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Posts Tagged ‘undocumented’

In response to DACA uncertainty, Contra Costa County to discuss funding million-dollar immigrant-rights program

By Cecilia Lei | September 18, 2017
"Celebrating Children mural at MacDonald Avenue and Harbour Way in Richmond, CA. 37 percent of Contra Costa County's unauthorized population lives with a U.S.-citizen child under the age of 18." Photo credit: Cecilia Lei

The Contra Costa Board of Supervisors votes tomorrow on the Stand Together CoCo Initiative–a project which if passed will provide undocumented residents of Contra Costa with legal aid, a 24/7 advisory line for legal questions and education on immigration enforcement.

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Film screening inspires undocumented youth to aim for college

By Levi Bridges | October 28, 2015 | 1

“I told the people in customs that we were just going to Disneyland,” Quezada said. “I guess you could say that I’ve been at Disneyland for over 15 years now.”

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Contra Costa supervisors approve healthcare for undocumented immigrants

By Angelica M. Casas | September 24, 2015 | 2

Lidia Arizmendi has been waiting a year and a half for kidney stone surgery. A diabetic, she has no health care insurance, and because she is an undocumented immigrant, she has had few options to find coverage. Now, that may be changing. Like thousands of other undocumented residents of Contra Costa County, Arizmendi will be…

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State health exchange averts termination of most coverage plans

By Pallavi Somusetty | October 20, 2014

Roughly 27,000 letters went to Bay Area families notifying them that Covered California planned to end their coverage because they didn’t submit timely documents proving legal residence in the state.

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New city-issued ID cards expected to benefit Richmonders – but at a price

By Fan Fei | October 3, 2014 | 5

Richmond residents will be able to apply for the city’s first city-issued identification card as of Oct. 15. Like a similar card issued by the city of Oakland, Richmond’s ID card can also be used as a debit card. “In Richmond, we welcome everyone,” said Mayor Gayle McLaughlin. “This card is an essential step toward…

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