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These disparities are particularly stark in idyllic Marin, where a surge of new COVID-19 cases concentrated in one crowded neighborhood has helped land the county on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/CountyMonitoringDataStep2.aspx\">state’s pandemic watchlist.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos, who comprise 16% of the county’s population, account for 75% of coronavirus infections — closer to 90% since mid-June, according to Dr. Matt Willis, the public health officer for Marin County. After recording only a handful of coronavirus cases in the early months of the pandemic, the county now has the highest per-capita rate in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is our essential workforce,” said Willis. “This isn’t the result of casual socializing at happy hour.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Canal, named for the waterway on its northern border that was once San Rafael’s commercial waterfront, is a flat, densely populated district in a Bay Area suburb famous for its wooded hillside hamlets and multimillion-dollar vistas. The Canal’s 2.5 square miles are dotted by auto shops, scruffy palm trees and rows of low-slung apartment buildings occupied by immigrants from countries such as Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. An influx of young Latinos has nearly tripled the neighborhood’s population since the 1990s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a Hispanic village where everybody knows everybody else,” said Jennifer Tores, 22, a Canal native who works at a discount clothing store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11828620 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/GettyImages-1211223326-1-1020x720.jpg']The laborers of the Canal are both a world away from and intimately connected to well-heeled towns like San Anselmo and Tiburon, where they clean mansions, wax Teslas and steam milk for $6 lattes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than half of families in the neighborhood earn less than $35,000 a year, in a county where the median income is almost triple that. People are often squeezed two or three families to an apartment in order to afford Marin’s infamously high rents. The Calderons live paycheck-to-paycheck to cover their half of the $2,100 monthly rent while also managing to send money back home to relatives in Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willis said such living arrangements “can easily translate one case of COVID-19 into five or 10.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even more contagious than the virus is the misinformation that’s spread quickly through the Latino community, including a rumor that local testing sites were infecting people and claims that beer is a cure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Confused and isolated at home in quarantine for several weeks with her entire family, Crisalia Calderon began to worry. “I was getting really scared,” she said. “We were running out of food and money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Calderon-Family.jpg\" alt=\"Crisalia Calderon with her children, Neymar (left), Daisy and Katy. 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The whole family tested positive for COVID-19 in late June but have since recovered. \u003ccite>(Rachel Scheier/California Healthline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She spent hours dialing county officials and local nonprofits, but no one called back. Finally, someone at a community organization promised to deliver meals to the family, but all that arrived the next day was some expired ground meat and a few potatoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Calderon turned to the same informal safety net she’d relied on in the rural village she left at 16 to migrate north. A fellow Guatemalan neighbor went to Costco and brought her ibuprofen for the aches and fever, and diapers and PediaSure for the kids, who are aged 5, 3, and 2 years old. Someone else brought vegetables, milk and beans from a Latin American market. After three hours on the phone, Calderon managed to qualify for $500 in state coronavirus aid for undocumented residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Willis said officials are working with Canal Alliance, a neighborhood group, to provide support to residents who contract the virus — in the form of cash and hotel rooms to isolate the infected. The county is recruiting bilingual contact tracers from the Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'These People Were in Survival Mode Before COVID-19'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Marin is one of California’s healthiest, wealthiest and best-educated counties, and one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.racecounts.org/county/marin/\">most segregated\u003c/a>. The county has fiercely preserved its natural beauty and wide-open spaces over the years — often at the cost of public transit and affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2012 \u003ca href=\"http://measureofamerica.org/docs/APOM_Final-SinglePages_12.14.11.pdf\">report on Marin County by the American Human Development Project\u003c/a> showed that fewer than half of adults in the Canal had a high school diploma. It ranked the neighborhood’s nearly 12,000 residents dead-last among the county’s 51 census tracts for community well-being and opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of these disparities, it’s not surprising that people like Calderon are falling through the cracks, said Omar Carrera, Canal Alliance’s CEO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people were in survival mode before COVID-19,” Carrera said on a recent afternoon, standing before a mural that adorns the group’s headquarters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People had been lining up since 7 a.m. for free coronavirus testing that began at 1 p.m. Health officials are scrambling to keep pace with demand for tests as infections have surged and employers such as gas stations and grocery stores have started requiring workers to be tested regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11818312 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/HaywardCoronavirusTesting-1020x664.jpg']An average of 20% of Canal tests are coming back positive. Some days, the positivity rate has been as high as 40%, said Willis. With many of the infected showing few or no symptoms, the virus has raced through this relatively young community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people around here have to go to work, so life continues mostly as usual in the Canal. Day laborers still gather in the parking lots at dawn; vendors set up at street corners beneath colorful umbrellas to hawk roasted corn or bags of fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conspiracy theories continue to multiply; one circulating in Spanish on social media holds that the virus was a government conspiracy. Another says local testing sites are reusing dirty test swabs to deliberately infect people. The rumors have fed a climate of fear and silence around the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One resident said neighbors painted an “X” on the front door of a friend of her husband’s to warn others he was infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crisalia Calderon and her family have all recovered and since tested negative for COVID-19, but still, “there are neighbors who run away from us,” she said. She waits until late at night to do the laundry in her building, when no one else is around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other day, Calderon decided it was finally time to ask her landlord to come to her apartment to fix a long-festering plumbing problem and some broken burners. But he said he couldn’t come. 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"content": "\u003cp>More than a month after he was granted relief from deportation by an immigration judge, a 22-year-old Salvadoran man remains locked up at a privately run detention facility in Bakersfield, where he’s now diagnosed with COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian Orellana, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychological disorders, proved he would likely suffer persecution or torture because of his mental illness if returned to El Salvador, said Orellana’s attorney, Ambar Tovar, with the United Farm Workers Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a June 25 order, Judge Ila C. Deiss at the immigration court in San Francisco authorized a “withholding of removal” for Orellana, who grew up in Los Angeles, so that he can remain in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But immigration authorities appealed Deiss’ ruling and kept Orellana detained at the Mesa Verde Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center, where he contracted the coronavirus in July and reportedly became ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Tuesday, at least 10 detainees at the facility who were diagnosed with COVID-19 are being monitored, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement\u003c/a> (ICE).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lawyers for people held at Mesa Verde say four more men have tested positive, raising the tally of detainees who are infected to 14. ICE and the GEO Group, the company that owns and operates the detention center, did not confirm whether the outbreak had grown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832472/people-are-terrified-sf-judge-orders-covid-19-testing-at-ice-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ordered\u003c/a> ICE and GEO to administer weekly coronavirus tests to all detainees at the facility and to segregate those who are diagnosed. Chhabria also directed immigration officials to stop admitting new detainees to the Mesa Verde facility for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘I’m Afraid for My Life’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Orellana, who has lived in the U.S. since age 2, has felt COVID-19 symptoms for which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends seeking immediate emergency medical care, including persistent chest pain and trouble breathing, said his attorney Tovar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tovar said ICE officials maintain Orellana is “OK” and getting treatment, including Tylenol and an inhaler. But over the weekend, Orellana collapsed on the floor of his dorm and has continued to complain of shortness of breath, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I asked him if he was OK and he just said, ‘I am having trouble breathing. I can’t breathe. I’m afraid for my life,’ ” said Tovar, who speaks regularly with Orellana by phone. “That desperation coming from him led me to call 911 to make sure that he was getting the help that he needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after paramedics arrived at Mesa Verde on Sunday afternoon, officials at the detention facility turned them away before they could check on Orellana and another detainee who felt very ill, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman with the GEO Group said Orellana and the other resident have received consistent medical attention, including having their temperature and vital signs checked, and have exhibited “no signs of distress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We find it appalling that legal professionals would exhibit such inappropriate use of emergency service personnel,” said the GEO spokesman. “We take the health and safety of those in our care with the utmost seriousness and will continue to work with the federal government and local health officials to ensure their health and safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE declined to comment on Orellana’s condition due to pending litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Reluctance to Test\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In April, immigrants held at Mesa Verde and another detention facility north of Sacramento \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11813475/sf-public-defender-sues-for-release-of-ice-detainees-to-reduce-crowding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sued\u003c/a> to force ICE to release detainees on bond or parole to allow for social distancing and other preventive actions at the jail-like facilities during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chhabria, who is ruling on that case, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832472/people-are-terrified-sf-judge-orders-covid-19-testing-at-ice-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scolded\u003c/a> ICE officials last week for avoiding widespread testing at the facility. Chhabria said emails between ICE and GEO in May — unearthed during litigation — showed immigration officials were afraid “positive test results would require them to implement safety measures they apparently felt were not worth the trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency reports that nearly 4,500 detainees nationwide have been confirmed with COVID-19, including more than 1,000 who are currently in isolation or under monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its response to the pandemic, ICE has tested about 22,500 detainees and released more than 900 people from facilities, including Mesa Verde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Monday, ICE officials denied a request to let Orellana out on humanitarian parole while his immigration case is pending, said Tovar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the agency has refused to release Orellana because of his criminal record. He served four months in state prison for threatening to harm a passerby in Los Angeles, said Tovar, adding that the offense was due to his untreated mental illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"ice-detention\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Orellana was being released from state prison in October 2019, ICE detained him and began deportation proceedings, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the immigration judge ruled Orellana could remain in the U.S., the federal government appealed the decision, saying he hadn’t provided enough evidence he would be seriously harmed on account of his mental illness if deported to El Salvador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orellana could wait in detention another four to six months while the Board of Immigration Appeals decides his case, said Tovar, unless Judge Chhabria approves a petition to let him out so he can recover with his family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On top of having COVID, he suffers from suicidal ideations,” said Tovar. “It’s a concern that his COVID is making him so anxious and aggravating his mental health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since March, several detainees at the detention center have gone on four hunger strikes to pressure GEO to improve conditions at the facility, which they say places them at risk of serious illness and even death from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who are sick have to wait days to see a doctor in unsanitary housing and receive insufficient medical care, said the detainees in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MV-COVID-19-Outbreak-Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement\u003c/a> distributed last week by advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dozens of people in our dorms are showing symptoms of COVID-19, and are desperate for care,” they said. “We remain at the mercy of a for-profit corporation who cares only about its profits and not our safety or well-being.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>A federal judge in San Francisco ordered immigration authorities Thursday to stop admitting new detainees at a privately run facility in Bakersfield with a growing COVID-19 outbreak, and to administer weekly coronavirus tests to all those held there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Judge Vince Chhabria said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and GEO Group Inc., which owns and operates the Mesa Verde detention center, had responded to the coronavirus health crisis “in such a cavalier fashion,” that they couldn’t be trusted to act on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='District Judge Vince Chhabria']'This conduct by the defendants has put the detainees at serious risk of irreparable harm.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This conduct by the defendants has put the detainees at serious risk of irreparable harm,” Chhabria wrote in his \u003ca href=\"https://lccrsf.org/wp-content/uploads/500.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">order\u003c/a>. “The defendants have also jeopardized the safety of their own employees. And they have endangered the community at large.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge intervened after immigrants held at Mesa Verde and another detention center north of Sacramento, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/legal-docket/zepeda-rivas-v-jennings-immigration-detention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sued\u003c/a> in April to force ICE to release detainees on bond or parole to allow for social distancing at the jail-like facilities, and to implement other changes to protect people who remained in their custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lccrsf.org/wp-content/uploads/Binder1.pdf\">Emails\u003c/a> between ICE and GEO — recently unearthed during litigation — showed immigration officials avoided widespread testing among detainees and staffers, Chhabria said, out of fear that “positive test results would require them to implement safety measures they apparently felt were not worth the trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE spokesman Jonathan Moore said the agency could not comment due to pending litigation, and referred KQED to more information in ICE’s coronavirus \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webpage\u003c/a>. A spokesperson for GEO responded similarly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least nine detainees at Mesa Verde have been diagnosed with COVID-19, including two who were transferred in recent weeks from California state prisons, according to attorneys representing immigrants held at the facility. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, ICE has continued to bring people from state prisons and local jails with severe COVID-19 outbreaks into Mesa Verde and other facilities, said immigrant advocates and detainees. Most of those transferred were about to be released to the community after serving their sentences when ICE arrested them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Chhabria’s order halting new intakes at Mesa Verde comes as dozens of state lawmakers and elected officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827617/state-lawmakers-urge-newsom-to-stop-transferring-people-in-prison-to-ice-in-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have called\u003c/a> on Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop transfers from state prisons into ICE custody during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom has refused to do so, and his office did not returned a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope the governor takes note,” said Susan Beaty, an attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza, who has spoken with dozens of detainees at Mesa Verde in recent weeks. “I hope that he sees that there's a federal judge saying (stopping intakes) is a necessary measure to protect the health of people in Mesa Verde.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beaty said that as recently as last week, a man moved to the detention center from Avenal State Prison, which has more than 380 active \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 cases\u003c/a>, was not quarantined or tested for the virus before he was placed in a dorm with several of other detainees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mesa Verde officials gave the recently arrived detainee a paper mask “with a hole right in front of where his mouth is,” she said, which would not protect him or others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"immigration,ICE\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, the coronavirus has spread rapidly at California state prisons and immigration detention facilities. As of Friday, more than 8,600 people in prisons had been diagnosed with COVID-19, with nearly a thousand detected in the last 14 days, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In addition, nearly 2,000 prison employees had tested positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u003c/a> close to 4,200 detainees and 45 employees have been confirmed with COVID-19 at detention centers nationwide. Several more workers at privately run detention facilities may also have had the coronavirus, but the agency does not include them in their tally of employees with positive COVID-19 cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Mesa Verde, 14 workers at the for-profit GEO Group have tested positive, said Emi MacLean, a plaintiff attorney with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office in the case being considered by Chhabria, Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings. GEO did not return a request for confirmation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MacLean said Chhabria’s most recent order was, while very important, a “stopgap measure” because social distancing remains impossible for detainees sleeping in dorms with dozens others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are still people in the facility who are in a highly risky condition and who should be released,” MacLean said. “People are terrified. There are individuals who have called crying, saying, ‘I am afraid that the only way out of Mesa Verde is going to be in a body bag.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MacLean said the facility held nearly 300 people back in April, when detainees sued ICE and GEO Group. Since then, Chhabria has ordered the release of about 130 individuals, while ICE let out dozens more at high risk of severe illness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Mesa Verde detainees in a written statement']'It takes days to see a doctor, and even then, they often just give us Tylenol and send us back to our dorms. We had to fight hard to get tested for COVID-19, and most of us still do not know our status.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of its response to the pandemic, ICE has tested nearly 21,100 detainees and released more than 900 people nationwide after reviewing their immigration history, criminal record and other factors, according to the agency. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 120 people remain at Mesa Verde. Just hours after Chhabria’s directive, detainees said two of those confirmed with COVID-19 had been hospitalized — including an elderly disabled man who was still in the ER and another man who they said was brought back to the facility and left gravely ill for hours in solitary confinement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dozens of people in our dorms are showing symptoms of COVID-19, and are desperate for care,” said the detainees in a written \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MV-COVID-19-Outbreak-Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement\u003c/a>. “It takes days to see a doctor, and even then, they often just give us Tylenol and send us back to our dorms. 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The COVID-19 case rate is \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2768249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five times higher\u003c/a> in state and federal prisons compared to the general population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beaty did not expect to experience first-hand the unsafe conditions incarcerated people are facing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was shocking and a really awful experience for us,” said Beaty, an immigration attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four undocumented organizers, eight immigration attorneys and two community supporters were arrested. They were taken to Sacramento County Jail where they were booked and spent a total of about 16 hours while waiting to be bailed out and released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beaty said social distancing was non-existent. The organizers were given limited protective equipment and were stripped of their own masks, face shields and gloves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, everything we witnessed were things that our loved ones and our clients who are incarcerated have been telling us about, and have been trying to tell the public for months,” Beaty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers were made to wear prison uniforms and at one point were made to sit on a bench side-by-side with other people. When one person pointed to a sign that read, “Keep six feet apart,” the booking officer “shook his head and told us to stop being ‘cute,’ ” according to a report the group released on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We saw the public health nightmare that is occurring during this pandemic in every jail, prison and detention center in this country,” Beaty said, adding that it was just a taste of what many of their clients endure for months.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Susan Beaty, immigration attorney\"]‘Honestly, everything we witnessed were things that our loved ones and our clients who are incarcerated have been telling us about, and have been trying to tell the public for months.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beaty said they were denied food and water for more than 12 hours and several in the group felt sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My toilet in a tiny cell I was in was clogged with food when I arrived,” Beaty said. They used the toilet to vomit in and notified an official when it was clogged. “She told me to reach into the toilet and unclog it with my hand,” Beaty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another immigration lawyer said she had a fever at the time of booking. Jail staff took her temperature and the thermometer showed she had a fever. Afterward, the staff made her drink cold water, lowering her temperature, she said. They took her temperature again and it was normal. Immigration attorneys say \u003ca href=\"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/07/whistleblowers-say-ice-detention-center-used-deceptive-tricks-to-conceal-covid-outbreak/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this is the same tactic\u003c/a> U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have used in other facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Juan Prieto, an undocumented organizer with the Oakland-based California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance said, “I was standing behind her,” and verified that staff took her temperature multiple times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conditions the group experienced were precisely what they had come to Newsom’s house to protest against. Prieto said he had met with representatives from the governor’s office once before in March to alert Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11829449/forced-to-breathe-the-same-air-a-look-inside-ca-prisons-during-a-pandemic\">to the unsafe conditions in jails and prisons\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were trying to make sure he took action immediately. All of us who had been in conversation with people in these facilities,” Prieto said. With outbreaks in both prisons and immigration detention centers escalating, the situation has only more gotten dire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prieto said the fear among those incarcerated in ICE facilities, as well as state jails, has led to waves of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bakersfield.com/news/100-immigrant-detainees-hold-hunger-strike-at-mesa-verde-in-response-to-covid-19-measures/article_4bc2c88e-7b88-11ea-bf82-c3fcec598e57.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hunger strikes\u003c/a> and work stoppages. In May, ICE reported that an immigrant detained in one of its facilities died of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the lawyers and organizers have been writing letters and calling on elected officials to release those incarcerated and to address unsafe conditions since the beginning of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of that led to Thursday’s protest. “We needed to bring these demands to his [Newsom’s] house,” Prieto said. “Trying to avoid contracting COVID-19 while incarcerated is impossible unless we take drastic steps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to Gov. 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"content": "\u003cp>When a 10-year-old girl named Maggie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101878641/coronavirus-disproportinately-hits-latinos-in-california\">called KQED Forum\u003c/a> recently to ask a COVID-19 question on behalf of her parents, thousands of listeners heard her interpret from Spanish to English live on air — and recognized their own childhood in that moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Adriana Morga was one of them. And when she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11829745/when-a-10-year-old-translated-for-her-parents-on-live-radio-thousands-recognized-themselves\">wrote a story\u003c/a> about that experience, and how Maggie's call \"represented the epitome of what immigrant children have to do in order to get information to their parents,\" it struck another chord with our readers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11829745/when-a-10-year-old-translated-for-her-parents-on-live-radio-thousands-recognized-themselves#hearken\">We asked you\u003c/a> whether Maggie's story reminded you of your own experiences growing up. The stories you sent were moving, proud, painful, bittersweet and frank, each one emphasizing the shared aspects that unite your experiences across place and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11829854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Carillo, who called KQED Forum to ask a coronavirus question on behalf of her parents \u003ccite>(Courtesy Rosibel Vazquez Alvarado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Your stories also reveal the full responsibility young multilingual family members now face while navigating the coronavirus crisis on behalf of their loved ones — and the sheer weight of that potentially lifesaving role. That's why we've collected \u003ca href=\"#resources\">a list of resources\u003c/a> to support kids like Maggie, or any families looking for multilingual information about COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scroll to read your stories and find those resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Some of these responses have been edited for length.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Being someone like Maggie for your family can be a heavy responsibility...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When I saw the tweet about Maggie, I cried. It was the first time I have ever heard or read anything in my whole life that so completely resonated with my experience as a young immigrant child translating for my mother. We immigrated to the Peninsula Bay Area when I was 5 years old, from Ukraine. I made so many calls, sent so many messages, did so many tasks as a kid that required me to translate between Ukrainian and English. These experiences forced me and many other kids to grow up too quickly. It’s now only exacerbated during these tumultuous times. Now I work in the state Legislature, hoping to be a part of improving how information is shared with all communities in our state, especially those most in need like Maggie’s family. — \u003cstrong>Anya\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I could share so many stories of parent/teacher conferences, doctor's visits, immigration appointments or visits from the landlord (among other things) when I would hear the familiar \"Ven, ven, Marisol... Dime qué dijo.\" Over the years, I picked up on certain words that I knew were important to know in preparation for these encounters, but there was always that moment of panic when an unfamiliar word would pop up. I would immediately imagine the possibility of being held back a grade, or having to pay extra for something, or leading to a misdiagnosis. Nothing that bad ever happened, but that pressure was always present. (As a teacher) my hope now is to be a part of and create learning communities and spaces where our students and our families can engage without having to imagine worst-case scenarios. — \u003cstrong>Marisol\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Being the child of an immigrant always comes with its own series of 'club rules',' said Glenda Cota, who grew up supporting her family with her language skills. \u003ccite>(Glenda Cota)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>...but for many, there are positive memories and pride\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Being the child of an immigrant always comes with its own series of \"club rules.\" If you know them, you know them. It’s a hard club to be a part of at times, but I’m happy to be a part of it. I’m happy to sacrifice my time and energy to an immigrant parent who has sacrificed so much, for me to be American. — \u003cstrong>Glenda Cota\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(At 8 years old) I had to go to my grandmother's doctor's appointments specifically to translate. It was just her and I, navigating our way through public transportation. I was intimidated by the front desk ladies, and scared of hospitals, afraid to miss important information to translate. However I was proud to stick up for my grandmother (the staff was not always kind) and be able to help her. To this day I still feel the same compassion to help translate for co-workers, family members and strangers that I see that need help. We all need the power of information. — \u003cstrong>Zara\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a period of time where I resented it a bit, because I felt like I was forced to grow up very quickly in order to help out when my parents didn't understand something. However, I learned to embrace my role because it was my way of giving back to my parents, for all that they have done for me. Growing up under the circumstances that I did is what forged the distinct Chicanx identity I have today. I knew what I was doing was important and bigger than me. I was helping my family navigate a system that I'd later learn was tricky and discriminatory. — \u003cstrong>Omar Vega\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831201\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar.jpeg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-800x539.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-1020x687.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-160x108.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-1536x1035.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Growing up under the circumstances that I did is what forged the distinct Chicanx identity I have today,' said Omar Vega, pictured here age 7. \u003ccite>(Omar Vega)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Your childhood experiences can steer your career path\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>My Vietnamese refugee parents resettled in Santa Ana, California after fleeing from the Vietnam War. Growing up, I translated documents for my parents and helped them navigate life here in the United States. I learned how to be an advocate at an early age because I had to stand up for my parents when I saw them experience discrimination. I am the first in my family to pursue a Master's degree and I chose to work in education because I want to work with youth who have gone through similar experiences. I want them to know that coming from an immigrant family is their superpower and to encourage them to keep advocating for their families even when times are hard. I also want to challenge our government agencies to be more inclusive of these immigrant experiences. Having translated documents is just the bare minimum. — \u003cstrong>Kathy Tran\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'I learned how to be an advocate at an early age because I had to stand up for my parents when I saw them experience discrimination,' said Kathy Tran, pictured here with her father. \u003ccite>(Kathy Tran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I was 14, I translated for my grandmother when she was battling cancer. That experience has left an indelible mark on my life. Because of those early experiences translating for my family, I have pursued a career in science, and am now working on my masters in public health at UC Berkeley and applying to medical school. — \u003cstrong>Daniel Mota\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I began interpreting for my parents as a child at school, stores, doctor's offices and pretty much anywhere my parents needed services. Both my parents are indigenous Mexicans, whose primary language is Mixteco and secondary language is Spanish. I was raised speaking Spanish, and so I primarily interpreted from English to Spanish and vice versa. I have dedicated my entire life to advocate for those that can’t be heard, and today I’m a proud co-founder of Herencia Indigena (Indigenous Heritage). We specialize in training trilingual individuals to become qualified advocates/interpreters for hospitals, clinics and government agencies both private and public. — \u003cstrong>Irebid Gilbert\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Translating for his grandmother during her cancer treatment 'left an indelible mark on my life,' said Daniel Mota, and led him into the career path he's pursuing today. \u003ccite>(Daniel Mota)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>For many, there's a standout memory that lingers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As a second-generation Vietnamese American, my parents relied on me often to look over everything from utility bills to dealing with landlords. One moment stands out to me when I was a teenager and having to write a letter to appeal to the landlord who wanted to take my family's whole security deposit, which would have been a lot of money. I remember trying to use everything I learned in English composition classes to write this letter, and I recall feeling a great sense of justice. We didn't end up getting that security deposit back, but I'm glad I was able to help my parents regardless. — \u003cstrong>Jeannie Pham\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I was six-years-old, I traveled to Mexico with my grandmother. Upon our return we were held at immigration at LAX and the TSA agents expected me, a six-year-old child, to explain my grandmother’s immigration status and to translate a very complex conversation using words I had never heard before. It was so scary. I did my best because I was worried my grandmother would be deported, because I was told by the TSA agent if my grandmother could not give them the information they needed she would be sent back to Mexico. I did not completely comprehend everything that was being said, yet I was expected to translate. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interpreting for her Indigenous Mexican parents led Irebid Gilbert (right, with siblings Vianey and Judith) on the career path she has today. \u003ccite>(Irebid Gilbert)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My mother had a court date for a traffic citation (come to think of it, this may be where my fear of public speaking began). She took me as the designated interpreter. As I stood before the judge and hearing mother tell me \"dile, dile lo que te dije\" (tell him, tell him what I told you), I froze. When I finally spoke, my voice was low and timid. I no longer recall what I said but luckily the judge sympathized with me. He asked me my age (I must have been 13 or 14 at the time) and then proceeded to tell me there were careers in the future for me. Nevertheless, the look I got from my mother told me I had failed. Many years later, I did in fact become a trained interpreter. Although that particular memory is bittersweet, I recognize the dire need for my mother to want to relay her thoughts and emotions, something perhaps she felt only a family member could do. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most memorable (recollections) was how my mother loved the show \"Friends,\" but did not understand a lot of the jokes. So I would translate it for her. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831205\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Sally.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Sally.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Sally-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Sally-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Sally-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Sally-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">As a child, Sally Seraphin translated for Haitian relatives who were newly arrived in the U.S. With COVID-19, she said, the responsibility of kids doing this kind of work for families 'is doubly hard.' \u003ccite>(Sally Seraphin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One summer day, when I was 9, I was home alone with my mom. That's why, when the phone rang and it was her boss, she asked me to translate for her. I introduced myself to the man on the other end of the phone and he brusquely, and without preamble, said \"Tell your mom I'm laying her off, so she doesn't have to come to work on Monday.\" I didn't know what that meant so I asked him if she could go on Tuesday. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>You frequently tackled complex adult administrative work...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As a young girl, I often translated for Haitian relatives who were newly arrived in the U.S. I would take them on rounds to all the usual places one needs to go in order to get established in a new land, such as the Social Security Administration. It taught me a sort of resourcefulness and built my resilience, but it was also a challenging burden for someone so young. Under normal circumstances, the life of an immigrant child is not carefree and often complicated by real economic hardship. With COVID their work is doubly hard. Immigrant children and families deserve better support. — \u003cstrong>Sally Seraphin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831206\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Elodia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Elodia.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Elodia-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Elodia-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Elodia-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Elodia-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elodia Caballero said she began supporting her parents with her language skills 'as soon as I learned to write and read in English.' \u003ccite>(Elodia Caballero)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As soon as I learned to write and read in English, it was my responsibility to fill out applications and write letters of earned household income so my siblings and I could get Medicaid. I was also responsible for reading all government and official documents for my family. I had a hard time reading the documents, and don't know if I told them the right thing every time. — \u003cstrong>Elodia Caballero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the oldest kid, just having turned 13 when we arrived (in San Francisco from Mexico in 1984), I remember the many times I translated for my parents things that children should not be aware or exposed to. My mother became pregnant shortly after our arrival and I had to go to her medical appointments and translate. One time I had to translate the risk of her pregnancy and the possibility that her baby in the womb might have Down syndrome. Even as a teen or young adult, translating legal and financial issues is intense as one becomes fully aware of the fragility of our family’s situation. — \u003cstrong>Maru Salazar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831209\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Luis Martinez, now 80 (pictured here around the age of 12 with his uncle Manuel) said navigating the attitudes of U.S. officials after he and his family arrived from Puerto Rico left 'a bitter taste in my soul.' \u003ccite>(Angel Luis Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>...and you learned a lot about adult systems of power and discrimination\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I am 80 years old and arrived in NYC from Puerto Rico in 1947. I was the oldest child in our family and the first one to learn English. I still have a bitter taste in my soul from having to translate the scorn of the then-called \"home relief\" (later welfare, later AFDC) workers who queried every aspect of our lives. I send Maggie love and admiration. — \u003cstrong>Angel Luis Martinez\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents were hard-working immigrants from Nicaragua. While they eventually became somewhat fluent, I was the one they depended upon to navigate their dealings in their adopted country. It was always so interesting to hear the change of tone, clarification or additional information I would get once I took over, when they were having a hard time communicating with others. So sad that so many others did not have the benefit of a daughter who could go toe-to-toe with those who sought to take advantage of their lack of English-speaking skills! — \u003cstrong>Anita Martinez\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831211\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anita Martinez (here with brother Carlos) recalls translating for her Nicaraguan parents, and observing the 'change of tone ... I would get once I took over, when they were having a hard time communicating with others.' \u003ccite>(Anita Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I remember feeling frustrated and fearful trying to make sense of bills, notices, and other official documents. At the same time, there was such an acute awareness that I had to do it. I remember accompanying my parents to health care appointments to fill out forms and translate. I don’t ever recall anyone questioning it. Why did that ever seem acceptable? I’m now a health care professional and it’s one reason I feel so strongly about advocating for appropriate and consistent access to language resources. It’s not OK for a child to be in a position to interpret important information for others. Our immigrant parents deserve better. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the '90s, medical letters were sent in English only, so imagine having to translate life-changing medical notices at 8 years old to your parents. It took advocates years of fighting for language access to be available in publicly funded places like rec centers, libraries, public transit, DMVs, public hospitals, etc in San Francisco. As a kid of monolingual immigrant parents, you learn early on how to navigate large institutions like courts, hospitals, schools, etc. It's a feeling that never leaves you. You witness at a young age how these institutions make your relatives matter less just because they don't speak English. You grow up with a \"get shit done because no one else will help you\" mentality. More people need to know our stories. Having language access allows for immigrant communities to thrive and regain agency. — \u003cstrong>Vida\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"resources\">\u003c/a>Multilingual Resources for Families\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>COVID-19 Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC's website is available in Spanish \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/spanish/\">here\u003c/a>. The organization also has printable information about the coronavirus and preventing the spread of COVID-19 available in 64 languages \u003ca href=\"https://wwwn.cdc.gov/pubs/other-languages?Sort=Lang%3A%3Aasc\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED en Español\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have coronavirus information, guides and advice available in Spanish \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elcoronavirus\">here\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When a 10-year-old girl named Maggie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101878641/coronavirus-disproportinately-hits-latinos-in-california\">called KQED Forum\u003c/a> recently to ask a COVID-19 question on behalf of her parents, thousands of listeners heard her interpret from Spanish to English live on air — and recognized their own childhood in that moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED's Adriana Morga was one of them. And when she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11829745/when-a-10-year-old-translated-for-her-parents-on-live-radio-thousands-recognized-themselves\">wrote a story\u003c/a> about that experience, and how Maggie's call \"represented the epitome of what immigrant children have to do in order to get information to their parents,\" it struck another chord with our readers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11829745/when-a-10-year-old-translated-for-her-parents-on-live-radio-thousands-recognized-themselves#hearken\">We asked you\u003c/a> whether Maggie's story reminded you of your own experiences growing up. The stories you sent were moving, proud, painful, bittersweet and frank, each one emphasizing the shared aspects that unite your experiences across place and culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11829854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11829854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Maggie1-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggie Carillo, who called KQED Forum to ask a coronavirus question on behalf of her parents \u003ccite>(Courtesy Rosibel Vazquez Alvarado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Your stories also reveal the full responsibility young multilingual family members now face while navigating the coronavirus crisis on behalf of their loved ones — and the sheer weight of that potentially lifesaving role. That's why we've collected \u003ca href=\"#resources\">a list of resources\u003c/a> to support kids like Maggie, or any families looking for multilingual information about COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scroll to read your stories and find those resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Some of these responses have been edited for length.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Being someone like Maggie for your family can be a heavy responsibility...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When I saw the tweet about Maggie, I cried. It was the first time I have ever heard or read anything in my whole life that so completely resonated with my experience as a young immigrant child translating for my mother. We immigrated to the Peninsula Bay Area when I was 5 years old, from Ukraine. I made so many calls, sent so many messages, did so many tasks as a kid that required me to translate between Ukrainian and English. These experiences forced me and many other kids to grow up too quickly. It’s now only exacerbated during these tumultuous times. Now I work in the state Legislature, hoping to be a part of improving how information is shared with all communities in our state, especially those most in need like Maggie’s family. — \u003cstrong>Anya\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I could share so many stories of parent/teacher conferences, doctor's visits, immigration appointments or visits from the landlord (among other things) when I would hear the familiar \"Ven, ven, Marisol... Dime qué dijo.\" Over the years, I picked up on certain words that I knew were important to know in preparation for these encounters, but there was always that moment of panic when an unfamiliar word would pop up. I would immediately imagine the possibility of being held back a grade, or having to pay extra for something, or leading to a misdiagnosis. Nothing that bad ever happened, but that pressure was always present. (As a teacher) my hope now is to be a part of and create learning communities and spaces where our students and our families can engage without having to imagine worst-case scenarios. — \u003cstrong>Marisol\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Glenda-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Being the child of an immigrant always comes with its own series of 'club rules',' said Glenda Cota, who grew up supporting her family with her language skills. \u003ccite>(Glenda Cota)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>...but for many, there are positive memories and pride\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Being the child of an immigrant always comes with its own series of \"club rules.\" If you know them, you know them. It’s a hard club to be a part of at times, but I’m happy to be a part of it. I’m happy to sacrifice my time and energy to an immigrant parent who has sacrificed so much, for me to be American. — \u003cstrong>Glenda Cota\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(At 8 years old) I had to go to my grandmother's doctor's appointments specifically to translate. It was just her and I, navigating our way through public transportation. I was intimidated by the front desk ladies, and scared of hospitals, afraid to miss important information to translate. However I was proud to stick up for my grandmother (the staff was not always kind) and be able to help her. To this day I still feel the same compassion to help translate for co-workers, family members and strangers that I see that need help. We all need the power of information. — \u003cstrong>Zara\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a period of time where I resented it a bit, because I felt like I was forced to grow up very quickly in order to help out when my parents didn't understand something. However, I learned to embrace my role because it was my way of giving back to my parents, for all that they have done for me. Growing up under the circumstances that I did is what forged the distinct Chicanx identity I have today. I knew what I was doing was important and bigger than me. I was helping my family navigate a system that I'd later learn was tricky and discriminatory. — \u003cstrong>Omar Vega\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831201\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831201\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar.jpeg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-800x539.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-1020x687.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-160x108.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Omar-1536x1035.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Growing up under the circumstances that I did is what forged the distinct Chicanx identity I have today,' said Omar Vega, pictured here age 7. \u003ccite>(Omar Vega)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Your childhood experiences can steer your career path\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>My Vietnamese refugee parents resettled in Santa Ana, California after fleeing from the Vietnam War. Growing up, I translated documents for my parents and helped them navigate life here in the United States. I learned how to be an advocate at an early age because I had to stand up for my parents when I saw them experience discrimination. I am the first in my family to pursue a Master's degree and I chose to work in education because I want to work with youth who have gone through similar experiences. I want them to know that coming from an immigrant family is their superpower and to encourage them to keep advocating for their families even when times are hard. I also want to challenge our government agencies to be more inclusive of these immigrant experiences. Having translated documents is just the bare minimum. — \u003cstrong>Kathy Tran\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831202\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Kathy-Tran-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'I learned how to be an advocate at an early age because I had to stand up for my parents when I saw them experience discrimination,' said Kathy Tran, pictured here with her father. \u003ccite>(Kathy Tran)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I was 14, I translated for my grandmother when she was battling cancer. That experience has left an indelible mark on my life. Because of those early experiences translating for my family, I have pursued a career in science, and am now working on my masters in public health at UC Berkeley and applying to medical school. — \u003cstrong>Daniel Mota\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I began interpreting for my parents as a child at school, stores, doctor's offices and pretty much anywhere my parents needed services. Both my parents are indigenous Mexicans, whose primary language is Mixteco and secondary language is Spanish. I was raised speaking Spanish, and so I primarily interpreted from English to Spanish and vice versa. I have dedicated my entire life to advocate for those that can’t be heard, and today I’m a proud co-founder of Herencia Indigena (Indigenous Heritage). We specialize in training trilingual individuals to become qualified advocates/interpreters for hospitals, clinics and government agencies both private and public. — \u003cstrong>Irebid Gilbert\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Daniel-Mota-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Translating for his grandmother during her cancer treatment 'left an indelible mark on my life,' said Daniel Mota, and led him into the career path he's pursuing today. \u003ccite>(Daniel Mota)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>For many, there's a standout memory that lingers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As a second-generation Vietnamese American, my parents relied on me often to look over everything from utility bills to dealing with landlords. One moment stands out to me when I was a teenager and having to write a letter to appeal to the landlord who wanted to take my family's whole security deposit, which would have been a lot of money. I remember trying to use everything I learned in English composition classes to write this letter, and I recall feeling a great sense of justice. We didn't end up getting that security deposit back, but I'm glad I was able to help my parents regardless. — \u003cstrong>Jeannie Pham\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I was six-years-old, I traveled to Mexico with my grandmother. Upon our return we were held at immigration at LAX and the TSA agents expected me, a six-year-old child, to explain my grandmother’s immigration status and to translate a very complex conversation using words I had never heard before. It was so scary. I did my best because I was worried my grandmother would be deported, because I was told by the TSA agent if my grandmother could not give them the information they needed she would be sent back to Mexico. I did not completely comprehend everything that was being said, yet I was expected to translate. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831204\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831204\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Irebid-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interpreting for her Indigenous Mexican parents led Irebid Gilbert (right, with siblings Vianey and Judith) on the career path she has today. \u003ccite>(Irebid Gilbert)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>My mother had a court date for a traffic citation (come to think of it, this may be where my fear of public speaking began). She took me as the designated interpreter. As I stood before the judge and hearing mother tell me \"dile, dile lo que te dije\" (tell him, tell him what I told you), I froze. When I finally spoke, my voice was low and timid. I no longer recall what I said but luckily the judge sympathized with me. He asked me my age (I must have been 13 or 14 at the time) and then proceeded to tell me there were careers in the future for me. Nevertheless, the look I got from my mother told me I had failed. Many years later, I did in fact become a trained interpreter. Although that particular memory is bittersweet, I recognize the dire need for my mother to want to relay her thoughts and emotions, something perhaps she felt only a family member could do. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the most memorable (recollections) was how my mother loved the show \"Friends,\" but did not understand a lot of the jokes. 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That's why, when the phone rang and it was her boss, she asked me to translate for her. I introduced myself to the man on the other end of the phone and he brusquely, and without preamble, said \"Tell your mom I'm laying her off, so she doesn't have to come to work on Monday.\" I didn't know what that meant so I asked him if she could go on Tuesday. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>You frequently tackled complex adult administrative work...\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As a young girl, I often translated for Haitian relatives who were newly arrived in the U.S. I would take them on rounds to all the usual places one needs to go in order to get established in a new land, such as the Social Security Administration. It taught me a sort of resourcefulness and built my resilience, but it was also a challenging burden for someone so young. Under normal circumstances, the life of an immigrant child is not carefree and often complicated by real economic hardship. 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I was also responsible for reading all government and official documents for my family. I had a hard time reading the documents, and don't know if I told them the right thing every time. — \u003cstrong>Elodia Caballero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the oldest kid, just having turned 13 when we arrived (in San Francisco from Mexico in 1984), I remember the many times I translated for my parents things that children should not be aware or exposed to. My mother became pregnant shortly after our arrival and I had to go to her medical appointments and translate. One time I had to translate the risk of her pregnancy and the possibility that her baby in the womb might have Down syndrome. Even as a teen or young adult, translating legal and financial issues is intense as one becomes fully aware of the fragility of our family’s situation. — \u003cstrong>Maru Salazar\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831209\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831209\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Angel-and-Manuel-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angel Luis Martinez, now 80 (pictured here around the age of 12 with his uncle Manuel) said navigating the attitudes of U.S. officials after he and his family arrived from Puerto Rico left 'a bitter taste in my soul.' \u003ccite>(Angel Luis Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>...and you learned a lot about adult systems of power and discrimination\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I am 80 years old and arrived in NYC from Puerto Rico in 1947. I was the oldest child in our family and the first one to learn English. I still have a bitter taste in my soul from having to translate the scorn of the then-called \"home relief\" (later welfare, later AFDC) workers who queried every aspect of our lives. I send Maggie love and admiration. — \u003cstrong>Angel Luis Martinez\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My parents were hard-working immigrants from Nicaragua. While they eventually became somewhat fluent, I was the one they depended upon to navigate their dealings in their adopted country. It was always so interesting to hear the change of tone, clarification or additional information I would get once I took over, when they were having a hard time communicating with others. So sad that so many others did not have the benefit of a daughter who could go toe-to-toe with those who sought to take advantage of their lack of English-speaking skills! — \u003cstrong>Anita Martinez\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831211\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11831211\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Anita-Carlos-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anita Martinez (here with brother Carlos) recalls translating for her Nicaraguan parents, and observing the 'change of tone ... I would get once I took over, when they were having a hard time communicating with others.' \u003ccite>(Anita Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I remember feeling frustrated and fearful trying to make sense of bills, notices, and other official documents. At the same time, there was such an acute awareness that I had to do it. I remember accompanying my parents to health care appointments to fill out forms and translate. I don’t ever recall anyone questioning it. Why did that ever seem acceptable? I’m now a health care professional and it’s one reason I feel so strongly about advocating for appropriate and consistent access to language resources. It’s not OK for a child to be in a position to interpret important information for others. Our immigrant parents deserve better. — \u003cstrong>Anonymous\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Trump administration on Tuesday continued its push to roll back DACA — the program that protects young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children — by refusing to accept new applicants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of courts had given those immigrants hope. Last month, the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825353/supreme-court-daca-ruling-gives-way-to-organizing-for-path-to-citizenship\">blocked the administration's effort\u003c/a> to end the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Then two weeks ago, a court in Maryland told the administration to start accepting new DACA applicants. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the administration is refusing to do that, saying it will reject new applicants while launching a \"comprehensive review\" of DACA and whether to go forward with a new plan to end the program. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Vanessa Esparza-Lopez, National Immigrant Justice Center\"]'It is unconscionable for the Trump administration to circumvent the rulings of a federal court in order to once again thrust into uncertainty the families and communities who rely on DACA.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have concluded that the DACA policy, at a minimum, presents serious policy concerns that may warrant its full rescission,\" said Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf in a memo explaining the administration's decision. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to that memo, the administration will continue to renew DACA protections for the roughly 640,000 immigrants who already have them — but only for one year, not for two years, as was previously the policy. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigrant advocates assailed the administration's move, saying it hurts DACA recipients and their families. 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A group of Republican state attorneys general, led by Ken Paxton of Texas, are making that same argument in a lawsuit still pending in federal court. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration advocates are likely headed back to court as well. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group Make The Road New York, one of the plaintiffs in the Supreme Court case, is building a possible test case with a pair of brothers who filed first-time DACA applications this week. Once they are rejected, the plaintiffs are likely to go back to court to argue that the Trump administration is defying the Supreme Court's ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Antonio Alarcon, a DACA recipient and activist with Make The Road New York, called today's move by the administration \"an attack on me and my family.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our communities are paying close attention to this administration's attacks. And despite its attempt to distract and blame others we know where the blame lies,\" he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org\">NPR.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Trump+Administration+Refuses+To+Accept+New+DACA+Applicants+Despite+Court+Rulings&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Those delays are expected to get a lot worse if the agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11830463/federal-citizenship-agency-delays-furloughs-for-two-thirds-of-its-staff\">furloughs more than two-thirds of its staff\u003c/a> later this summer, as officials plan to do unless Congress intervenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11830767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11830767\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44047_002_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44047_002_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44047_002_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44047_002_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44047_002_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44047_002_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magdalena Olvera, an immigration legal assistant, works at her home office on July 24, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of March — the month the pandemic was declared — more than 700,000 people had \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/N400_performancedata_fy2020_qtr2.pdf\">pending naturalization applications\u003c/a> with USCIS. About 20% of them, including Olvera, were in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to fears of COVID-19 transmission, the agency closed its offices to the public on March 18 and canceled naturalization interviews. Offices \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-office-closings\">began reopening\u003c/a> June 4, but some remain shuttered. 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But \u003ca href=\"https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/\">processing times\u003c/a> have skyrocketed — taking up to 20 months at the USCIS office in San Francisco, and even longer in some other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t been scheduled for an interview yet. I don’t think that it might happen this year,” Olvera said, a legal assistant at an immigration law office, who also said more of her clients have been rejected for asylum and other benefits under President Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel pretty angry and disempowered,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and the cost of applying for citizenship — which is set to increase nearly 40% to $1,170 in the fall — are motivating more people to try to naturalize now, said Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the delays at USCIS may prevent as many as half a million immigrants from becoming voters by November — and that could impact the presidential election in battleground states such as Florida and Arizona, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newly naturalized citizens aren’t likely to affect the presidential outcome in deep blue California, but they could tip the election in close congressional races, including in the Fresno area, where freshman Democratic Rep. TJ Cox is trying to hold on to his seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more dramatic impact will be seen in local races and congressional races where you have smaller electorates and adding a few thousand people one way or another to a group of potential voters could really make a difference,” DeSipio said. [pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='— Louis DeSipio, professor of political science and Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine']‘It’s violating the compact that we have with immigrants in U.S. society that if you play by the rules … we’ll give (you) a fair hearing.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current naturalization delays could lengthen still further if USCIS \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11830463/federal-citizenship-agency-delays-furloughs-for-two-thirds-of-its-staff\">furloughs\u003c/a> more than two-thirds of its staff — as officials have warned they’ll do on Aug. 30 unless Congress provides a $1.2 billion bailout to the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSipio said the furloughs, which would impact 2,300 USCIS employees in California, could mean immigrants will wait more than three years to become American citizens. By that point, some applicants may have died or given up on the process, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, that’s criminal, really,” he said. “It’s violating the compact that we have with immigrants in U.S. society that if you play by the rules … we’ll give (you) a fair hearing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor in the delays is that applying for citizenship has become more burdensome under the Trump administration, in part because USCIS officials have increased vetting and scrutiny for each petition, according to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/changing-uscis-naturalization-procedures\">report\u003c/a> by the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11830768\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11830768\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44046_001_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44046_001_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44046_001_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44046_001_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44046_001_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/RS44046_001_KQED_SanPablo_NaturalizationApplication_07242020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magdalena Olvera, an immigration legal assistant, looks at an Application for Naturalization at her home office on July 24, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The survey of more than 100 naturalization service providers found evidence that naturalization interviews have increased in length, and that the agency often requires applicants to submit additional documentation proving tax compliance and other requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just that it’s taking longer. It’s more difficult and frustrating,” said Randy Capps, director of research for U.S. programs at the Migration Policy Institute, and the report’s lead author. “And it’s more intimidating. It may intimidate people from applying because the process has become harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collins, the USCIS spokeswoman, said the agency reached an 11-year high in new oaths of citizenship in 2019, and she said the agency aimed to protect the integrity of the immigration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ensuring that candidates for citizenship are well-vetted and meet all statutory and regulatory requirements for naturalization is a standard on which USCIS cannot and will not waver,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another green card holder waiting to become a citizen is Ivan, a 40-year-old asylee from Mexico, who submitted his application in the spring of 2019. He requested KQED withhold his last name because he worried that speaking publicly about his petition might jeopardize it. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ivan, who’s a social worker at the Mission Neighborhood Health Center, said he hopes to encourage other eligible immigrants in San Francisco to naturalize. And he wants to have a say in the political process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would like to join citizens to vote so that my voice is there, too,” Ivan said. “It’s one of the ways that I can better support my community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ivan said his naturalization interview was canceled in March, but he hopes it will be rescheduled soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it’s before the election, nice. If not, that’s OK, I’ll have to wait,” Ivan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olvera, the legal assistant, was less forgiving. She said she won’t feel secure until she becomes an American, especially under this administration. She worries her green card could be taken away, and avoids participating in protests for fear an arrest by police could lead to problems with immigration authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just always in the back of my head that I’m not a citizen and that my stay here may not be permanent,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In past elections, Olvera volunteered at polling places. She plans to do so again if she can’t naturalize before November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really important for me to participate,” she said. “If I can’t vote, I guess I can participate by helping other people vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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