Policy and Advocacy

Our goal is to engage CIMH members, community members and other stakeholders in advocating for equitable legislative policies, programs and initiatives in support of all immigrants. This includes following local (municipal and state) policy actions, as well as sharing policy-level impacts across settings. The Policy and Advocacy Workgroup keeps the CIMH coalition informed of immigration policies and legislation at the federal, state and local level that affect our immigrant communities. The workgroup also shares ways that coalition members can participate in efforts such as the policymaking process, advocacy and organizing, as well as shares resources and connections to other organizations leading aforesaid work. 

Contact information

Co-Chairs: Dana Rusch, Ph.D. & Nina Sedeño, MPP

Email: drusch1@uic.edu, nsedeno@latinopolicyforum.org

Meeting Schedule: Every 2nd Thursday from 10-11 CST

(Email Dana for Zoom link)

RESOURCES

The following provides links to resources and organizational websites that pertain to ongoing policies and advocacies that CIMH works with.

Please know that this page and these links will continue to be updated. If you have information that may be helpful to share on this page, please contact us at ourcimh@gmail.com with the subject title ‘policy and advocacy resources.’

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Winter/Spring 2024 Update

Learn more about updates to several federal and state/local updates that will impact immigrant communities broadly. Updates on USCIS Filing Fees, Federal bills and related policy reports and advocacy tools are also provided.