Annual Report 2015 Table of Contents

About NPNA 3

Policy & Advocacy 6

Programs & Capacity Building 17 About NPNA This is Esperanza.

She is a Community Navigator in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago.

Our Mission

Our aim is to achieve The National Partner- egy. Our members are part of the family of a vibrant, just, and ship for New Americans organizations that comprises the Fair Immi- welcoming democ- (NPNA) is a national gration Reform Movement (FIRM) and the multiethnic, multiracial Movement of Immigrants in America (Mia). racy for all. partnership. We repre- sent the collective power and resources of the Immigrants are We believe America’s country’s 37 largest regional immigrant rights success is rooted in our organizations in 31 states. Our members pro- the soul of our ongoing commitment to vide large-scale services—from DACA applica- organization. welcoming and integrat- tion processing to voter registration to health ing newcomers into the fabric of our nation, care enrollment—for their communities, and and to upholding equality and opportunity they combine service delivery with sophisti- as fundamental American values. Immigrant cated organizing tactics to advance local and communities inspire, implement, and cham- state policy. We exist to leverage their collec- pion our work. tive power and expertise for a national strat- Happy New Year

It is with great joy that we celebrate 2015 and ring in a new year. We designed a new logo and website to better reflect our mission. We transformed the field This has been a monumental year, with plenty of ups and downs. with our Community Navigator model, a program to engage volunteers who have already We watched President Obama’s seminal announcement in No- begun preparing the country to implement administrative relief. With our member OneAm- vember 2014, offering relief from deportation and work authori- erica, we launched English Innovations, an English and digital literacy education program, zation to nearly five million people. His announcements were not in six of our organizations across the country. We also launched the New American Democ- everything we’d hoped for— but they represented a hard fought racy Campaign, a non-partisan effort to activate latent immigrant electoral power. victory nonetheless. Since then, we’ve seen an organized effort to delay and end those programs. It hasn’t been easy to maintain op- In 2015, we held the NIIC facilitated over 1,500 participants, three presidential candi- For every dollar we timism— especially in our current political climate, rife with vile largest ever National dates, and deep conversations on worker justice, health, workforce raised, three dollars anti-immigrant and anti-refugee attacks. development, the arts, and much more. At the NIIC we launched Immigration Confer- our New American Dreams Platform, a policy agenda which seeks went to immigrant We built upon NPNA’s core strengths and expertise in 2015. This ence (NIIC). to define—by immigrants—what it means to be a successful na- communities through year, we continued working closely with the White House to fur- tion of immigrants. our membership. ther immigrant integration, most recently hosting a convening on naturalizing the hardest to reach. We continue to develop the Cit- We’ve had a tremendous year, and we believe that 2016 will take us even closer to achieving ies for Citizenship infrastructure to promote citizenship through municipalities, and we’ve our goals. Our most sincere thanks—now and always—to our communities, friends, part- built a program to bring citizenship into labor unions called the Union Citizenship Action ners, and sponsors, who support us in our mission and our work. Network with the United Food and Commercial Workers. We supported 26 organizations to become accredited to provide immigration legal services, and we assisted tens of thou- Sincerely, sands of individuals to gain legal status or become U.S. citizens.

2015 was also a year of new beginnings. NPNA’s team grew significantly. NPNA grew from two full time staff and two consultants to 5 full time staff and 5 consultants. Our budget doubled, and we re-granted $1.3 million to our member organizations. Joshua Hoyt Tara Raghuveer Executive Director Deputy Director Julien Ross Executive Director, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition Board of Directors (CIRC)

Co-Chairs Angelica Salas Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Eva Millona Los Angeles (CHIRLA) Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Rich Stolz Executive Director, OneAmerica Julien Ross Executive Director, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition Stephanie Teatro (CIRC) Executive Director, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC)

Executive Committee Gustavo Torres Executive Director, CASA Steve Choi Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) Dae Joong Yoon Executive Director, National Korean American Service & Edu- Angelica Salas cation Consortium (NAKASEC) Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Our Team of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) Board Staff Joshua Hoyt Sarah Mesick Lawrence Benito Executive Director Outreach and Training Chief Executive Officer, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Coordinator Refugee Rights (ICIRR) Tara Raghuveer Deputy Director Ruth Lopez Steven Choi English Innovations Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) Emily Gelbaum Coordinator Training Director Andrea Miller Charlie McAteer Executive Director, Causa Oregon Ivy Yan Communications Operations Manager Coordinator Eva Millona Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Larry Kleinman Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Strategic Advisor

Christine Neumann-Ortiz Executive Director, Voces de la Frontera

Maria del Rosario Rodriguez Executive Director, Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) Policy & Advocacy In 2015 NPNA advocated for laws, policies, and programs that put the tools for successful immigrant integration into the hands of the immigrants.

Two NPNA administrative relief coordinators take a break after a day of strategic planning. Policy & Advocacy

New American Dreams Platform NPNA launched the New American Dreams gees and asylum seekers, and people of var- Platform at the National Immigrant Integra- ious countries of origin, skill, and education tion Conference after six months of surveying levels. The Platform is NPNA’s federal policy New the field and drafting policy papers with the agenda for 2016 and serves as the blueprint support of the field’s leading experts. for candidate engagement that began in Oc- American tober and will continue through the primary Dreams The New American Dreams Platform seeks and general election cycle. to broaden and deepen current political dis- Platform course about immigration so that candidates and policymakers must acknowledge that im- “The New American Dreams migrants are not numbers but humans, not Platform builds from NPNA’s burdens but contributors, and not criminals history of moving federal poli- but mothers and fathers and laborers and tax- cy on immigrant integration. It payers and business owners. is a critical and unprecedented step forward for our integra- The Platform is comprised of six planks. These tion field. The Platform puts new Americans policy areas are aligned to the immigrant inte- at the center of the conversation by empow- gration pillars — civic, economic, and linguis- ering our communities to shape it.” tic — and to meet the needs of various New -- Eva Millona American constituencies — undocumented NPNA Co-Chair immigrants, legal permanent residents, natu- Executive Director, Massachusetts Immigrant ralized citizens, children of immigrants, refu- and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Policy & Advocacy

New American Dreams Platform

A Nation of English as a Quality A Vibrant & A Healthy A Welcoming & Citizens Gateway Education & Care Vital Economy America Inclusive Society

• Pass comprehensive • Guarantee all New • Expand access, af- • Ensure access to a • Expand coverage • Establish a Federal immigration reform Americans 300 hours fordability, and qual- living wage and pro- for all Office of New Ameri- that includes an of ESL instruction ity to New American tect workers’ right to cans and National Im- earned path to citi- children for early organize • Implement linguis- migrant Integration zenship • Invest in technolo- childhood education tically and cultural- Policy Council gies and programsto and care • Increase New Amer- ly competent ser- • Curtail enforcement innovate ESL instruc- icans’ accessto work- vices in all health • Support local com- of broken immigra- tion • Increase investment force development programs and ac- munities in develop- tion laws in outreach and train- programs tivities ing plans to institu- ing to address New tionalize integration • Promote citizenship Americans’ education • Support New Ameri- • Support New and eliminate barri- needs can asset building American health • Prioritize social inte- ers to naturalization professionals gration through di- • Introduce proactive • Develop a stream- rect service structures to make lined program for im- schools centers for migrant and refugee integration professional integra- tion • Address temporary and skilled worker visa needs Policy & Advocacy

National Immigrant Integration Conference New American Dreams: Advancing Opportunity, Equality, and Justice

The National Immigrant Integration Confer- ence (NIIC), in its 8th year, was the largest con- vening focused on immigration in the U.S. The conference plays a central role in the immi- grant integration field. A project of NPNA and its member organizations, the NIIC convenes NPNA Board Member Maria del Rosario policymakers, academics, corporate and com- Rodriguez, legendary civil rights leader munity leaders, researchers and practitioners, Bob Moses, and BAJI National Organizer faith leaders and funders from across the coun- Tia Oso, speak on a panel at NIIC 2015. try. In 2015, the conference was co-hosted by the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) with Executive Committee members Make the Road New York and Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. Policy & Advocacy “The NIIC has become a collegial crossroads to move New Ameri- can communities forward.” -- Steven Choi Executive Director, NYIC

NPNA shaped the national conversation NIIC 2015 featured a dynamic program. Content was organized on immigrant integration at our into themed tracks and mainstage plenary sessions. eighth annual NIIC. Here are examples of conference content:

1,500 200 Track: Plenary Session: attendees press hits Welcoming Communities Immigration in a Broader Fight for Justice Over 1,500 people attended NIIC 2015: New Our collective research, advocacy, expertise, Understanding and Addressing Today’s Orga- How does immigration fit into a larger con- American Dreams: Advancing Opportunity, and political might was covered in over 200 nized Backlash Against Muslim Immigrants text in terms of social justice movements? Equality, and Justice, held from Dec. 13-15 in national and local media outlets. and Refugees How is immigration connected to fights for New York. fair wages, criminal justice reform, Black The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wash- Beyond the Single Story: How New Waves of Lives Matter, LGBTQ organizing, environ- ington Post, NBC News, Huffington Post, Fox Asian and African Migration are Transforming mental justice work, and other movements? News Latino, and the Wall St. Journal. Receiving Communities What does solidarity across these move- ments actually look like? What are models? What Makes a Welcoming and Inclusive Com- What are challenges? How can we take inter- munity sectional, transformational solidarity to the next level? Linda Sarsour, NYIC Board Member, speaks at NIIC 2015. Policy & Advocacy

At NIIC 2015, the three Democratic candidates In addition to many noteworthy speakers, presenters, and for President engaged with the Platform. artists, we were honored to welcome several national lead- ers on immigrant integration.

Senator Bernie Secretary Hillary Governor Martin New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, New Federal immigrant integration policy was York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, and addressed by Felicia Escobar, Deputy Di- Sanders committed Clinton promised O’Malley endorsed Senator Chuck Schumer also spoke, ad- rector of the White House Office Domestic to fixing our broken im- to invest in English programs, our Platform and launched dressing recent spikes in Islamophobic and Policy Council and by USCIS Director León migration system through reduce the naturalization fee, an immigrant integration anti-immigrant rhetoric. Rodríguez. comprehensive reform and pass comprehensive immigra- platform of his own, an un- to investing in immigrant tion reform, and end private precedented victory for the health, civic integration, and detention. immigration policy field. English.

Photo Credit: NY Daily News, Hub (Johns Hopkins), Pat Arnow, Photo Credit: News Net, IIUSA, o1visa.us Policy & Advocacy

Federal Policy Policy & Advocacy DAPA & DACA President Obama announced a set of execu- tive actions related to immigration in Novem- ber 2014. The actions increased the age limit to qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that protects un- documented individuals who entered the country as children. The actions also includ- ed a program dubbed DAPA, which would provide similar relief for parents of U.S. citi- zens and legal permanent residents. In total, the programs could impact the lives of over five million individuals. They were slated to begin in February and May respectively but were put on hold by an ongoing lawsuit.

In 2015, NPNA took leadership within the “We are pleased that the Su- Committee for Immigration Reform Imple- preme Court has chosen to mentation (CIRI) to prepare the field for ad- hear this pivotal case. This is ministrative relief implementation. We aimed another step towards justice to build capacity to implement the Presi- for millions of immigrants. We dent’s programs at scale in order to reach the must take steps to fix our bro- This is Reynalda, a Community Navigator, five million people who might qualify. ken immigration system. While the legal and celebrating the SCOTUS decision to political battle continues, we must not forget hear the case (2016). The Supreme Court decided in January 2016 the families who are impacted.” to hear the case related to the President’s -- Julien Ross programs. Co-Chair, NPNA & Executive Director, Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC) Policy & Advocacy

Citizenship Day 2015 & DACA/DAPA Anniversary

Meet Maria and Manuel. NPNA Outreach and Training Coordinators helped with their nat- uralization paperwork. Maria told us, “We have lived in America for 26 years. Manuel is 78 years old. We have six kids—they are all U.S. citizens. Manuel worked in a factory for decades making pens and folders. We own a home and love America. We are naturalizing NOW, after all this time, because we want to defend hardworking immigrants like us.”

Maria and Manuel attended a naturalization “The Florida Immigrant Coali- workshop on Saturday, September 19, two tion does naturalization work days after Citizenship Day. They were two of because NPNA has support- the 3,165 individuals served by our members ed us to do so. It is critical to in our 40 events across the country in cele- building the power of our bration of Citizenship Day. We staged a sim- communities, and has transformed our orga- ilar day of action to commemorate Novem- nization.” ber 20, the one year anniversary of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration. -- Maria del Rosario Rodriguez On that day, NPNA members put on over 80 Executive Director, FLIC events. Policy & Advocacy 2015

February Submitted policy and programmatic White House Task Force recommendations based on feed- Advocacy for on New Americans back from our members. Civic Integration

Compiled and sub- mitted comments to USCIS on how the fee waiver revision could impact low income applicants. June * Led community support for the Recommended short- and medium- June “Stand Stronger” Campaign by term strategies the Administration can serving on the Advisory Council, take to make the most of the last few July July Compiled and hosting a webinar with Cities for years of the Obama administration. Secured three meetings with USCIS submitted com- Citizenship to involve Mayors and Director León Rodríguez to continue ments to USCIS on municipalities, and holding 40+ our advocacy to reduce the natural- the naturalization naturalization workshops on ization fee and build the capacity of Citizenship Day. form revision. September community organizations to do natu- September ralization and voter registration work. Participated as Campaign Champion in the Building Welcoming Commu- nities Campaign launch.

November November Co-hosted with the White House a national conven- ing, “Reducing the Barriers December to Naturalize”. *See next page. Policy & Advocacy Reducing Barriers to Naturalization Team NPNA at the convening we co-hosted at the White House on reducing the barriers to Nearly 9 million green card holders are eligi- naturalization for hard to reach populations in ble to become citizens today. One of the most November 2015. significant barriers to naturalization is its pro- hibitively high cost. Overall, Mexicans, the working poor, and those with less than a high school education naturalize at much lower rates. citizenship must not be a privilege limited to the wealthy and highly ed- ucated. NPNA has fought successfully to sta- bilize the naturalization fee under the Obama administration, streamline the naturalization fee waiver, and continues to fight for a partial fee waiver for the working poor.

The price tag on U.S. citizen- “U.S. citizenship should be a privilege ship—at $680—is a prohibi- affordable by all who are eligible, as tive barrier for the 8.8 million they are making important contribu- immigrants eligible for cit- tions to our communities across the izenship. NPNA has led the country. NPNA has been the national campaign to implement a partial fee waiver, leader in shining a light on this issue.” and I am confident that we will win.” -- Dr. Manuel Pastor -- Gustavo Torres Professor, University of Southern California Executive Director, CASA Director, Center for Study of Immigrant Integration Programs & Capacity Building In 2015 NPNA built the capacity of our member organizations and the broader field to deliver high quality trainings, ser- vices, and leadership development by, with, and for New Americans.

The first Spanish language Community Navi- gator training, hosted by Michigan United, in February 2015. Meet Community Programs & Capacity Building Navigator Mayra. “I’ve been here for 23 years. I’m a single mother to two U.S. citizen kids. I work two jobs, at a dry clean- er and a restaurant. I volunteer at my kids’ school. I want to start a do- mestic violence survivors support group. I don’t always feel welcomed here but I want to give back to this country. This is my country now. I can give back by being a Communi- ty Navigator. My community trusts me, and I want to help them. I will make a huge difference.” Community Navigators NPNA designed the Community Navigator After just about 8 months of launching the model and implemented a nationwide Nav- Community Navigator program, we’ve helped igator training program. Community naviga- to train 5,504 Navigators across the country. tors (or promotores) are community mem- This program, and people like Mayra, have bers who receive specialized training to nearly doubled our ability as a field to imple- provide quality immigration services for their ment the President’s DAPA and DACA+ initia- communities in an empowering and effective tives and ensure relief for five million people. way. Community navigators are also liaisons between their community, legal service pro- viders, social service organizations, and gov- ernment representatives. They are often ad- vocates, educators, mentors, and interpreters in their communities. 24 NPNA member organizations Programs & Capacity Building now have full-time or part-time administrative relief coordi- nators (ARCs) leading adminis- trative relief, naturalization, and DACA implementation efforts in Training their organizations within. NPNA’s members are the country’s largest and most powerful organizations run by, for, and with New Americans. They have grown through the fight for immigration reform and have also built their legal service capacity in the following ways:

20 6 8 with legal pursuing legal building legal capacity capacity capacity

The NPNA network has grown 6 Additional NPNA groups are 8 NPNA groups held or are from 5 organizations with le- in the process to become BIA holding 40 hour Immigration gal capacity to 20 with either Recognized. Law Trainings over the course Board of Immigration Appeals of the year, including NYIC, (BIA) Recognition or attorneys FLIC, ICIRR, Michigan United, Community Navigator Esperanza, on staff. TIRRC, CIRC, CHIRLA, and MIRA, here with her husband, completing thus growing legal service and a sample N-400 citizenship Two key statewide immigrant training capacity across their application. coalitions, ICIRR and NYIC were regions. approved for BIA Recognition this fall. CIRC, FLIC, TIRRC, and Michigan United held these trainings for the first time. Programs & Capacity Building Max, an education advocate with the New York Immigration Coalition and DACA re- cipient, leads a session at the NIIC. Service Delivery NPNA organizations have engaged, assisted and completed applications for thousands of immigrant community members across the country since July 2015.

10,839 27,490 679,757 completed assisted engaged

10,839 applications completed 27,490 community members 679,757 community members across the country for Natural- assisted across the country engaged across the country. ization, DACA and other forms through information sessions, of relief. workshops and other forms of one-on-one communication.

“This year Promise Arizona launched two service delivery programs, both with the hands-on support of NPNA. Adelante!” -- Petra Falcon Executive Director, Promise Arizona (PAZ) Programs & Capacity Building

“Once OneAmerica proved the concept for English Innovations in Wash- English ington State, NPNA was the best vehicle (anywhere) to spread the model nationally. Support from the Gates Foundation allowed us to build English Innovations through NPNA’s network of powerful base-building organiza- tions grounded in immigrant communities who already had the experience Innovations of honing and building scalable naturalization programs through peer-learning networks. NPNA and member OneAmerica helped to Together and over time, OneAmerica, NPNA and the Learning Games Network have the po- establish English Innovations – an innova- tential to reshape ESL infrastructure in the United States.” tive English and digital literacy education -- Rich Stolz program in 6 host organizations across the Executive Director, OneAmerica country – located in Michigan, Tennessee, Florida, Massachusetts, the D.C. Metro Area, and Arizona. 2015 was the program’s pilot year.

6 32 177 $3.5MM + pilot sites DACA graduates raised applications

Worked with USCIS to con- Assisted 6 community-based or- Assisted 32 students in applying Graduated 177 students in the Secured $3.5 million in funding firm that English Innovations ganizations in developing their for Deferred Action for Child- first cycle. from the Bill and Melinda Gates qualifies under USCIS Deferred organization’s first ever English hood Arrivals. Foundation for a two year pilot Action guidelines as an educa- as a Second Language program- project. tional requirement for the DACA ming. application. Programs & Capacity Building

Cities for Citizenship NPNA, with our partners at the Citi Community Development, the Center for Popular Democ- racy, and the Mayor’s Offices of New York, Chi- cago, and Los Angeles, has built the infrastruc- ture of support for immigrant legal services in cities, counties, and municipalities through Cities for Citizenship.

60 20cities 11 5 municipal 14 training new cities leaders 11mayors press hits sessions Assisted over 60 municipal Supported naturalization Generated 14 pieces of Hosted 6 naturalization Expanded the Citizenship leaders with technical as- activities and social media earned media about natu- related webinar and 5 Corner Models from LA, sistance in development strategy for Citizenship ralization efforts in cities. network conference calls NYC, and Chicago to 5 new of naturalization program- Day 2016 activities with 20 for the participating cities participating cities result- ming across the network of naturalization ceremonies Click here for more with over 400 participants ing in 30 new Citizenship 19 participating cities and where 11 Mayors gave Key- information. in attendance. Corners in Boston, San Jose, counties via 1:1 conversa- note speeches to address Reading, PA, and . tions, network conference the newly naturalized. calls, communications strategy, and naturalization related events. Programs & Capacity Building Union Citizenship Action Network NPNA has worked to build the infrastructure of allied labor organizations across the nation through UCAN.

“UCAN has helped over 400 of our members in the meat packing, food pro- cessing, and food and non-food retail industries become citizens. This is an important step for our union to continue building a diverse and strong union family.” -- Esther López International Secretary-Treasurer, UFCW International

12 324 500 $110K trainings trained assisted raised NPNA-UCAN training at UFCW Local 540 in , TX, Febru- NPNA Trainers & ARCs A total of 324 union lead- Over 500 Union Food The $110,000 budget for ary 2015. have also traveled to ers, staff, and stewards and Commercial Workers this work was contrib- lead 12 Naturalization, were trained across the (UFCW) members have uted by the UFCW and DACA & DAPA trainings nation, in places from San already been assisted UNITE HERE. with our labor allies in Diego, CA to Dodge City, with their naturalization the UFCW & Unite HERE KS to East Moline, IL, to and DACA applications unions in 2015. New York City, NY. through UCAN in 2015. Programs & Capacity Building This is a still from an ad produced by the New American Democracy Campaign to encourage people to become citizens in order to fight hate. View the video here.

New American Democracy Campaign In November, NPNA launched, along with the Latino Victory Foundation, a project called the New American Democracy Campaign to build a progressive on-ramp for civic engage- ment.

Our Goal: 1. To leverage this political 2. To increase annual natu- 3. To register and mobilize “I’ve travelled the nation, supporting NPNA civic engage- moment into an organizing ralization rate by 35% from millions of immigrant vot- ment efforts, because their groups are the best in the and programmatic strategy 654k to 1 million. ers, by creating the first ever nation doing the hard work of naturalization, DACA, and to activate latent immigrant national vote registration DAPA on the ground.” power. program for U.S. citizen chil- -- Congressman Luis Gutiérrez dren of immigrants and for IL-04 naturalizing citizens. “The shame of it is that the United States is the most successful experiment in building a ‘nation of im- migrants’ in world history. We actually know what works and what doesn’t. Our history teaches us that NPNA in the News what works is not ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative,’ but rather

Below are some highlights of our advocacy, events, trainings, around Integration, Huffington Post, December 13, Article common sense. So let’s have a debate about what research, partnerships, and community in the national media: actually works.” Lomi Kriel, High court asked to review Obama’s immigration Dara Lind, What immigration activists want from Hillary Clin- plan, Chronicle, November 20, 2015, Article September 14, 2015 ton, Vox, December 18, 2015, Article Jerry Markon, Immigration advocates aren’t letting a court This is what candidates should be doing to support immigrants, ruling on deportations get in their way, Washington Post, NowThis, December 18, 2015, Article November 12, 2015, Article “‘We want to build off the negative energy,’ said Tara Chris Fuchs, At Immigration Conference, Asian Americans Dis- Adam Lidgett, Obama Immigration Reform Update: Despite Raghuveer, policy and advocacy director for the Na- cuss Language Access, DACA Enrollment, NBC News, Decem- Appeals Court Ruling, Immigrant Advocates To Celebrate tional Partnership for New Americans, a coalition of ber 15, 2015, Article Policy Anniversary, International Business Times, November 12 2015, Article immigrant groups that is holding dozens of events Michael Oleaga, Immigration News Today: Martin O’Malley during the campaign. ‘People are hearing the hate Meets With Hunger Strikers, Immigrant Detainee Family, Latin Jerry Markon, What ever happened to Obama’s sweeping Post, December 15, 2015, Article executive actions on immigration?, Washington Post, October and racist xenophobia on the national stage from 19, 2015, Article the presidential candidates. They are angry, and this Emily Ngo, Hillary Clinton spells out immigration plans in Brooklyn speech, Newsday, December 15, 2016, Article Bob Annibale, Citizenship is an Economic Asset, Huffington is an opportunity for us to organize.’” Post, September 23, 2015, Article September 17, 2015 Nueva York destinará casi 8 millones para brindar asistencia legal a inmigrantes, Univision, December 15, 2015, Article Asma Khalid, The White House Plan That Could Get Millions Of Immigrants To Vote, NPR, September 18, 2015, Article Dana Rubinstein, Cuomo targets nativists, recalls his immigrant roots, Politico New York, December 14, 2015, Article Julia Preston, White House Campaign Urges Legal Immi- “The immigrant rights professionals at NIIC didn’t al- grants to Become (Voting) Citizens, New York Times, Sep- ways respond to feel-good rhetoric about America Laura Meckler, Hillary Clinton Meets With an Undocumented tember 17, 2015, Article Immigrant and His Family, Wall Street Journal, December 14, — all three Democratic candidates praised Ameri- 2015, Article Judith Bernstein-Baker and Valentine A. Brown, Stepping Up ca’s ‘nation of immigrants’ heritage in their speeches for Citizenship, The Legal Intelligencer, September 17, 2015, Liz Robbins, New York City to Aid Immigrants Amid Stalled Article to the conference, and none got a huge ovation out National Reforms, New York Times, December 14, 2015, Article of it. What the audience really responded to were Eva Millona and Joshua Hoyt, A deeper debate on immigra- Steven Choi, Embracing Inclusion, Defeating Hate: The Na- tion is welcome, Chicago Tribune, September 14, 2015, http:// policy proposals.” tional Immigrant Integration Conference Ignites Conversations Article December 18, 2015 Our Sponsors We are deeply grateful for the support of our sponsors in 2015.

Open Societies Foundation Immigrant Legal Resource Center Bloomberg Philanthropies and the New Americans Campaign Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Western Union Welcoming America OneAmerica Prado Family Fund Coalition for Immigration Reform Citi Community Development Implementation UNITE HERE International Union Center for Popular Democracy Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Center for Community Change, Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) J.M. Kaplan Fund Segal Family Foundation Suzette Brooks Masters and Seth Masters United Food and Commercial Workers Migration Policy Group International American Federation of Labor and NEO Philanthropy & JPB Foundation Congress of Industrial Organizations Unbound Philanthropy J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

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