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From YouTube: June Twin Cities Immigration Forum: June 8, 2023
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The June Twin Cities Immigration Forum includes information celebrating Immigrant Heritage Month, Caribbean American Heritage Month and World Refugee Day, a presentation on labor investigations and deferred action, community events happening this month and more.
A
Wonderful
well
welcome
everyone
to
June's
Twin,
Cities
immigration,
Forum
co-hosted
by
the
City
of
Minneapolis
office
of
immigrant
and
Refugee
Affairs,
and
the
city
of
Saint
Paul,
immigrant
and
Refugee
program.
My
name
is
Michelle
Rivero
I'm
at
the
office
of
immigrant
and
Refugee
Affairs
to
the
City
of
Minneapolis
and
I'll
turn
it
to
by
counterpart
edmundo.
A
Super
thank
you.
So
June
is
an
incredibly
busy
month
in
June
we
celebrate
immigrant
Heritage
Month
crew,
American
Heritage,
19th,
World
Refugee
day
and
pride.
These
are
all
opportunities
to
recognize
and
celebrate
our
various
cultural
communities
and
to
impact
resiliency
and
histories
of
our
various
cultural
communities.
A
First
of
all,
this
Saturday
on
the
City
of
Minneapolis
is
is
hosting
the
community
connections
conference,
which
is
an
all-day
event
on
Saturday
June
10th
starting.
You
can
register
as
early
as
eight
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
there
it
is
a
Free
Conference.
There
will
be
food,
entertainment
and
workshops
on
a
variety
of
different
subjects,
including
renters
rights.
There
will
be
a
citizenship
and
immigration
Fair.
A
There's
a
workshop
on
how
to
apply
to
work
for
the
City
of
Minneapolis
there'll,
also
be
a
workshop
in
the
afternoon
on
the
new
driver's
license
for
all
law
that
takes
events
effect
on
October
1st
on
this
law
enables
individuals,
regardless
of
immigration
status,
to
apply
for
a
driver's
license
or
state
ID
in
the
state
of
Minnesota.
There
will
be
many
exhibitors
and
lots
more
information.
A
I
will
put
the
link
to
the
conference
in
the
chat
and
there
are
materials,
including
an
overview
and
registration
information
available
and
instructional
videos
about
the
conference
in
multiple
languages,
so
invite
you
all
to
participate.
This
Saturday
from
eight
o'clock
to
three.
There
is
a
lot
of
Entertainment
also
for
children,
fun
stuff
for
kids.
So
please
do
reach
out.
A
If
you
have
any
questions
about
these
events
also
wanted
to
invite
others
too,
if
you
have
updates
that
you'd
like
to
share
recognitions
that
are
taking
place,
feel
free
to
share
your
update,
while
I
plug
this
information
into
the
chat
and
I
wonder
if
there
are
other
things
that
you'd
like
to
add
from
our
list
of
events
to
share.
Please
do.
B
B
A
Yep
I'm
also
I
just
want
to
also
share
this
Sunday
Twin
Cities
World
Refugee
day
hosted
by
Cappy,
will
take
place
from
noon
to
five
and
I
know.
Cappy
has
come
on
a
previous
Twin
Cities
Immigration
Form,
also
putting
a
little
bit
of
information
into
the
chat
about
that
was.
Did
somebody
want
to
share
an
update,
please
feel
free
to?
If
you
did
yes,
Miguel
please
go
ahead.
A
B
B
It's
a
reenactment
of
one
one
woman's
deportation
proceedings
and
it's
being
held
at
the
Jungle
Theater
here
in
St
Paul,
but
it
is
also
being
performed
at
Hamlin
University
for
the
first
part
of
the
month,
so
from
I
believe
June
1st,
through
June
11th,
the
play
will
be
taking
will
be
performed
at
Hamlin
University
and
from
the
13th
of
June
through
July
2nd.
It
will
be
performed
at
the
Jungle
Theater
on
Lyndale
Avenue
in
St,
Paul
I'm.
B
A
Yep
and
I
just
wanted
to
share,
because
I
just
got
a
message
from
Vina
iard
Immigrant
Law
Center
of
Minnesota,
indicating
that
the
ilcm
night
on
June
23rd
offers
discounted
tickets.
So
tickets
are
discounted
to
twenty
dollars
in
case
you
may
be
interested
in
attending
that
evening,
and
so
as
we're
plugging
all
of
this
information
into
the
chat.
If
I
could
turn
it
over
to
some
of
our
guest
speakers
to
share
information
that
they
have
if
I
could
start
with
Pamela
Mercado
Michelle.
C
Hello
good
afternoon,
everyone,
it's
a
pleasure
and
an
honor
to
be
here.
So
I'll
share
a
little
bit
of
background
about
myself
and
celebration
of
Caribbean
Heritage
Month
I
was
born
and
raised
in
Puerto
Rico.
My
father
is
Dominican
and
my
mother
is
from
Argentina
I,
have
a
beautiful,
six-year-old
daughter
and
I
graduated
from
my
Master's
in
advocacy
and
political
leadership
from
Metro
State
I'm.
Currently,
a
project
supervisor
with
the
Minneapolis
Police
Department
small
world
I
believe
I,
who
worked
in
the
past
with
Ed
Mundo
in
Saint,
Paul
city
attorney's
office.
C
Nice
to
see
you
again
and
yes,
likewise
and
I
was
inspired
to
write
Daniel
Al
Mateo,
which
are
two
different
books
that
celebrate
different
cultures.
One
celebrates
the
Puerto
Rican
culture,
the
other
one
Argentina,
because
I
wanted
my
daughter
and
other
children
to
have
the
opportunity
to
embrace
and
use
their
native
Spanish
language
and
something
that
wasn't
just
translated
to
Spanish
but
was
originally
written
in
Spanish.
So
that
was
my
initial
inspiration
to
write
the
book
and
then
I
hope
to
continue
celebrating
culture
through
literature
and
celebrating
language
through
literature.
C
B
Thank
you,
Pamela
I,
want
to
say
hi,
real,
quick,
but
I
also
want
to
mention
that
the
first
event
when
I
work
for
the
for
the
city
attorney's
office,
my
first
event
tabling
event
was
at
World
Refugee
day
in
in
2019.
You
join
me
and
we
actually
joined
Michelle,
who
was
actually
who
was
actually
tabling,
and
she
let
the
Saint
Paul
city
attorney's
office
table
with
her,
and
so
it's
kind
of
a
reunion
for
the
three
of
us.
E
E
E
The
first
Senegalese
immigrant
to
U.S
politician
out
of
my
private
firm
Dunya
languages
in
which,
for
the
last
30
years,
I
mean
20
years,
I've
been
servicing
languages.
Most
importantly
in
French
and
wolof
I
found
myself
giving
back
to
the
community.
That
gives
me
pretty
much
everything
I
can
break
for
today.
E
So
I
really
am
very
glad
and
grateful
to
be
around
here.
Most
importantly,
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
learn
more
as
I
can
bluntly
and
openly
said
so,
I'm
glad
that
it's
recorded,
that
I
will
be
stealing
most
of
your
ideas
to
make
immigration
go
smooth
for
a
lot
of
the
West
Africans
coming
through
the
Border.
E
This
June
will
be
celebrating
Juneteenth
in
Maple
Grove
with
the
Rotary
Club.
It
is
free
of
charge.
We
will
do
it
at
the
fish
Lake
Regional
Park,
and
it
would
be
to
just
Embrace
culture
as
an
immigrant
from
West
Africa
race
was
not
really
a
a
concern
for
me,
but
keeping
my
culture
as
Mercado
just
said
is
very,
very
important.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
and
I
look
forward
to
learning
a
lot
from
you
all.
Thank
you.
A
D
Thank
you
so
much
and
it's
wonderful
to
be
among
immigrants
and
refugees
and
people
whose
experiences
I
share
as
a
refugee
from
Somalia,
but
also
who
are
giving
back
to
our
communities
and
and
in
Somali
culture.
We
have
a
saying
that
you
can
only
be
satisfied
when,
when
thirsty
by
drinking
from
your
own
hands,
and
so
instead
of
seeing
all
the
refrigerator
immigrants
providers
and
and
Community
leaders,
it's
we
are
drinking
from
our
own
hands,
so
we're
serving
our
own
community.
D
How
that
can
really
impact
them
differently,
because
research
shows
that
people
who
have
already
had
trauma
are
two
more
that
the
Deer,
their
health
is
more
impacted
by
ongoing
trauma.
So
as
a
group
as
providers
as
a
state
and
as
a
cities,
Saint
Paul
and
also
Minneapolis,
who
really
do
have
to
think
about
this?
This
document
is
a
planning
document.
D
It's
a
documented
that
looks
at
Talk
is
to
people
across
from
First
Responders
to
community
members
to
researchers,
and
what
it's
saying
is:
is
your:
does
your
community
understand
the
impact
of
community
violence
and
mass
violence
on
people
and
in
your
community
members,
and
the
role
at
Community
play
can
play
both
in
prevention
and
in
healing?
And
so
what
is
your
plan
I?
Think
as
a
group,
this
is
a
dialogue
we
need
to
have
as
well
so
I'm
sharing
that
document.
I
hope
everyone
really
said.
D
There's
one
chapter:
that's
about
healing:
how
do
we
heal
people?
How
do
we
what
this
community,
what
do
communities
do?
What
is
a
healing
Community
in
the
context
of
access
or
violence,
and
also
how
do
we
access
resource?
How
do
we
I?
There
is
a
document
that
I
co-order
that
I
can
share
by
email
that
actually
talks
is
focused
on
this,
the
specifically
on
communication:
how
do
we
communicate
information
when
there
is
events
when,
when
there
are
disasters
in
our
communities?
D
How
do
we
make
sure
we're
communicating
with
chemical
therapeutic
communities
who
may
not
speak
English?
How
do
we
tailor
messages,
and
so
I
hope
we
can
have
this?
We
can
also
adapt
to
this
and
do
a
dialogue
as
a
community
as
the
offices
that
both
Michelle
and
edmundo
lead
and
as
the
community
members
who
do
the
work
I
will
prepare.
Are
we
doing
what
we
need
to
do
to
help
our
community
stay.
F
D
A
Thank
you
so
much
Dr
Syed
I
really
appreciate
what
you've
shared.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
If
you
would
like
to
share
your
contact,
information
or
ways
to
connect
to
learn
more,
please
do
feel
free
to
put
the
information
into
the
chat
and
we
will
send
vert,
along
with
with
newts
from
today's
meeting,
and
also
invite
people
to
pull
information
from
the
chat
regarding
things
that
may
be
happening
sooner,
information
that
people
have
shared
that
you'd
like
to
act
on
right
away
and
I'll
turn
it
to
edmundo
right
now.
B
First
I'd
like
to
say
thank
you
to
Dr
Abdi,
it's
so
good
to
see
you
again,
it's
been
too
long
and
always
thankful
for
the
information
you
present
and
and
the
content
you
bring
to
the
Forum,
but
but
not
only
to
The
Forum,
but
you're,
always
sending
us
and
and
really
appreciate
your
work
and
and
and
always
thankful
for
for
what
you
send.
So.
Thank
you
very
much
good
good
to
see
you
quickly.
The
last.
D
B
We
will
also
post.
There
are
several
positions
that
are
available:
there's
a
investigator
wage
theft
position
available
at
the
AG's
office.
There
are
jobs
in
Minneapolis
and
St
Paul
and
the
state,
and
we
will
put
post
those
in
the
chat
in
our
notes
for
people
who
are
interested
in
looking
at
what's
available.
As
far
as
employment,
the
University
of
Minnesota
is
also
hiring
a
part-time
Community
liaison
and
we'll
post
that
position
also
in
our
chat,
I
guess
next
Michelle
would
be
our
immigration
updates.
A
A
So
please
do
take
a
moment
to
review
these
reports,
there's
also
from
issued
by
the
American
Immigration
Council,
a
new,
very
Dynamic
map
of
immigration
impact
which
breaks
down
the
contributions
of
immigrants
as
workers,
business
owners,
taxpayers
and
neighbors,
including
extensive
contributions
to
community
so
also
very
fascinating
information
and
dynamic,
National
and
scope,
and
you
can
drill
down
two
local
communities,
there's
also
a
new
assessment
of
the
Asylum
backlog
prepared
by
track
an
entity.
That's
Affiliated,
well,
a
project
that
is
part
of
a
Syracuse.
A
A
Syracuse
University
project
so
also
share
some
information
about
that.
So
you
can
learn
and,
and
hopefully
come
back
with
questions
if
there
are
things
that
you'd
like
us
to
bring
to
Future
forums
that
that
are
sparked
by
you.
Reading
these
reports
or
this
information,
please
don't
ever
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
and
endure
myself
and
with
that
I
will
turn
it
back
over
to
the
menu.
B
B
B
G
K
B
A
B
J
B
B
G
G
So
I'm
gonna
give
like
a
very
brief
overview
of
the
kind
of
immigration
basis
for
deferred
action
and
how
that
applies
to
people
who
are
able
to
maybe
take
advantage
of
this
new
process
that
the
U.S
Department
of
Homeland
Security
has
issued
so
deferred.
Action
is
something
in
our
immigration
system
that
is
essentially
a
prosecutorial.
G
Daca
is
probably
the
most
famous
deferred
action,
but
DHS
has
been
able
to
use
deferred
action
in
many
other
types
of
cases.
So
people
who
are
victims
of
human
trafficking
have
always
been
eligible
for
deferred
action.
In
addition
to
being
able
to
get
something
called
continued
presence,
both
of
which
are
kind
of
interim
immigration
statuses,
they
don't
provide
any
long-term
permanent
status
or
a
path
to
citizenship,
but
they
do
provide
the
ability
for
a
person
to
remain
safely
in
the
U.S.
G
G
G
We
got
receipt,
notices
within
a
couple
of
weeks
of
submission,
and
then
those
individuals
were
scheduled
for
Biometrics
appointments
a
few
weeks
later
and
then
those
are
still
processing.
We
only
submitted
them
a
month
ago,
but
news
on
the
kind
of
Nationwide
network
is
that
applications
are
being
approved
and
people
are
getting
employment
authorization
documents
within
several
months
so
compared
to
current,
like
two-year
wait
times
for
TV,
says
or
you
know,
five-year
wait
times
for
you
visas.
This
month's
long
process
is
very
exciting
for
people.
G
So
if
they
have
a
you
know,
criminal
history
or
certain
issues
like
that,
they
definitely
want
to
talk
to
an
immigration
lawyer
to
kind
of
help
them
through
the
process
and
understand
the
pros
and
cons
of
filing
in
those
situations.
Most
importantly,
the
Deferred
Action
application
requires
a
person
to
submit
a
statement
of
interest
from
the
law
enforcement
agency.
That's
investigating
the
case
and
there's
a
specific
process
that
each
agency
has
and
so
we're
lucky
to
have
two
state
agencies
on
to
talk
about
their
specific
process.
I
J
J
So
a
lot
of
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
has
been
connecting
with
the
legal
Community
trying
to
bring
in
some
of
the
non-profit,
Legal
Services
agencies
to
to
start
working
on
these
cases,
because
it
is
such
a
new
policy,
it's
kind
of
a
newer
type
of
case
for
a
lot
of
attorneys
to
handle,
and
we
created
a
resource
for
workers.
That's
essentially
a
101
kind
of
this
is
what
the
production
is.
J
J
I
H
I
B
I
I
So-
and
this
is
you
know,
this
is
something
I
thought
of
so
I
I
want
to
just
make
it
clear
that
this
doesn't
necessarily
apply
to
every
labor
agency
that
I'm
speaking
from
dli's
perspective
here,
Department
of
Minnesota
Department
of
Labor
and
Industry.
So
you
know
Cody
just
referred
to
an
SOI
statement
of
interest
letter.
I
I
want
to
explain
a
little
bit
about
that.
So
when
there's
an
active
labor
investigation,
that's
kind
of
the
beginning,
Point,
the
labor
agency
receives
a
request
for
a
statement
of
interest
letter,
for
example,
Cody,
maybe
May
request
on
behalf
of
workers,
a
statement
of
interest
letter.
The
labor
agency
writes
and
sends
a
statement
of
interest
letter
to
the
federal
government
for
acceptance.
So
that's
what
the
that,
what
our
role
is
sort
of
we
would
receive
a
request.
We
would
create
a
letter.
I
If
we
have
an
active
investigation,
we
would
send
it
to
the
federal
government
and
then
once
the
federal
government
accepts
it
the
labor
agency.
He
gives
the
statement
of
interest
letter
to
the
requester
which,
in
this
hypothetical
here,
would
be
Cody
so
and
then
once
Cody
gets
that
letter
hypothetically,
she
could
work
with
somebody
like
Lindsay
to
do
the
actual
deferred
action
case,
and
this
is
just
hypothetical
not
trying
to
put
work
on
Lindsay's
plate,
but
I'm.
I
K
Yeah,
so
we
are
still
in
the
process
of
creating
a
procedure
for
requesting
a
statement
of
interest
from
DLI,
but
in
the
meantime,
while
we're
getting
that
set
up,
if
there
are
situations
where
a
statement
of
Interest
would
be
needed
or
wanting
to
be
requested,
you
can
email
the
three
main
supervisors
which
we
can
put
the
emails
in
the
chat.
I
just
threw
it
in
the
chat,
yeah,
okay
and
send
those
requests
in
while
we're
getting
our
official
procedure
and
policy
set
up.
K
But
we
have
just
issued
one
letter
now
or
one
statement
of
interest
and
we
are
interested
in
continuing
to
do
so
and
being
we
recognize
that
it's
you
know
very
important
to
for
workers
and
for
our
investigations,
it's
mutually
beneficial
for
them
to
have.
You
know
the
ability
to
be
able
to
participate
in
our
investigations,
and
you
know
feel
comfortable
in
where
they
are
so.
K
F
H
Do
not
thank
you,
okay,
great
well,
so,
like
DLI,
the
Attorney
General's
office
has
utilized
the
different
action
process
already,
and
we've
submitted
a
statement
of
interest
for
one
of
our
active
investigations.
We
had
statement
of
interest
letter
accepted
yesterday.
Actually
so
I
thought
would
be
helpful
to
talk
about
for
the
purposes
of
deferred
action
and
statements
of
interest.
H
So,
just
broadly
speaking,
those
those
are
the
situations
where
we
would
submit
a
statement
of
interest
and
there
are
sort
of
three
sets
of
circumstances
where
we
would
see
submitting
a
statement
of
Interest.
The
first
is
proactively
where
we
have
reason
to
believe
that
submitting
a
statement
of
interest
will
benefit.
Our
investigation
and
I
would
anticipate
in
that
kind
of
situation.
H
We
do
feel
strongly
that
an
important
piece
is
going
to
be
working
collaboratively
collaboratively
with
Community
groups,
because
not
every
worker
who
might
be
able
to
apply
for
deferred
action
is
going
to
want
to.
Everyone
has
unique
circumstances
and
we
can't
provide
legal
advice
to
individual
employees,
so
we
feel,
like
that's,
going
to
be
a
really
important
part,
so
the
the
second.
The
second
circumstance
is
submitting
a
statement
of
interest
reactively
at
the
request
of
a
worker
or
an
advocate,
because
the
witness
or
the
worker
is
in
removal
proceedings.
H
That's
also
a
situation
that
we've
come
across
and
we're
able
to
obtain
help
the
worker
obtain
deferred
action
and
then
the
the
third
circumstance
would
be
at
the
request
of
a
worker
who
might
be
communicating
with
us
investigation.
They,
they
say,
hey
I've,
heard
about
this
deferred
action
policy
and
you
submit
a
statement
with
Chris.
That
would
be
a
circumstance
where
we
would.
We
would
submit
a
statement
of
Interest
as
well
and
just
for
the
purposes
of
of
our
office.
H
So
that's
kind
of
how
how
we've
thought,
through
the
process
we're
a
little
bit
smaller
or
more
streamlined
than
DLI,
because
we
have
a
small
unit,
so
the
the
contacts
and
the
requests
would
likely
go
directly
to
whoever
the
worker
is
communicating
with,
in
the
case
whether
it
be
David
or
myself
or
another.
Another
attorney,
and
we
are
hiring
another
way
stuck
investigator
right
now
and
two.
G
G
But
it
is
a
separate
application
process
that
does
not
go
to
this
special
USCIS,
lock
box.
So
if
you
are
aware
that
the
person
you're
working
with
is
already
in
proceedings
or
is
detained
or
has
a
prior
removal
order,
they
should
be
applying
through
ice
instead
of
the
USCIS,
lock
box
and
I
think
in
our
training
with
attorneys.
B
If,
if
no
further
questions,
I
would
just
ask
that
each
of
you
do
put
your
email
and
contact
information
in
the
chat
just
in
case
questions
come
up
after
presentation,
so
that
people
might
be
able
to
follow
up
with
some
questions.
I
know,
some
of
you
have
already
put
contacts
for
people
in
your
departments,
which
is
very
helpful,
but
maybe
if
we
have
everybody's
contact
information,
if
a
question
regarding
this
presentation
comes
up
would
be
great.
Thank
you
well,
thank
you.
Everyone
appreciate
Michelle.
A
Yeah,
this
was
wonderful.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
coming
together,
relatively
quickly
and
and
providing
such
a
thoughtful
overview
of
this
topic
with
a
lot
of
great
information
for
Community.
One
point
that
I
would
suggest-
or
maybe
this
would
be
a
topic
for
additional
conversation
or
exploration-
is
if
there
are
information
sessions
in
community
orientation
sessions
that
are
broader
if
we
can
share
information
on
the
Twin,
Cities
immigration
Forum
or
through
our
other
schools.
A
We're
happy
to
do
so,
but
definitely
having
opportunities
for
people
to
sort
of
come
in
whether
in
person
or
virtually
and
learn
more
about
these
procedures
and
and
ask
questions
would
be
really
valuable
for
community
members,
because
this
may
be
a
pathway
that
people
will
not
encounter
on
their
own
and
especially
as
we're
considering
a
population
that
needed
a
bit
more
vulnerable
to
exploitation.
On
some
of
these,
you
know
self-help
potential
self-help
Pathways
may
not
be
so
so
obvious
to
them.
A
B
Okay,
Michelle
I
think
if
next,
if
there
are
no
further
questions
for
any
of
our
presenters,
we
would
go
to
some
updates
on
driver's
license.
Faqs
Immigrant
Law
Center
continues
to
develop
FAQs
on
driver's
licenses
for
all,
and
currently
they
have
FAQs
and
Somali
Spanish
and
English
and
we'll
Place
links
into
the
chat
for
those
languages.
A
Yep
I,
just
put
it
I,
just
put
the
links
into
the
chat
for
Immigrant,
Law,
Center,
and
actually
the
driver
and
vehicle
services
website
has
been
updated
to
include
information
around
driver's
license
for
all
engagement
and
Outreach,
including
Saturdays
Community
connections
conference.
So
that
link
is
in
the
chat
as
well
for
the
job
and
vehicle
services
office
and
the
ilcm
frequently
asked
questions
page
in
multiple
languages.
B
All
right
and
also
driver's
license
for
all
updates.
There
is
a
bi-weekly
meeting
on
Alternate
Fridays
addressing
implementation
efforts.
Next
meeting
is
this
Friday
and
it's
convened
by
the
Immigrant
Law
Center
and
you
can
contact
Immigrant,
Law
Center
if
you're
interested
in
joining
those
meetings.
A
Yeah,
so
this
is
the
extra
credit
component
of
the
of
the
tourum,
where,
if
you're
interested
in
learning
more
about
specific
topics,
people
are
invited
to
read
and
watch
and
learn.
There's
one
book
that
I'm
reading
right
now
that
is
fascinating.
The
history
of
nativism
in
the
United
States,
it's
called
strangers
in
the
land
and
it's
by
John,
hayam,
really
fascinating,
read
in
case
people
are
interested.
Also
another
read
the
book.
Solito
and
I
want
to
thank
Kathleen
at
a
late
for
this
suggestion.
It's
a
book
by
Javier
Zamora
about
his
childhood
experience.
A
Traveling
from
I
believe
Guatemala
to
the
United
States
on
foot,
we're
very
fortunate
that
Mr
Zamora
came
to
sort
of
last
month
and
was
interviewed
at
the
Hennepin
County
Library
as
part
of
the
I
think
Marion
key
reading
series,
and
there
is
a
recording
of
that
conversation
which
I'm
putting
into
the
chat
as
well.
It
was
amazing
and
fascinating.
So
if
you
have
a
free
moment
and
need
something
to
do
and
want
to
pull
these
links
from
the
chat
feel
free
to
do
so
and
happy
to
discuss
online
or
offline.
B
B
L
Great
sure,
yeah
well,
first,
thank
you
for
the
information.
It
was
really
useful.
It's
going
to
be
reusable
for
everyone,
and
second
I
use
I,
wanted
to
say
that
we
are
still
conducting
couple
of
research,
a
new,
a
new
one
related
to
immigration,
and
one
of
them
is
focusing
on
as
I
already
presented
here
before
on
women
who
are
on
your
son,
non-registered
businesses,
and
they
are
mostly
of
them
immigrants
and
we
want
to
collect
information
and
we
are
recruiting
participants
from
the
ethnicities
in
southern
Minnesota.
L
So
please,
if
you
know
someone
refer
them
to
us,
I,
don't
really
put
my
contact.
Information
and
I
want
to
send
you
Michelle
and
edmundo
the
the
employer
information
for
us
to
for
you
to
distribute
among
the
group,
and
we
are
starting
a
new
research
in
collaboration
with
kopal
that
it
is
related
to
the
use
and
non-use
of
itin
numbers
for
undocumented
immigrants,
who
my
be
benefited
in
accessing
to
a
rental
and
perhaps
opening
Banks
accounts
and
all
that.
L
So
please
keep
that
in
mind,
because
I
think
that
is
a
good
opportunity
for
people
that
now
we
are
going
to
have
the
license
for
everyone
so
to
expand
also
in
using
the
it
numbers
for
them
to
better
be
in
in
the
area,
and
we
are
going
to
be
working
on
the
southern
part
of
Minnesota
as
well
as
a
pilot
program.
But
I
want
to
also
ask
for
this
report
from
you
guys
and
our
recruiting
participants,
so
that
is
a
as
a
researcher.
L
L
L
We
are
going
to
establish
pretty
much
the
methodology,
not
the
methodologies
already,
the
the
recruitment
part
in
the
following
weeks,
so
I'm
gonna
be
posting,
you
keeping
you
posted
and
sending
you
the
information,
but
also
I
wanted
just
to
open
that
to
the
people
who
is
here,
because
you
are
the
important
people
working
with
immigrants
and
we
need
that
information
for
these
projects.
Okay,.
B
L
This
is
a
new
study
as
well,
and
I
have
not
much
information,
I,
I.
Suppose
some
of
you
are
going
to
be
part
of
this,
because
it's
coming
out
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health
in
a
couple
of
agencies,
so
we
are
going
to
be
participating
on
it
and
I
was
going
to
be
sending
you
the
information
as
well.
This
is
a
very
short
pilot
program,
but
the
idea
is
to
tell
people
what
it
is
for
them
available,
regardless
their
immigrant
status
so
and
that
many
of
them
no
no,
don't
know
about
it.
B
L
B
All
right,
if
no
further
questions
or
any
further
Community
updates,
we'll
give
you
back
27
minutes
and
our
next
to
injuries.
Forum
Immigration
Form
will
be
on
Thursday
July
6
from
4
30
to
6
p.m,
as,
as
always,
please
feel
free
to
contact
Michelle
or
I
with
topics
or
agenda
items.
Oh
Samba,
you
have
a
question.
E
Comment
yes,
Ed
Mundo,
and
thank
you
so
much
for
recognizing
me
sure
I
wanted
to
share
that
I.
Also
am
the
Hennepin
County
race,
Equity
advisory
Council.
That's
a
pretty
heavy
title
that
definitely
I
have
no
idea
about
what
I'm
doing
and
will
beg
for
anybody
with
expertise,
ideas
that
can
help
me
bring
that
voice
of
the
voiceless
into
the
Hennepin
Council.
It
would
be.
It
would
be
much
helpful
for
me
as
well.
Thank
you.
B
M
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
yes,
thank
you,
everyone.
What
a
great
update
that
we've
heard
from
DHS
so
important
for
our
immigrant
Community
I
just
want
to
let
you
guys
know
I've
been
doing
this
for
quite
a
while,
but
this
year
I
have
the
capacity
to
start
helping
a
lot
of
immigrant
businesses
that
really
wanted
to
start
a
business
and
they
don't
know
where
to
start.
They
don't
know
what
to
do.
M
This
has
been
a
passion
of
mine
and
the
organization
that
I
belong
to,
so
we're
starting
to
begin
to
enroll
people
like
a
six-month
program
and
train
them,
and
so,
if
you
have
a
business
idea,
we
just
trained
you
up
to
six
six
months
and
then
we
teach
you
how
to
do
a
simple
business
plan
and
then
talk
about
the
finances.
Talk
about
everything
leading
up
to
the
point
of
you
opening
up
that
business,
so
it
takes
it
takes
time
to
really
think
about
it
and
go
through
the
process.
M
So
we
don't
want
people
to
do
a
quick
fix
and
then,
after
a
while
this,
that
is
too
difficult.
So
we
want
to
walk
you
through
the
process
and
it's
done
through
Field
of
Dreams
Empowerment
Center
and
we
are
taking.
We
are
taking
people
online.
So
if
you
can
go
to
our
website
fieldofdreams.org
and
you
can
register
and
let
us
know
and
that
we
can
we're
putting
the
class
together
to
start.
So
that's
that's
an
update
and
then
the
second
update
I
have
I
think
it's
so
far.
M
Where
I
can
wait,
it's
September
23rd!
We
are
having
this
Minnesota
African
culture
or
Festival.
That
brings
in
all
the
the
immigrants.
So
it's
not
just
for
African,
but
it
just
happened
to
be
the
fact
that
African
likes
festivities
I
think
everybody
else
in
the
African
in
the
Immigrant
Community
like
festivities.
But
this
is
the
African
cultural
Festival
that
will
bring
in
a
lot
of
people
together.
M
B
M
N
This
is
part
of
people
really
trying
to
to
survive
to
you
know,
be
able
to
to
work
and
so
on,
but
I
I
just
think
it's
it
should
be.
You
should
be
able
to
to
help
I
or
what
I
mostly
done
is
when
I
had
the
opportunity
to
see.
Folks
is
number
one
tell
them
not
to
do
it
and
second
handle
my
business
card
and
see
how
we
can
help
them
to
do
it
in
that
way.
N
That
is
allowed
through
the
city
and
then
the
second
is
like
the
the
element
of
you
know,
putting
the
child
in
and
and
then
you're,
because
it
becomes
a
different
concern
so
and
I
don't
know
how
we
can
like
do
or
campaign
on
it
and
trying
to
help
folks
with
this
I
have
brought
it
to
this
forums
so
for
a
while
too
I
love.
What
the
this
you
know,
Administration
have
done
so
far.
N
For
you
know,
in
terms
of
immigration,
there
is
some
some
some
help
and
and
in
terms
of
some
policies
who
have
probably
helped
some
folks
get,
you
know,
work
permits,
but
I
think
more.
More
has
to
be
done
and
I
just
don't
know
where
we
can
start
and
start
putting
a
little
bit
more
pressures
in
their
administrations
to
actually
do
something
about
folks
that
are
here
and
for
them
to
be
able
to
to
work
and
do
something.
B
N
They
can
do
3-1-1
and
then
what
3-1-1
will
do
is
probably
likely
within
that
with
us.
It
is
food
things
related
to
food
with
and
in
Minneapolis
chances
are
related
to
us.
But
what
I
really
want
is
pork,
probably
not
getting
in
trouble,
because
there
is
an
element
there
and
sense
of
you
know
with
the
children,
child
and
then
you're
bringing
a
lot
of
stuff.
So
it's
yeah,
3-1-1
and
then
I'm
like
I
said
we
see
them,
we
approach
them
and
we
talk
to
them.
But
it's
it's.
A
A
I
know
that
that
activities
for
youth
is
a
very
time
sensitive
subject,
so
I'm
glad
that
you've
brought
it
up.
Thank
you
also
for
bringing
up
the
idea
of
advocacy
around
ensuring
that
people
have
access
to
immigration
status,
including
a
work
authorization
document,
and
your
question
is
very
well
taken.
What
more
can
we
do
being
informed
around
bills
that
are
currently
pending
at
the
federal
legislature?
I
know
that
there
is
one
that
some
information
has
been
disseminated
around
recently.
A
Identify
ways
to
advocate,
so
thank
you
for
those
comments
and
suggestions,
and
are
there
any
additional
comments
or
things
people
would
like
to
address
before
I
re-wrapped
for
today's
summer,
I
see
your
hand
is
still
up.
You
should
say
Posse
that
was
from
I,
don't
know
if
that
was
from
last
time
or
if
there
was
an
additional
point
that
you
wanted
to
make
or
share.
A
There
we
go
okay.
Well,
if
there's
nothing
further,
then
thank
you
so
much
for
spending
an
hour
and
43
minutes
with
us
today.
Here
again,
this
recording
will
be
available
shortly
on
the
order
website.
I
will
also
send
it
out
to
you
as
a
link
as
soon
as
it's
ready
to
go.
Please
do
join
us
and
wonder
and
I
will
both
be
at
the
community
connections
conference.
This
Saturday
I'm
doing
the
citizenship
and
immigration
Fair,
where
there
will
be
legal
service
providers
available
and
a
wealth
of
other
activities
at
the
community
connections
conference.
A
This
Saturday
the
Twin
Cities
immigration,
Forum
on
Sunday
or
hope
to
reach
out
or
connect
with
you
in
some
other
way
before
our
next
meeting,
which
again
is
Thursday
July
6th.
Thank
you
so
much
and
happy
immigrant
Heritage
Month
World
Refugee
day
June
20th,
Pride,
Juneteenth
and
Caribbean
American
heritage
month.
That
is
a
mouthful
and
hope
you
have
a
wonderful
evening.