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Policy Preview:The State of Play of
Immigration Reform in
Congress (And in the States!)
November 18, 2015
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Stephanie PowersSenior Director for Policy and Partnerships
Council on Foundations
Speakers
Felicia EscobarSpecial Assistant to the President for
Immigration Policy
The White House | Domestic Policy
Council
Speakers
Daranee PetsodPresident
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants
and Refugees
Speakers
Marielena HincapiéExecutive Director
National Immigration Law Center
Speakers
Cathy ChaProgram Director, Immigrant Rights
Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Speakers
Beatriz Solis, MPH, Ph.D.Director, Healthy Communities South
Region
The California Endowment
Speakers
This Work is Vital
Daranee PetsodPresident
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants
and Refugees
DEMOGRAPHIC IMPERATIVE
85% of immigrant families have mixed immigration status
First- and second-generation immigrants (41 million) account for I in 4 U.S. residents
Latinos and Asians constitute 31% of K-12 public school students
21% of children in immigrant families live in poverty; 49% are low income
Immigrants and their children are projected to become 37% of the U.S. population by 2050 and account for
82% of the overall growth 10
ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE
Workers: Immigrants constitute 11% of the total population but 20% of low-wage workers
Entrepreneurs: Immigrants made up 18% of business owners in 2013 and accounted for 28.5% of all new entrepreneurs in 2015
Taxpayers: Unauthorized immigrants paid $11.8 billion in state and local taxes in 2012
Consumers: Latinos and Asians in 2012 accounted for nearly $2 trillion of the nation’s total purchasing power
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State of Play of Immigration Reform
Marielena HincapiéExecutive Director
National Immigration Law Center
Going to the Supreme Court!
• Most significant immigration case going to SCOTUS
•5 million US citizen children are the direct beneficiaries
•Legal issues decided will have long-term impact
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Landscape
•Supreme Court Battle
•Federal Legislative
On defense
•State & Local
Building on Victories
Major Threats
Staying on Offense
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Congressional Gridlock
• Presidential elections and growing anti-immigrant rhetoric
• Backlash: focus Sanctuary Cities
• Impact of Paris attacks
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Building on Our Victories• Following 2012 elections, a landmark year for pro-immigrant measures.
• Control of state legislatures shifted in 2014, with threats to unravel inclusive policies.
• Groundwork was successful in defeating virtually all significant anti-immigrant proposals
this year.
• Inclusive state policies were implemented and gained ground.
• Local governments also advanced inclusive policies.
• But threats continue at federal, state and local levels.
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Recent Immigrant Rights Victories
• Driver’s Licenses
Hawaii & Delaware driver’s licenses for all
Nebraska driver’s licenses for DACA grantees (50th state)
• Tuition Equity, Scholarships, Financial Aid
Oregon & Utah financial aid/scholarships
Connecticut improves tuition equity policy
• Professional Licenses
Florida, New York, Illinois, Nevada
• Municipal Ids +
Johnson County (IA); Hartford (CT); Newark (NJ)
New York City (muni ids + right to counsel, health care)
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Major Threats
• Texas: Denial of birth certificates
• Louisiana: Denial of marriage certificates
• North Carolina: Anti-sanctuary law and prohibits acceptance of consular
IDs
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Staying on Offense
2015-16
• Driver’s Licenses and Municipal IDs
• Tuition Equity, Scholarships, Financial Aid
• Health Care expansions
• Professional Licenses
• Workers’ rights
• Anti-racial profiling, community trust, and criminal justice reforms
• Right to counsel
• Support for legal assistance
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California!
• Over 533,000 “AB 60” driver’s licenses since January
• Health care for all kids, regardless of status, effective next year
• Professional licenses regardless of status, by Jan 1, 2016
• Anti-racial profiling, criminal justice reforms, anti-discrimination
• Workers’ rights – penalties for violating e-verify rules, wage theft
• Facilitating access to immigration relief - $15 million to legal services for
naturalization and deferred action; Office of Immigrant Integration; improve access
to SIJS and U status
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Resources
National Immigration Law Center: www.nilc.org
Executive Action: http://nilc.org/relief.html
Texas v. U.S. & the Supreme Court Timeline: http://nilc.org/TexasvUSTimeline.html Other Resources: http://nilc.org/TXvUSlitigation.html
Marielena Hincapie, Esq.
National Immigration Law Center
Executive Director:
[email protected] // 213-674-2812
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Advocacy and Immigration Reform
Cathy ChaProgram Director, Immigrant Rights
Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Why Support Advocacy?
• It’s Legal• Impact• Export State Policy to Other Parts of U.S.• Change National Debate
Policy Advances for Undocumented Students (“Dreamers”)
• In-State Tuition• Access to Public and Private Financial Aid• DACA (national)• Driver’s Licenses• Professional Licensing
Movement Building toward Health4All
Beatriz Solis, MPH, Ph.D.Director, Healthy Communities South
Region
The California Endowment
“The California Endowment’s mission is
to expand access to affordable, quality health
care for underserved individuals and
communities and to promote fundamental improvements in the
health status of all Californians.”
The California Endowment
• Del Norte and ATL• South Sacramento• Richmond• East Oakland• Southwest/East Merced County• East Salinas• Central/West Fresno• South Kern• Boyle Heights• Central Long Beach• South Los Angeles• Central Santa Ana• Eastern Coachella Valley• City Heights
BHC: 10 Year Investment in
Community Change
Transformative
Policies
School Climate
School Wellness
Comprehensive Supports
Food Environment and Food Systems
Land-Use Planning and Anti-Displacement
Community and Economic Development
Environmental Health and Justice
Systems that Restore and Heal
Healthy Youth Opportunities
Public Health
Coverage, Care and Community Prevention
Health Care Services
Backdrop
• CA is home to 2.7 million undocumented residents
• Large insurance coverage gaps exist between undocumented (42%) and other Californians (85%)
• About 1.5 million immigrants will remain uninsured due to immigration status in 2019 (does no include potential impact of admin relief)
Statewide Data
• Polling data
• Issue and population analysis– USC Center for Immigrant
Integration
– UCLA Dream Resource Center
– UC Berkeley Labor Center
– Health Access
Statewide Data
• 71% currently need access to a doctor, but 53% have not seen a doctor in over a year
• 50% delayed getting the medical care they needed. Of those, 96% reported main reason was cost or lack of health insurance
• 74% resort to band-aid care for services, such as: emergency Medi-Cal, public hospitals, and community or county health clinics
Uninsured Immigrant Youth and Access to Health Care
BHC Site Data
• Undocumented represent 13% of the population across the BHC sites, almost double the share across California
• 38% of the unauthorized, working age population has some form of health insurance coverage across the BHC sites
Communications
• Issue reframing
• Focusing messaging
• Earned and paid media– TV, radio, & print
• Electronic outreach/social media
Organizing & Mobilizing
• Supporting and building capacity of BHC sites
• Coalition and network building
• Strategic regional tables
Policy Opportunities
• Admin relief: DACA & DAPA to provide temporary relief. In CA, eligible for state Medi-Cal.
• CA SB 4: would declare that all Californians, regardless of immigration status, have access to affordable health coverage and care.
Local Health4All Successes
• When all the above pieces align, change happens!
• In the past 3-4 years, 47 California counties have made funding available (to various levels) to provide a health home to undocumented immigrants.
• Continuing local advocacy in the remaining 11 counties
Statewide Health4All Success
TCE Strategy:
• Multicultural media
• Outreach & enrollment – School partners
– Regional & local enrollment partners (grassroots mobilization)
– California Coverage and Health Initiatives
– Health Consumer Alliance
• Advocacy – CA state Department of Health Care Services
– to maximize continuity of care
In Oct 2015, Health4All Kids signed into law! • Allocates new funding to cover all low-income children (up to 19 years
old) through Medi-Cal, regardless of immigration status
Empowerment
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” – Alice Walker
Contact Information
Beatriz Solis, MPH, Ph.D.Program Director, Healthy Communities South RegionThe California [email protected]
Panel Discussion
and
Open Lines for Q & A
Resources
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Advocacy Toolkit at
www.cof.org/resource/advocacy-toolkit
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Resources
Contact Us
• Stephanie Powers: [email protected]
• Felicia Escobar: [email protected]
• Daranee Petsod: [email protected]
• Marielena Hincapié: [email protected]
• Beatriz Solis: [email protected]
• Cathy Cha: [email protected]
Public Policy Guidance and Technical Assistance
Legislative Branch
Sue Santa – Sr. Vice President of Public
Policy and Legal Affairs [email protected]
Executive Branch
Stephanie Powers – Sr. Director for
Policy and Partnerships [email protected]