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Introducing Keep Your Benefits & Tus Beneficios Publicos

There is a lot of confusion around public benefits and whether they
impact a person's immigration options. Even with an injunction to
stop the Administration's new public charge rules, many people have
discontinued the basic benefits that keep a family healthy and safe.
Immigration Advocates Network worked with our partners at the Legal
Aid Society of San Mateo County, and Protecting Immigrant Families to
create www.KeepYourBenefitsCA.org (www.TusBeneficiosPublicosCA.org -
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residents to keep the benefits they qualify for. It helps them
understand if public benefits affect their immigration status or
plans. Keep Your Benefits is in English and Spanish, and features an
informational interview, plain language legal information, links to
more information, and a legal directory to help people connect to the
right help.

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justice.

New Design Debut at the National Immigrant Integration Conference.

Citizeshipworks Debuts New Design at the NIIC

Citizenshipworks debuted its updated look and feel at last week’s
National Immigrant Integration Conference (NIIC). We updated our
award-winning site’s design to make it easier to navigate and more
user-friendly. The Citizenshipworks redesign is the culmination of
nearly a year of work, supported by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative,
and based on user experience research and feedback from many of you!
On September 17th, we launched the first phase of the redesign. In
the months ahead, we will update the screening interview, and improve
the site for pro se users. Meanwhile, we're working on the new N400
form; and encouraging folks to get their applications in before the
fee waiver rules may take effect.

Visit the redesigned Citizenshipworks -
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in bringing Citizenshipworks to your organization.

The Latest from the Immigration Advocates Network

This is the monthly digest from the Immigration Advocates Network and
our partners:

In litigation news, a coalition of advocates obtained a temporary
restraining order -
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Within days of USCIS announcing the new fee waiver policy -
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Society of New York secured a nationwide preliminary injunction to
halt the new public charge rule -
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The Immigration Advocates Network and partners launched a new site to
help California residents understand public charge, at
www.keepyourbenefitsca.org -
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[link removed] , and CLINIC shared a new Refugee/Asylee Family Reunification
Practice Manual -
[link removed] . Finally, the Attorney General and Board of Immigration Appeals
published a few crim-imm decisions, including Matter of Thomas and
Thompson -
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consequences.

For more of the latest news and developments, go to -
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Join the Immigration Advocates Network - membership is free to -
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Jobs in Immigrant Advocacy

Senior Program Associate - New York Immigrant Family Unity Project,
Vera Institute of Justice -
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Location: Brooklyn, NY

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

Project Coordinator - Family Reunification Project, Al Otro Lado -
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Location: San Diego, CA / Remote

Last Date to Apply: 11/30/2019

Bilingual Staff Attorney - Catholic Charities (Baton Rouge) -
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Posted: 10/14/2019

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

Deputy Executive Director, Freedom for Immigrants -
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Location: Los Angeles/San Francisco, CA

Last Date to Apply: Position Open Until Filled

To find out about jobs in our field, visit -
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[link removed] immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/jobs/ If you’d list to share a
job listing, email [email protected].

About Immigration Advocates Network

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN), a program of Pro Bono Net,
is dedicated to expanding access to immigration legal resources and
information through collaboration and technology. IAN was created in
2007 by leading immigrants' rights organizations, to increase access
to justice for low-income immigrants and strengthen the capacity of
organizations serving them. We create our own tools, build platforms
for others, and work with partners to harness the power of technology
and collaboration to better support immigrants and their advocates.

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