Policy Preview: The State of Play of Immigration Reform in Congress (And in the States!) November 18, 2015
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Speakers Stephanie Powers Senior Director for Policy and Partnerships Council on Foundations
Speakers Felicia Escobar Special Assistant to the President for Immigration Policy The White House | Domestic Policy Council
Speakers Daranee Petsod President Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Speakers Marielena Hincapié Executive Director National Immigration Law Center
Speakers Cathy Cha Program Director, Immigrant Rights Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
Speakers Beatriz Solis, MPH, Ph.D. Director, Healthy Communities South Region The California Endowment
This Work is Vital Daranee Petsod President Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
D EMOGRAPHIC I MPERATIVE 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
E CONOMIC I MPERATIVE 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 11
State of Play of Immigration Reform Marielena Hincapié Executive 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 13
Landscape • Supreme Court Battle • Federal Legislative On defense • State & Local Building on Victories Major Threats Staying on Offense 14
Congressional Gridlock • Presidential elections and growing anti-immigrant rhetoric • Backlash: focus Sanctuary Cities • Impact of Paris attacks 15
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. 16
Recent Immigrant Rights Victories • Driver’s Licenses Hawaii & Delaware driver’s licenses for all Nebraska driver’s licenses for DACA grantees (50 th 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) 17
Major Threats • Texas: Denial of birth certificates • Louisiana: Denial of marriage certificates • North Carolina: Anti-sanctuary law and prohibits acceptance of consular IDs 18
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 19
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 20
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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: hincapie@nilc.org // 213-674-2812 22
Advocacy and Immigration Reform Cathy Cha Program 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 “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.”
BHC: 10 Year Investment in Community Change • 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
School Climate School Wellness Comprehensive Supports Food Environment and Food Systems Land-Use Planning and Anti-Displacement Community and Economic Development Transformative Environmental Health and Justice Policies 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 Uninsured Immigrant Youth and Access to Health Care • 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
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
Communications We are California # Health4All
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
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