ColumbiaCounty Sanctuary Mvmt #FundExcludedWorkers

Big news: Tompkins County legislators are sending in a resolution for higher minimum wage! Many upstate workers live in poverty. We are encouraged to see local legislators #RaiseTheWage in their localities and address the cost of living crisis. #RaiseUpNY tinyurl.com/2apb7nvs

Investing in New York means investing in immigrant coverage and expanding health insurance access, and this can be done by accessing federal surplus funds and including undocumented people in the #1332waiver. #Coverage4All in 2024! tinyurl.com/45hjcxkb

🚨BREAKING🚨 McDonald’s franchisees are leading the corporate astroturf campaign to stop the #EmPIREAct, @nysfocus report reveals. Legislators: Opposing the #EmPIREAct only protects lawbreakers and wage thieves. Pass the #EmPIREAct Now! nysfocus.com/2024/05/09/mcd…

For 750,000 excluded workers in our state - losing a job means losing everything. Our fight must continue until we are #ExcludedNoMore. Our response to the final 2024 NYS Budget:

Eduardo fled Peru w/his young daughter due to threats from criminal gangs. After almost a year in NY, he has not found legal representation. ☎️Call your rep. to support & advocate for the critical investment of $150M in immigration legal services. 🔗docs.google.com/document/d/1xm…

🚨URGENT: We need your help to ensure NY legislative leaders continue to push for a $150M investment in immigration legal services in the final NYS Budget! Call our NYS leaders⤵️ ☎️@AndreaSCousins: 518-455-2585 ☎️@CarlHeastie: 518-455-3791 ☎️@CPeoplesStokes: 518-455-5005

🚨URGENT: We need your help to ensure NY legislative leaders continue to push for a $150M investment in immigration legal services in the final NYS Budget! Call our NYS leaders⤵️ ☎️@AndreaSCousins: 518-455-2585 ☎️@CarlHeastie: 518-455-3791 ☎️@CPeoplesStokes: 518-455-5005

Immigrant NYers are core to the NYS' fabric and NY must ensure we can all thrive together. That is why the final NYS Budget must include: ⚖️$150M for @care4immigrants Campaign 🗣️$10M to expand #LanguageAccess 🏘️$250M for Housing Access Voucher Program 🩺Pass #Coverage4All

🚨URGENT: Join the #CARE4IF coalition in demanding support for the #AccessToRepresentationAct in our state budget! We need your help: Call #NY legislative leaders to demand $150M investment in the final NYS Budget! ☎️@AndreaSCousins: 518-455-2585 ☎️@CarlHeastie: 518-455-3791

When you’re in a country where you don’t speak the language, finding legal representation can become an even greater challenge than it already is for many immigrants in the US. The time to pass the #ARA and invest $150M in legal services is NOW ➡️p2a.co/panhdy4

CCSM Members Eduardo and Maricela are important parts of our community. That is why the final NYS Budget must include: ⚖️$150M for @care4immigrants Campaign 🗣️$10M to expand #LanguageAccess 🏘️$250M for Housing Access Voucher Program 🩺Pass #Coverage4AllI

NEW: “NYS would generate billions of dollars in new economic benefits if it provides all asylum-seekers, migrants and others facing possible deportation with their own lawyer,” according to a new report from @NYCComptroller. #AccesstoRepresentation gothamist.com/news/provide-a…

“Helping immigrants establish roots in CNY will reverse the challenges of a shrinking population…& generate approx. $1.9M in state & local taxes,” say @immresearchIRI & @WorkersCNY. NYS must invest $150M for immigration legal services & #ARA. syracuse.com/opinion/2024/0…

@SteveOtis91 @votejgr @BurdickAD93 @care4immigrants Thank you, @phara4assembly,@NYAMCunningham, @sarahana, & @tonysimone, for co-sponsoring the #AccesstoRepresentation Act to establish a right to counsel for people in immigration court. Let's ensure $150M for immigration legal services is included in the FY25 NYS budget! #CARE4IF

Thank you, @SteveOtis91, @votejgr, @BurdickAD93 for your support to the @care4immigrants Campaign & sponsoring the #ARA! We need your help securing a $150M investment in immigration legal services in the final NYS Budget to advance fairness & help #NY families stay together!

❤️‍🔥"Somos trabajadoras, apasionadas, luchadoras, honestas. Y nosotras también queremos ser de Nueva York y lo seremos. Somos." Listen to state representative recite this powerful community written poem ⤵️ #CARE4IF

Thank you, @bradhoylman and @CatalinaCruzNY, for championing the #AccesstoRepresentation Act. Together, we are joining forces to make sure NYS funds immigration legal services at $150M as a crucial step toward advancing fairness & family unity.

Thank you, @MMitaynes, for co-sponsoring the #AccesstoRepresentation Act to establish a right to counsel for people in immigration court. Let's ensure $150M for immigration legal services is included in the FY25 NYS budget! #CARE4IF

🧵Thank you, @bradhoylman and @CatalinaCruzNY, for championing the #AccesstoRepresentation Act. Together, we are joining forces to make sure NYS funds immigration legal services at $150M as a crucial step toward advancing fairness & family unity.

Thank you, @jessicaramos for your support to the @care4immigrants Campaign & sponsoring the #AccesstoRepresentation Act! We need your help securing a $150M investment in immigration legal services in the final NYS Budget to advance fairness & help #NY families stay together!