Immigration Article of the Day: Immigration Reform and Administrative Relief for 2014 and Beyond: A Report on Behalf of the Committee for Immigration Reform Implementation (CIRI), Human Resources Working Group

Immigration Reform and Administrative Relief for 2014   and Beyond: A Report on Behalf of the Committee for Immigration Reform Implementation   (CIRI), Human Resources Working Group by Charles Kamasaki, Susan Timmons, and Courtney Tudi
   

Successful   implementation of any broad-scale immigrant legalization program requires an adequately funded infrastructure of immigrant-serving organizations. As the   initial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program instituted in   2012 has already stretched the capacity of immigrant-serving organizations to their limits or even beyond them, the possibility of full implementation of   DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents) and the expanded DACA programs presents a formidable challenge for these organizations. In this paper, the Human Resources Working Group of the Committee for Immigration Reform Implementation (CIRI) draws on the lessons of the Immigrant Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), DACA, and other   initiatives to provide a roadmap for immigrant service delivery agencies and   their partners in planning for implementation of the expanded DACA and the DAPA   programs, with an eye (ultimately) to broad legislative reform. In particular, this paper focuses on the funding and human resources that the immigrant service delivery field, writ large, would require to implement these programs.

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