Governor’s Budget Attacks Immigrants
Governor’s Proposes to Eliminate Immigrant Programs

What does the Governor’s January 8 budget proposal mean for the immigrant community?  The proposal includes elimination of full scope Medi-Cal for newly-qualified lawful immigrants and other lawful immigrants, total elimination of the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), total elimination of the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and elimination of CalWORKS for newly qualified lawful immigrants.  In order to protect these lifelines for immigrant communities, on January 7th SIREN and other groups rallied in front of the Governor’s office in San Francisco. 

“Cruel Cuts”: What the Proposal Would Do

Instead of exhibiting leadership and calling for balanced solutions by the Governor, California's most vulnerable residents are being asked once again to shoulder the burden of balancing the state's budget, suffering from a colossal $19.9 billion deficit.  Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would seek billions of dollars in cuts, including nearly $3 billion to health and human services programs to address the budget crisis. Read More

“Triggger Cuts” If Federal Funds Do Not Materialize

 One thing that everyone can agree on is that California needs increased federal assistance to make it through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The Governor has asked for an additional $6.9 billion, which if not met, would "trigger" another set of catastrophic cuts. These trigger cuts include: Read More

Lets Get Ready to Rumble! 

We are gearing up for the worst budget battle yet.  Although the Governor has vowed to protect education funding, critical program and immigrant programs are again on the chopping block. 

Our deficit has grown to an approximate $19.9 billion for the next 18 months which the Governor plans to solve without any tax increases and more and more cuts to the safety net.  He plans to solve the budget deficit with $8.5 billion in spending cuts Read More

Get Prepared for Immigration Reform this Sunday

After months of struggle to get a just and humane immigration reform bill in Congress, Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) introduced HR 4321 last December.  This is the first step to change immigration laws in our country.  This Sunday January 17 SIREN will hold a community forum to explain both the content of the proposed legislation and how to get involved in immigration reform this year.  Come to Maria Goretti Church this Sunday, January 17 from 1:45 to 3 pm at 2980 Senter Road, San José CA 95111.  Call Cesar Juarez at 408-421-2895 for further information. 

¡Prepárate! ¿Serías elegible bajo la propuesta de reforma migratoria? 

Después de años de lucha para la introducción de una reforma migratoria justa y humana, el congresista Luis (D-IL) introdujo una propuesta de reforma migratoria el pasado diciembre.  Este es el primer paso para que una reforma migratoria cambie las leyes de nuestro país. El domingo 17 de enero SIREN organizara un foro para informar a la comunidad del contenido de la legislación y para saber como involucrarse para que una reforma migratoria justa y humana se realice este año.

Cuando:               Domingo enero 17, 2010 de 1:45pm a 3pm
Donde:                 Iglesia Santa Maria Goretti, 2980 Senter Rd, San José CA 95111
Contacto:            Cesar Juarez, 408-421.2895