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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Amid rising concerns among the migrant communities successful Fresno County, 2 officials created the Immigrant Affairs Working Group to summation protections and guidance to those surviving successful fear.
Fresno County Supervisor Luis Chavez and Fresno City Vice President Miguel Arias accidental owed to caller national actions that person accrued fearfulness amongst migrant communities, schoolhouse absences and workplace labour organisation person seen record-high absences.
"Given the heightened anxiousness from and fearfulness wrong the migrant community, it is indispensable that we instrumentality deliberate steps to alleviate their concerns. Our superior absorption is to guarantee the information and extortion of families and children, providing them with the reassurance they need," said Chavez.
Officials accidental the collaborative City/County Immigration Affairs Working Group volition bring unneurotic cardinal stakeholders to guarantee families stay together, coordinate argumentation efforts, enactment acquisition and outreach, and unafraid authorities backing to enactment this captious work.
"As an migrant who has experienced migration raids successful the Central Valley fields, I recognize the fearfulness and uncertainty that arises from the changeless menace of deportation," said Arias. "By fostering collaboration betwixt the metropolis and county, we tin guarantee that the aforesaid individuals who protected america from bare retention shelves during a pandemic person the aforesaid level of enactment passim the portion and are not unjustly targeted oregon adversely affected by harmful policies."
City and region officials some admit the invaluable contributions of immigrants crossed section businesses, agriculture, faith-based institutions, industries and each different sectors of the community.
"“The Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC) is committed to joining these efforts and proceed offering escaped migration ineligible services, entrepreneurship grooming opportunities, and integer literacy courses, thereby contributing to the improvement of a dynamic system that makes it imaginable to execute socio-economic mobility," said Jesus Martinez, enforcement manager of CVIIC.
Officials accidental this inaugural is successful alignment with California's SB54 which is committed to protecting and supporting migrant communities, allowing them to proceed to thrive without surviving successful fear.
