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Family Unity, Education, and Legal (FUEL) Network for Immigrants Report to City Council [Oral Report]
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File ID: 2018-01707
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Location: Citywide
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Receive and file.
Contact: Christopher Conlin, Interim Assistant City Manager, 916-808-8526, Office of the City Manager
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Presenter: Marcus Tang, Citizenship and Immigration Project Director, (916) 446-7901, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
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1-Description/Analysis
2-FUEL Contract C2017-1329
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Sacramento immigrants comprise over twenty percent of our residents. Our community has benefited from being one of the most integrated and diverse cities in the United States. Sacramento has a strong history of reaching out and welcoming people of diverse backgrounds and immigration status. In 1985, the City Council (Council) adopted Resolution 85-973 which recognized the dignity and human rights of individuals fleeing Guatemala and El Salvador and declaring Sacramento a "sanctuary city [that] shall serve as a haven for refugees now residing in the City of Sacramento until they can safely return to their homeland or until they receive federally recognized residency status."
On May 4, 2017 the Council reaffirmed the City of Sacramento's status as a City of Sanctuary. In a related action, the Council established a onetime grant for the Sacramento FUEL Network. With the City's financial, institutional, and leadership support over the past year, the FUEL Network has grown into a robust collaborative of over fifty Sacramento community-based organizations, legal services providers, volunteer attorney groups, labor unions, faith-based groups, and educational institutions that are all actively working to provide critical services to immigrant communities. California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLA Foundation) was appointed by the City as the fiscal lead organization for the FUEL Network. Thi...
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