immigrant financial justice
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Testimony before NYC Council, on Municipal Identification
Testimony before the NYC Council Immigration Committee, urging the City to create a municipal identification program and ensure the NYC ID becomes a tool for economic inclusion.
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NBC Latino: A Loan Fund Gives DREAMers A Chance to Apply for Deferred Action
NBC Latino — Alejandra Salas doesn’t have any memories of Mexico. Her mother crossed the Mexican border bringing Salas, at the time 1, with her.
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In These Times: New York City Immigrants Test a New Economic ‘Bridge’
In These Times — For all the supposed potential of the “American Dream,” immigrants in New York City often have a terrible time redeeming its promise. Many arrive in the United States with no financial grounding or burdened by a heap of debt; others can spend years priced out of financial credit by poverty and…
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Univision: Ayuda Financiera Para Inmigrantes Acogidos por Acción Diferida
Univision Nueva York — New Economy Project’s Deyanira Del Rio speaks with Univision about the NYC DREAMer Loan Fund.
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WNYC: In New York, Loans to Help Young Immigrants Apply for Deferred Action
WYNC News — A year after the federal government’s Deferred Action program took effect, 22,000 young immigrants illegally in New York have obtained work permits. But that’s only about one-fourth of the people who are eligible, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a think-tank based in Washington, D.C.
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Immigrant Financial Justice Reports
A series of reports addressing banking and credit access; the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis; and organizing for financial justice in immigrant communities.