My community project for this semester is going to be at the Immigration Legal Resource Center in San Francisco. (I've sent an interest email to volunteer and I'm waiting for a reply)
This project relates to our local need in providing resources to immigrants here in San Francisco and the bay area. The increasing number of immigrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Tonga, Liberia and many other places either being here for many years or just getting here needs assistance in understanding of their rights and how the state/federal government affects their status here as an immigrant (illegal/green card holder etc.)
Now, last year in 2014, Obama made a huge stride in trying to make something out of the immigration reform and with states also trying to understand the new regulations in regards to current immigrants, immigrants with children who were born in the US etc. Yes, my CP is affected because of Obama's executive action early December because there are more things to take into consideration of what can a state can do to find/assist/help immigrants with their status. CP is accountable to the state and federal.
I'm excited for this opportunity to learn and understand more of what is going in the realm of immigration.
