Immigration
A Profile of Our Immigrant Neighbors in Hampton Roads
disponible en español Hampton Roads immigrants are diverse, long-standing pillars of the community In the...
Virginia Should Act to Help Immigrant Communities Stay Afloat
Immigrant families are woven into the fabric of Virginia’s communities and economy, and working people of every immigration status are...
Profile of Essential Workers in Virginia During COVID-19: Women, People of Color, and Immigrants Are Important Contributors In Front-line Virginia Industries
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted that front-line, essential workers are vital for the functioning and well-being of our communities. The...
Virginia Has a Role In Securing Resources For Immigrants Left Behind By Federal Packages
The current crisis has highlighted a long-standing fact: Our health and well-being is highly intertwined with that of our...
Building a Welcoming Commonwealth for Virginia’s Diverse Immigrant Communities
As our families, communities, and state grapple with the novel coronavirus, social distancing, and their economic effects, we are continually...
STATEMENT: TCI Stands with our Communities and People in Virginia Most at Risk During COVID-19 Pandemic
As people across Virginia are increasingly impacted by the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, our...
Opportunities to Advance Racial Equity in Conference Budget
What’s included in the state budget communicates what and who the state values. That’s why it’s important to analyze...
Six Key Reasons for Virginia to Open an Office of New Americans and Leverage Our Untapped Potential
While the U.S. has a long, yet often divisive, history of welcoming immigrants to join our democracy, the country has never quite developed a formal system to help integrate newcomers into the economy and our communities
Accounting for Cars: Expanding access to driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status will help Virginia’s fiscal bottom line as well as helping families and communities
The main reason to expand access to driver’s licenses regardless of immigration status is because it makes our families and communities safer: safer from being unfairly caught up in the criminal justice system and deportation pipeline for just trying to get to church or a child’s school, and safer from being on the roads with unlicensed drivers who haven’t had the opportunity to access the state’s system of training and testing.