Sanctuary Church (Unitarian Universalist Assn.)
Northwoods is a Sanctuary Church.
Undocumented people are those who have lived in the United States for many years without official status, mostly Spanish speakers.
The children they brought with them into the United States are the Dreamers.
Their children born in the United States, however, are American citizens but the parents are not and so live with the threat of discovery (and possible deportation) by U.S. Immigration officials.
Undocumented immigrants pay billions in taxes each year — and have been for 25 years by Danae King, The Columbus Dispatch [metropolitan newspaper] | Published 5:41 AM Eastern Time March 15, 2021 | Updated 1:44 PM Eastern Time March 15, 2021 |
FACT SHEET: The Facts About the Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) (The American Immigration Council)
LaUnidad11
Motto: La Solidaridad Es Nuestra Fuerza [Solidarity Is Our Strength]
Mission: Familias apoyando familias! Unidad en Communidad! Este es el momento! Este es nuestro tiempo de levantar nuestra voz y defender nuestro derecho a Ser!
[Families supporting families! Unity in Community! This is the moment! This is our time to raise our voice and defend our right to be!]
Email address: launidad11.hou@gmail.com
NOTE: LaNavidad11 is a horizontally organized grassroots organization. This means that LaNavidad11 "work together WITH community members, not FOR them, or ON their behalf."
Houston Rapid Response Network is a group of people who show up in solidarity with people and families impacted by current anti-immigration laws through actions such as court accompaniment.
Houston Rapid Response Network Hotline: 1-888-316-2915
Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative
Immigrant Rights Hotline: : 1-833-HOU-IMMI (468-4664)
The Immigrant Rights Hotline is a source of timely and accurate information about changing immigration policies and a source for referrals to legal services providers and immigrant rights organizers.
The Hotline is a project of the Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative, Boat People SOS, BakerRipley, Catholic Charities Cabrini Center, Houston Galveston Immigrant Representation Project (GHIRP), and Memorial Assistance Ministries (MAM).
Houston Rebel Alliance
The Houston Rebel Alliance is [A] coalition between Indivisible Houston and Pantsuit Republic Houston to recruit, support Immigrant-led groups, and mobilize to change immigration policy.
While we will happily be a conduit for volunteer opportunities that uplift the immigrant community and strive for social justice, we focus on using our people power to impact policy change.
Immigration (Wikipedia)
IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS UNDOCUMENTED CHILDREN TO ATTEND TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, GOV. ABBOTT NOW WANTS THE FEDS TO PAY FOR IT.
Gov. Greg Abbott says federal government should cover cost of educating undocumented students in Texas public schools
Abbott expanded on comments he made about how he wants to "resurrect" the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe, which guaranteed that public schools would educate all students regardless of citizenship status.
By Kate McGee, Texas Tribune | MAY 5, 2022 6 PM CENTRAL |
Texas governor says the state may contest a Supreme Court ruling on migrant education
By Bill Chappell, NPR | May 6, 2022 3:56 PM ET |
What did Plyler v. Doe ruling do and why does Texas Gov. Abbott want to challenge it?
By Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | May 6, 2022 4:42 PM |
SUPREME COURT RULED STATES MUST ALLOW UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOL
Plyler v. Doe (Oyez) [Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School, Justia, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Institute of Technology)]
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