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Returning Home a Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation Returning Home A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation 2020 Edition ejp EDUCATION JUSTICE PROJECT an initiative of Education at Illinois A PUBLICATION OF THE EDUCATION JUSTICE PROJECT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Returning Home: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation, 2020 Edition. Please help us to distribute Returning Home to every person who requests a copy. Most people facing release and deportation have very limited funds. If you are in a position to make a donation, please send a check to the Education Justice Project, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820, or donate securely online at educationjustice.net. Your support will help us to provide the book to others for free. We receive no funds from the Department of Corrections or the State of Illinois. Copyright by the Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, 2020. Education Justice Project College of Education, University of Illinois 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 300 5150 www.educationjustice.net [email protected] [email protected] 2 welcome home We’re glad you’ve picked up Returning Home: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation. For many of you, the country you are returning to really is home. Its customs and people are familiar. Maybe you are even returning to loved ones and a home you remember well. For others, deportation after release means being sent to what feels like a foreign country where customs seem strange and integrating into the society may be challenging. This booklet can help you no matter which group you fall into. It can help you to transition successfully from prison to life on the outside, providing information about what to expect during the process of deportation, finding a job, and making the most of your skills, as well as about government and nonprofit organizations that provide support. Let’s be honest: adjusting successfully to life on the outside isn’t easy, especially if you have been locked up for a long time. This is made even more difficult by deportation. You may be returned to your home country against your will, which can lead to feelings of anger. Some recently deported people are so concerned with returning to the US at any cost that they fail to focus their efforts on achieving success in their new country of residence. And of course, the adjustment to life after incarceration adds another level of difficulty. It may seem like the odds are insurmountable in a new country where you are living, perhaps not by choice. Be encouraged! You have some very real advantages that you might not be aware of as compared to someone returning home to Illinois, or another US state. Firstly, depending on where you apply for work, your employer may or may not know about your record, so it is your decision to share it with them or not. This can be seen as a “freedom” that those returning to life in the US won’t have as they may face house arrest, parole, and a potentially hostile job market. With this freedom, however, comes a responsibility to be honest about jobs and social environments that may present challenges to you. It’s important to do a self-evaluation and to make wise decisions that allow you to make the kind of changes in your life you want to make since there will be no government entity checking in on you. Another very valuable skill you likely possess is your English. Even if you are not an advanced speaker, any knowledge of English will be an asset for you. Employers in a wide variety of industries are looking for English-speaking employees and may even pay for you to attend additional classes. Returning Home will help you meet the challenges as well as take advantage of the opportunities available to you. We wouldn’t have written it if we didn’t believe in YOU—yes, you!—and your ability to make a positive difference in the world. Don’t stop believing in yourself. Returning Home: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation 3 Throughout this book, you’ll find words of encouragement and inspiration from people who traveled the same journey that you’re about to begin. Some of them are alumni of the Education Justice Project, a college-in-prison program that has operated at Danville Correctional Center since 2008. We’re grateful for their important contributions to the guide and hope you find their words and advice helpful. Let this guide serve as a reminder that others have successfully navigated reentry and deportation, and you can, too. Take the time to read it, make plans, and seek help from others. And don’t give up! Please keep in touch. We’d love to know how you’re doing and how we can update this guide. Your feedback can help others who will follow in your footsteps. To share your comments, especially suggestions for improvement, please write to us at [email protected]. We wish you luck on this new journey in your life. Please note: This guide was originally written for people incarcerated in the state of Illinois, so some details may not apply to you. We update the guide annually and aim to include information that is relevant to people living in various situations. Please feel free to share any information that you found helpful on your journey. 4 making this guide work for you Adjusting to life after incarceration and deportation can be challenging. This guide provides information and resources to help you succeed. It is organized into three main sections: 1. Before You Leave If you are considering how to prepare for your release and deportation, read this section. It covers topics such as preparing mentally for your deportation, what to expect at the border, and how to prepare for adjusting to life in Mexico or in your home country. 2. After Your Return If you need guidance after deportation, turn to this section. It is organized by topic and has advice about many of the challenges you will face, from requesting basic documents to finding employment and signing up for health care. 3. Directory Maybe you are simply looking for the address of a shelter on the border or need a form to request your birth certificate. Turn to the directory. This section is also organized by topic (employment, housing, healthcare, etc.) with tabs so that you can easily find what you need. Lists of organizations and resources are provided with addresses, phone numbers, websites, and brief descriptions. In this guide, you will find worksheets to help you think about release and copies of forms for applying for different programs for your convenience. Forms in the guide are subject to change. We are aware that everyone’s situation is unique. Some of you are leaving after a short time in prison, while others have spent decades there. Some of you may have a large support network of family and friends to return to, while others may be alone. Some of you may know a lot about the reentry and deportation process, while others may know very little. We’ve tried to provide information that will be useful to everyone, but feel free to skip around to the sections that are most relevant to your situation and needs. We have listed a number of different programs, services, and businesses throughout this guide as resources for people returning to their home country. We can’t endorse any of these organizations, or the usefulness of their services to every individual but we believe that they stand to offer useful information and services. Returning Home: A Guide to the Challenges and Opportunities After Deportation 5 what you need to know about COVID-19 COVID-19 is an extremely contagious virus that has infected 7.5 million people all over the world. The US has the largest number of cases of any country, and more than 114,000 deaths as of mid-June. The virus spreads mostly through person-to-person contact, via respiratory droplets in the air and on skin and other surfaces. You can spread it by touching those surfaces or by shaking contaminated hands and then touching your nose, mouth or eyes. Most people who catch the virus don’t start showing symptoms for five days, and some people take as long as 14 days to start showing symptoms. About half the people who have the virus do not have any symptoms at all. People who have the virus may still be contagious even if they don’t have symptoms! Most people recover without medical care. However, people who are older are at greater risk, as are people who have conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and people who are obese. This does not mean the young are immune, and younger, healthy people should still take precautions to protect themselves and at-risk individuals around them. To date there is no vaccine for the virus or cure for the infection, though getting medical treatment can help relieve the symptoms. Many states and countries have started gradually reopening their economies, but this does not mean that the danger has passed. We all must continue to take precautions to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Staying Safe from COVID-19 • Cover your coughs and sneezes and wash your hands afterwards. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Clean and disinfect frequently used surfaces. (CDC) recommend the following: • Maintain healthy eating, exercise and sleeping • Avoid close contact. Maintain 6 feet of habits. distance from other people.
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