The Invisible Wall: Public Charge & Wealth Test for Lawfully Present Immigrants (cultural)

*cultural

This is a 2.0 hour session.

This presentation will discuss immigrant eligibility and rights to public benefits, including the Trump Administration' s new public charge rule, a racially motivated wealth test that fundamentally changes immigration policy to favor immigrants who are white, wealthy, abled, and educated. For example, immigrants who are poor and deemed likely to receive public benefits like Medicaid and Food Stamps will not be allowed legal entry into the USA. This new rule is having a chilling effect in the immigrant community causing many eligible immigrants to disenroll from life-saving benefit programs out of fear that they will lose their lawful residency or be deported. As many as 26 million people in families with immigrants might be chilled from participating in these programs. Learn how to counsel and work with immigrant clients/patients to fight fear with facts, education, and knowledge and how to document the harm to your patients/clients.

Presented by:

Teague Gonz�lez has twelve years of public benefits advocacy experience directly representing homeless and disabled adults and children. She has legislative and campaign advocacy experience in defending public benefits from budget cuts. Teague has worked on-site providing legal services to homeless shelter residents, engaged in mass defense by training law students and volunteer attorneys to represent general assistance recipients at their termination hearings, worked in the county jail representing disabled inmates before their release, and visited youth shelters to assist transitional age homeless youth. Teague formerly worked at the Alameda County Homeless Action Center and was in private practice before joining the Center.

2.0 CEU's

NASW Member- $40
Non-Member- $60