Many thought 2013 would be the year when Congress Finally passed comprehensive Immigration Reform. But it was not to be. Over several months, fault lines investigated how the failure to pass that reform played out in the lives of some of the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the us. People like jose who preferred we use only his first name. So when were you deported . When was i deported . Today. So today is your first day in mexico in 31 years since you left last . Yeah, a lawyer . No license. 21 years ago. Yeah jose is one of a thousand people who are deported each day, and one of nearly 400 thousand deported last year. President obama has presided over almost two million deportations more than any other president in history. Wheres your family . Pheonix . Your family doesnt even know youre here . With reform stalled in congress, deportations have become the defining aspect of obamas immigration policy and a flashpoint for immigrant communities. Fault lines traveled to new
Health worker ive known people that would in the receive a bed in a shelter or resources to go to college stability is the can you tell me to anyone elses success as im grateful im forced this is not true for everyone with my same story i hope you recognize how important the Homeless Youth will be for our future. Thank you very much thank you. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon. Thank you for hearing us speak im jonathan cochair of the Youth Citizens Advisory Committee for the larkin street im selfborn and raised in potrero hill we are that evicted from our apartment in 201235 percent of Homeless People said they were evicted right before bottom of the hill homeless we need to make sure our families can for the record to pay rent in San Francisco and the children are safe and supported this resolution focuses on the support of focus and education and job placement we can ask annunciation that you support the Homeless Emergency Services Provider Association request for 6. 5 million an
Youre being paid for and everything between our extra curriculum i applaud you when i was your age i didnt know the Youth Commission existed youre well ahead and probably will continue to do a lot more as you continue to grow inside and outside of commission. Supervisor yee. I want to thank the presenter and everyone that showed up for this portion off our committee mooefg till when i was your angle there was no such thing as a Youth Commission but my daughter was on the Youth Commission and continues to be active in trying to bring about social changes i told her recently that you know joyce is my appointee to the commission and i 24re6r8d that the Youth Commission is alive and well and, in fact, i know the work youre doing now compared to what they did when they were on the Youth Commission i hate to compare but it paldz to what you accomplished and the docket piece ill continue with other supervisors to advocate for that piece and pretty positive im triple checking for make sure it
Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im here to be a voice for all youth saying theres no other way to live but in the streets im here to be the voice for all the youth that think they have no choice when i was homeless he went through trauma and loss of families and friends and i battled through depression im here to ask the supervisors to give you to me and every youth that faces hardships the youth is our future there is still a lot more work to do so, please support our resolution to declare 2014 for recognizing Homeless Youth. Thank you very much thank you. Next speaker, please. Hello, im 15yearold ive been a project youth as of june 2014 so project has been working with the Youth Justice Committee of the Youth Commission and we wanted to thank them for all the dedication and time and support theyve given us for the past two years and. Thats correct. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Im dan martinez ive been part of project since 2014 and i want to thank the youth and justice our proje
Year when Congress Finally passed comprehensive Immigration Reform. But it was not to be. Over several months, fault lines investigated how the failure to pass that reform played out in the lives of some of the nearly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the u. S. People like jose, who preferred that we use only his first name. When were you deported . When i deported . Today. Today is your first day in mexico in 31 years since you left last . Yes. It was half of my life. I have a daughter, shes going to be lawyer in about three, four months. Shes going to be a lawyer . I was riding a bicycle. The police stops. The first thing he says, you got i. D . First ten years i in United States, license no license thats all i have. No license, 21 years ago . Yes. I mean its enough. You know what i mean . 21 years clean. Jose is one of 1,000 people who is deported each day. And one of nearly 400,000 deported last year. President obama has presided over almost 2 million deportations, more than an