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Research from the Center for American Progress shows undocumented immigrants are more likely to work essential jobs in the United States, with an estimated 5 million of them in the workforce.
Katherine Ward, a community organizer for Refugee Community Partnership, said vaccinating immigrants is especially important because they have fewer opportunities to receive federal or state aid if they were to lose their jobs or stop working due to the virus.
“It is my hope and my prayer that (the vaccine) will make a difference in&#
“When things are made ADA-compliant and made more accessible, physically that just enhances this for everyone,” Corey Root, the Orange County Homeless Programs Coordinator, said. “Easy access for all our community members services everyone.”
Neighborhood Support Circles Help Refugee Students Through Remote Learning
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Itâs no secret that the pandemic has made everyoneâs life harder. But remote learning presented a set of compounding challenges for refugee parents of school-aged children this year.
San Da Win, a Karen refugee and mother to a kindergartener and preschooler, says that her older childâs teacher came to the house with an iPad in the spring. The teacher tried to explain, in English and sign language, how to use it for remote learning, and gave her an instruction sheetâalso in English.