Provide examples
An example of a basic need that immigrant families struggle with.
What is food or housing?
Seeking health care is made simple for all immigrants.
What is false? Immigrant families may worry about seeking health care due to immigration status
What is LA?
When some family members are undocumented and others are citizens or legal residents, the family is considered this.
What is a mixed status family?
An example of a community essential activity that immigrant families worry about participating in due to deportation.
What is church, school, or work?
Housing insecurity describes families where some members are undocumented while others are U.S. citizens or legal residents.
What is false? Mixed-status families is what this describes
Both AB 495 and SB 98 were designed to protect this group of families.
Who are mixed-status and immigrant families?
The forced removal of someone from the U.S. to their "home country" due to immigration status.
What is deportation?
Name one argument made in favor of AB 495, Family Preparedness Plan Act.
What is protecting immigrant minors by giving caregivers emergency authority?
Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother moved to Guatemala, which is the country they were most familiar with.
What is false? They have not been to Guatemala in years
Bell created this to help immigrant families plan out their future.
What is a website?
These government operations involve sudden enforcement actions that arrest and remove undocumented immigrants.
What are ICE raids?
This student’s mother was deported to Guatemala, but she continued her education even after leaving the U.S.
Who is Nory Sontay Ramos?
Supporters of AB 1261, Legal Counsel for Minors, believe that unaccompanied, undocumented youth require legal council in order to navigate immigration laws and court proceedings.
What is true? These situations can be complex for minors, leading them to lose their court cases.
This person stated that they will try to continue their education, even in Guatemala.
Who is Nory Sontay Ramos?
The Caregiver's Authorizations Affidavits allows a designated person to do this.
What is enroll a minor in school and authorize medical care?
Name one protective measure immigrant families might take to prepare for a change in immigration status.
What is avoiding public spaces, saving emergency funds, or withdrawing from public benefits?
SB 98, School Site Immigration Enforcement Alerts, expands the use of Caregiver's Authorizations Affidavits.
What is false? AB 495 expands this use
Supporters of AB.495 argue it protects immigrant minors; opponents argue it erodes these.
What are parental rights?
Immigrant families often avoid this type of benefit, even if eligible, out of fear it could affect their immigration status.
What are non-cash government benefits?