Wednesday, December 17, 2014
President’s Changes on Immigration Mobilize Nonprofits, Foundations
Next year, advocates will face a daunting task: mobilizing to help undocumented immigrants who are eligible for temporary legal status under the president’s executive action on immigration announced in November.
All together, an estimated 5 million undocumented immigrants may be eligible. The number presents a challenge that dwarfs what advocates faced with the dreamers. Groups will have to reach far outside the cities, where many focused their earlier efforts, to extend their outreach to rural and migrant farmworker communities. They also will have to reach older immigrants, many of whom have fewer language and literacy skills than the dreamers....