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GCIR AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS ANNOUNCE CREATION OF CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT RESILIENCE FUND

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Private Fund Will Support Undocumented California Families Ineligible for Federal and State Relief in Midst of Coronavirus Crisis in Partnership with Public Fund Announced Today by Gov. Newsom

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - In partnership with California philanthropy, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) today announced the launch of the California Immigrant Resilience Fund, seeking to raise $50 million to provide cash assistance to undocumented Californians and their families, who are ineligible for COVID-19 federal relief and state safety-net programs. The Fund was set up as part of a public-private partnership with Governor Gavin Newsom, who today announced a separate $75 million state-financed immigrant relief fund, the first of its kind in the nation.

Donations to the Resilience Fund can be made at www.immigrantfundca.org. The Resilience Fund is seeded with more than $6 million in contributions. Led by Emerson Collective and Blue Shield of California Foundation, other supporters include The California Endowment, The James Irvine Foundation, Open Society Foundations, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, California Wellness Foundation, Sunlight Giving, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and the Akonadi Foundation. With the goal of raising an initial $50 million, the Resilience Fund will seek support from additional foundations, as well as corporate and major individual donors. It is also accepting online donations from the general public.

More than two million Californians are undocumented, and they and their families are among the most vulnerable to acute harm and suffering due to the coronavirus public health crisis, even while thousands are combating the coronavirus crisis on the frontlines as essential workers in healthcare, food and grocery supply chains, and sanitation roles. Undocumented Californians and their family members represent nearly 10% of California’s workforce. Annually, they contribute approximately $2.5 billion in state and local taxes and another $2 billion in federal taxes, but many work in low-wage sectors hit hardest by the pandemic, from caregiving and hospitality to food service and landscaping. Undocumented Californians who have lost jobs or are seeing reduced hours may have no other means of keeping a roof over their heads and putting food on the table, and they have purposefully been excluded from federal relief.

The current crisis magnifies the inequities that undocumented immigrants in California already experience, and further economic instability could devastate generations of California families. While the Fund is being launched to help meet undocumented Californians’ immediate needs in response to the COVID-19 crisis, it will also establish vital durable infrastructure and a network that can be quickly mobilized to address future crises and opportunities. The Fund will deliver relief directly to undocumented families right now, while also supporting the well-being and resilience of immigrant communities over the long term. And it will help build a healthy, just, and equitable future for all Californians, no matter where they were born.

You know, we keep hearing that immigration has slowed because they don't want to come here and catch the bug. I tho't they came here to become good ameriKans, pay taxes, speak English et al? For richer for poorer, in sickness and in health?

Oops, just saw an article saying they stiff the IRS too.

they stiff the IRS

In case you did not know it, the Federal Income tax does not apply to U.S. citizens living and working in the 50 U.S. states.

But the IRS collects it anyway under threat of seizure, confiscation, liens and other forms of plunder.

And there is not one Judge in the country that would oppose them or rule against them, likely for the same reasons their bank accounts would be plundered too.

BTW, I had two liens against me over in the town I was living when driving big trucks.

I had Lexington Law, credit repair lawyers in Salt Lake City challenge them. IRS could not prove I owed the tax and were forced to withdraw the liens.

My Credit Karma used to say "2" for Public Filings, now it says "0". ;)

Everything is the EXACT opposite of what the masses of asses think.

Everything is the EXACT opposite of what the masses of asses think.

No doubt there. Everyone is bamboozled into compliance. ;)