1. Launching a Dreamers/Immigrant Resource Center
Sylvia Juarez-Magana
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2. What to Consider ~ immediate & long term
Physical Space
Program Host
Legal Matters
Rapid Fire Politics
Coordinator vs Team
DREAMer Continued Education (PD)
Community Engagement
Funding & Reporting
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3. Political Climate: Undocumented Students
DACA
California Dream Act
Since it was installed as an executive order, it can be rescinded via executive order at any time by the President of the United States.
President Trump has expressed that he will deport 11 million undocumented immigrants. This increases the fear of deportation for undocumented students and their families.
AB540, AB131, AB2000 & SB are California state laws and require consideration in a public educational settting.
California education leaders have pledged to fight to keep all aspects of the DREAM Act in place.
The state might find itself in direct conflict with the federal government.
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4. Laws Related to Undocumented Student efforts
Campus Setting & Legal Advising
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5. Campus Setting
FERPA is the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and is a federal law that was enacted in FERPA protects the privacy of student education records. All educational institutions that receive federal funding must comply with FERPA. Rights at the postsecondary level belong to a student ‘in attendance’ (regardless of age) and former students.
Education Code: Section requires that the written agreements identify either the campus or local law enforcement agency as having operational responsibility for the investigation of Part 1 violent crimes, and that they delineate the specific geographical boundaries of each agency's operational responsibility.
Assembly Bill 913: The Kristin Smart Campus Safety Act of Upon the governing board of a community college district adopting a rule requiring its campuses to update these agreements, the bill would subject the community college district and its campuses to the requirements imposed on other postsecondary institutions by the bill. The bill would encourage the governing board of each community college district to adopt a rule requiring its respective campuses to update these agreements. By expanding the duties of community college districts and local law enforcement agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Assembly Bill 2792: The Truth Act - all records relating to ICE access to jail information will now be public records under the California Public Records Act, which acts as an accountability measure to enforce the other protections of the TRUTH Act. It also ensures that California communities have oversight over their local law enforcement agency’s relations with ICE.
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6. Policy & Legal Advising
Attorneys
Immigration
Vet Pro Bono
Community Organizations
Dept of Justice: Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
Consulates
Connected to population percentages
Elected Officials
Members of Committees
Trustee & School Board Members
Advise on National Organizations
Connected to Grant Funding
University System Colleagues
UC outline showcases student & ally thread
CSU affordable
Community Colleges have most of undocumented student population
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7. Admissions & Records Office
*Application Process
*Proof of Residency
*Submitting Documentation
*Process/Mechanism
*List of Students (AB 540)
Office of Financial Aid
*California Dream Act Application
*Verification
*Application Completion
*Process Follow Up
*Office Image
Counseling Team
*Education Plan
*Certificates & Licenses
*Mental Wellness
*Familiar with Undocu-Friendly Colleges
*State Agencies
*Community Resources
Faculty
*Approachable
*Understanding of Campus Policies
*Inclusion in Class
*Engrain Campus Philosophy to Subject Matter
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8. Consideration for admissions
Outreach needs to be on the same page
Consideration for admissions
AB 540: It allows undocumented students to attend colleges and universities in the State of California and pay tuition of State residents
Requirements:
Having attended a high school in the State of California for 3 years or more and/or attending a primary school
Graduating from a high school in the State of California or obtain a certificate of equivalence of general education (GED)
Agree to modification legal status in the United States.
AB 2000: To obtain credits from a school of California equivalent to three or more years of full time high school courses AND a total of three or more years of attendance at a primary school in California, California secondary school, or a combination of these schools. This refers to the eligibility for AB 540, stops pay state tuition at community colleges in California and the University of the State of California, and the right to benefits under the DREAM Act of California.
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9. Admissions & Records Office
Point Person: Consider Choices
Admissions & Records Office
*Application Process
Marketing of DREAMer Process
*Proof of Residency
List of Proof of California residency
*Submitting Documentation- - Final Transcripts w/AB 540 form *Process/Mechanism - Data will be collected *List of Students (AB 540) - Who knows what?
Visas & Asylum
International versus Students ‘in process of’
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10. Office of Financial Aid
Point Person: Consider Choices
Office of Financial Aid
Counter & Computer Lab Tolerance
State Law: AB 130 & 131
Assembly Bills 130 & 131 are laws that were passed in 2011 by the California legislature.  This law increases opportunities for AB 540 students to receive financial aid while attending college.
State Law: SB 1210
In September 2014 the governor established the California DREAM Loan Program.
The bill would provide that, commencing with the –16 academic year, a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University may receive a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, through the program if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the regents.
California Dream Act Application
*Verification connected to Counseling
*Application Completion: follow FAFSA scheduling
*Process Follow Up
*Office Image
*What about those who can’t?
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11. Continuous Contact to Undocumented Students
Counseling Team
Faculty
*Education Plan
~Familiar with Undocu-Friendly Colleges
*Certificates & Licenses
~State Agencies
*Mental Wellness
~Community Resources
*Approachable
~Inclusion in Class
*Understanding of Campus Policies
~Engrain Campus Philosophy to Subject Matter
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12. DATA: Collection & Reporting
Calendar of Activities Required
DATA: Collection & Reporting
Self Reported Group:
Find them…. to help them….with what?
Duplicated numbers
Data Collection: location & reason codes to support activities
AB 540 versus undocumented students: Who knows of this list?
Interactive with multiple parts of the campus
Understanding Laws & Policies
Entire campus well informed
Students not assuming they can advocate in ALL circumstances
Grow the DREAMer Ambassador staff with creative ways to provide more work hours
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13. Juarezconsulting@gmail.com 562-972-3371
Follow Up
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