Immigration Policy Update with the California Immigrant Policy Center June 2024

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The California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) will review the three pillar campaigns of the organization’s Immigrant Equity Budget: Food4All, SafetyNet4All, and Health4All.
CIPC will highlight items in the state budget and opportunities for the state to continue leading the nation in being a welcoming home for all immigrants by removing exclusions to food assistance, health coverage, and unemployment insurance on the basis of immigration status. The views expressed in this recording are solely those of the presenters.
About the presenters:
Carlos Alarcon is CIPC’s Health & Public Benefits Policy Analyst in Los Angeles. Carlos has focused on helping immigrant communities by fighting for equitable immigration, higher education, and health policies at the State and Federal levels. Throughout his professional career, Carlos has served as the President and Chair of multiple undocumented-led organizations that have been at the forefront of the fight for equitable changes for immigrant communities.
Benyamin Chao is the Health & Public Benefits Policy Analyst at the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC). His duties include working with the Food4All coalition to address food insecurity in immigrant communities and the California Protecting Immigrant Families (CA PIF) Coalition to protect and improve access to safety net programs for immigrants.
Daniela Alvarenga is the Economic Justice Policy Coordinator at CIPC. Her roles and responsibilities are focused on deepening relationships with coalition partners and advocating for immigrant-centered economic justice policies. She comes to CIPC with prior organizing and advocacy experience at worker centers’, women's' rehabilitation centers, and immigrant rights organizations. Daniela’s interests outside of work include mental health advocacy in the Latine community, art as a tool for community organizing, and dance.