.
If
you
haven't
received
a
flyer,
but
you
need
one
please
let
us
know
we
will
have
also
I
can't
remember
if
you
just
said
this
in
mundo,
but
we
will
have
interpreters
available
as
well
as
coffee,
donuts
and
coveted
vaccinations.
C
A
B
And
then,
as
you
all
may
remember,
we
we
did
the
gateways
for
growth
and
came
up
with
belonging
in
the
Twin
Cities
report,
which
was
a
immigrant
inclusion
report
plan
for
for
the
Twin
Cities
are
our
regional.
Our
partner
in
in
Minneapolis
was
the
Minneapolis
Regional
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
in
2022
they
did
launch.
As
part
of
that
plan,
we
belong
MSP
employer
resource
Hub,
which
is
a
place
for
employers
to
find
resources,
connections
and
opportunities
focused
on
creating
inclusive
and
welcoming
workplaces
for
immigrants
and
refugees.
B
It's
a
collection
of
Articles
and
other
educational
resources
on
working
with
immigrant
Refugee
communities
and
also
has
lists
of
events
hosted
locally
and
nationally
focused
on
issues
impacting
immigrant
and
refugees,
Workforce,
Trends
challenges
and
solutions,
as
well
as
Employer
best
practices.
So
look
for
that
in
our
notes
and
we'll
have
a
link
for
we
belong
MSP,
we'll
put
that
in
the
chat
as
well.
B
A
Hop
off
but
I
do
want
to
share
one
last
update
that
there
will
be
a
public
health,
fair
on
Wednesday
April
12th
from
11
to
1
at
the
city
hall,
rotunda
hosted
by
the
City
of
Minneapolis
Health
Department
it'll
be
a
resource
Fair
an
awards
ceremony,
honoring
local
public
health
Heroes.
This
year's
theme
is
centering
and
celebrating
cultures
in
health,
Wednesday,
April
12th,
the
resource
fair,
starts
at
11..
The
awards
ceremony
is
from
noon
to
1
pm
in
the
city
hall
of
rotunda
and
I
really
do
think.
I'm
gonna
have
to
hop
off
okay.