The organizations Rose Community Foundation and Rocky Mountain Welcome Center will provide financial assistance to out-of-state residents in the city of Denver, Colorado.
El Diario NY reported that approximately 5,000 immigrants, mostly Venezuelans, will receive financial assistance to cover the costs of the work permit process.
The Rose Community Foundation announced on Thursday, November 16, 2023 that it will “commit a total of $2.5 million to pay approximately $550 for each person to manage the documentation.”
A fund with the same purpose managed and approved the Rocky Mountain Welcome Center, El Diario NY noted.
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Because immigrants from Venezuela represent the majority of foreigners who have arrived in Colorado since November 2022, both foundations will focus primarily on helping Venezuelans, the EFE agency reports.
The New York media emphasized that this support from the organizations “will focus on immigrants who can obtain Temporary Protected Status (TPS).”
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One case in particular was mentioned by Rocky Mountain Welcome Center Director Diana Higuera.
A woman was kicked out of a municipal shelter along with her four children and left on the street, he explained.
“Her husband was shot in Venezuela, so they left the country. The man was arrested by immigration authorities at the border and remains there. This mother needs much more than just help filling out a form,” Higuera told the EFE agency.
For Sarah Kurz of the Rose Foundation, “applying for a work permit is a challenge because it is a complicated form of government. It can cost up to $545 per person.
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Higuera believes that if there is no political will, Denver and other cities will soon face a “humanitarian crisis” that they will not be able to solve because “there are many more immigrants who are not getting help.”
One option, he suggested, “is for the federal government to significantly reduce the cost of the work permit or eliminate that fee, since “immigrants come to work, and not to be a public burden.” Another option is to speed up asylum and political refugee procedures.”
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Source: Eluniverso
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