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"content": "\u003cp>As the state’s Democratic leaders weigh how to spend a record $97.5 billion budget surplus, they also are grappling with how best to keep many vulnerable Californians out of poverty, with federal stimulus dollars waning and high inflation devouring household budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some advocates say the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/05/newsom-budget-spending/\">revised budget Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled Friday\u003c/a> won’t do enough. To address inflation, Newsom is proposing to devote $18.1 billion in state funds.[aside postID=\"news_11873677\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48059_003_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut-1020x679.jpg\"]His lead proposal, estimated to cost about $11.5 billion, would refund $400 each to most of the state’s car owners, with the aim of easing the burden of high gas prices. Newsom also included $750 million to make public transit free for three months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists said the car-owner refund would not be targeted enough toward those needing the most help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, the state budget should be about ensuring every Californian can afford housing, food, child care, health care and education opportunities,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the California Budget and Policy Center.[ad fullwidth]Experts say lower-income Californians are struggling the most with a volatile economic recovery marred by high housing costs and pricier basic necessities. And critics said the budget proposal doesn’t go far enough to help lower-income households weather high inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayra Paniagua, a part-time tax preparer in Ventura County whose family of five lives frugally on a combined income of $44,000, said she would welcome any relief, as she has seen expenses climb this year.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation='Mayra Paniagua, part-time tax preparer and mother of three']‘We stretch our money, and try to save as much as possible, especially for what we need.’[/pullquote]“It’s been hard,” Paniagua said. “We stretch our money, and try to save as much as possible, especially for what we need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the California Democrats who control state government are at odds over how they should spend on the state’s lowest-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some are advocating the state extend expiring federal stimulus programs. Others say the eligibility of programs should be expanded to include more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have about a month to come to an agreement, as the Legislature is constitutionally required to pass a budget by June 15. Then, Newsom has 15 days to act, before the new budget takes effect July 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican lawmakers, who are so small a minority they have virtually no say over spending, blame inflation on the policies of the majority party. “Democrat-rule has made this state unaffordable,” James Gallagher, the Assembly Republican leader from Yuba City, said last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher and other Republicans have blamed the state’s gas tax, which Democrats raised in 2017 under Brown to repair roads and bridges and expand mass transit, as a contributor to higher prices at the pump. Gallagher also has blamed the state’s climate change agenda for driving up the cost of utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal stimulus is credited with boosting the fortune of the state’s least well-off.\u003cbr>\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/9945565/embed?auto=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\nThe state’s poverty rate fell from 16.2% in 2019 to 12.3% in 2020, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But experts caution that inflation and the expiration of federal programs could threaten that progress. Without the child tax credit, for instance, 1.7 million children are at risk of falling deeper into poverty, the Budget and Policy Center has said.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sara Kimberlin, senior policy analyst, California Budget and Policy Center\"]‘Even if you can find a job, that doesn’t mean that you can afford to pay the rent and get food on the table.’[/pullquote]More than half of California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/resources/californians-with-low-incomes-are-in-most-need-of-support-for-basic-costs/\">residents with incomes below $50,000 were struggling\u003c/a> to pay for food, housing and medical costs in March and April. Black and Latino families and other families of color were among those most likely to be struggling, the center reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a strong labor market,” said Sara Kimberlin, a senior policy analyst with the center. “But even if you can find a job, that doesn’t mean that you can afford to pay the rent and get food on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor unveiled a variety of other measures he said were aimed at easing the inflation burden. Those proposals included $2.7 billion in rental assistance and $1.4 billion in past-due utility bill assistance. He also proposed a waiver of child care fees for lower-income families estimated to cost $157 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also proposed $933 million be used to provide cash payments of $1,500 for hospital and nursing home workers, while reserving $304 million for health insurance premium assistance for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To offset freighting costs, the governor proposed a $439 million pause on the state’s diesel tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor also announced that the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/05/california-minimum-wage/\">state’s minimum wage is set to increase to $15.50 an hour\u003c/a> next year due to the inflation hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Democratic legislators and their allies are pushing Newsom to take a different approach.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11874637,science_1979067,news_11907999\"]Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, a Los Angeles Democrat, plans to promote a bill he authored that would enable the state to extend the expired federal child tax credit. Santiago’s bill, backed by United Ways of California, would provide a $2,000 payment per child to families that earn $30,000 a year or less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a chance for the Legislature to send a clear message of prioritization,” said Anna Hasselblad, director of public policy for United Ways of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Any form of relief would be welcome to Paniagua, a 38-year-old mother of three living with her husband in a two-bedroom apartment in the coastal Ventura County city of Port Hueneme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a phone interview, Paniagua said her family survived the pandemic only because her husband kept his job at a local nursery. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Lea este artículo en \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/06/algunos-californianos-discapacitados-se-sienten-abandonados-por-el-estimulo-golden-state-de-newsom/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">español\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A $600 check would go a long way for Janet Clendenin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The costs of the sugar-free foods she buys to manage her diabetes have risen sharply in South Lake Tahoe during the pandemic, Clendenin said. She usually has to crisscross the picturesque region by bus to find discounts at Dollar Tree, Grocery Outlet and Walmart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when she learned about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to send $600 payments to the lowest-income Californians in February, Clendenin felt relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Charis Hill, disability activist\"]‘It’s really hard to see and read coverage of Newsom touting how great this is for middle-class people.’[/pullquote]Then came frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clendenin scoured the news for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-golden-state-stimulus-600-check/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">details on eligibility\u003c/a>. She learned that she could have qualified if she worked in 2020. But a constellation of diabetes, arthritis, migraines, back injuries and nerve pain made work impossible about six years ago. Given her disabilities, she could also have qualified if only she received Supplemental Security Income, a federal safety-net program for elderly, blind and disabled people with limited income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nowhere could Clendenin find mention of Social Security Disability Insurance, the other main federal program for people with disabilities, which sends her $1,056 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I couldn’t believe that we were left out,” said Clendenin. “How unfair is that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a sentiment shared by many Californians on federal disability insurance, who have asked why Newsom’s stimulus payments skipped them over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California lawmakers automatically sent checks to 1.2 million people who receive SSI, the 1.2 million Californians on SSDI only qualify if they had income from work in 2020. But that’s rare — \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/paul-n-van-de-water-promoting-opportunity-for-social-security-disability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">research shows\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/disabilityresearch/documents/TTW5_Brief_2_DIcohort_REV2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fewer than 1 in 5 SSDI recipients work during a typical year\u003c/a>, often because they are limited by their disabilities or risk losing their benefits if they work too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11860924\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47239_001_SanFrancisco_HenryZhang_02162021-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]Disability advocates say it’s the latest example of the state abandoning some of its most vulnerable residents during the pandemic, after having directed medical health providers to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article243474286.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ration COVID-19 care to elderly and less-healthy people\u003c/a> last spring and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/02/covid-advisory-group-rejects-higher-vaccine-priority-for-disabled-californians-and-those-with-chronic-conditions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deprioritize people with disabilities for vaccines\u003c/a> earlier this year — both policies that were \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/02/california-shifts-priorities-vaccine-chronic-conditions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reversed after considerable outcry\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall the state has been uneven in how it’s helped people with disabilities navigate the pandemic,” said Andrew Imparato, executive director of Disability Rights California. “A lot of people with disabilities have had to fend for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Department of Finance spokesperson H.D. Palmer cites logistical challenges. California maintains an up-to-date list of residents who get SSI \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ssi-ssp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">because the state supplements the federal benefit by a few hundred dollars\u003c/a>, but doesn’t have access to the same information for SSDI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trying to include SSDI … would be a time-consuming and laborious process with the feds that doesn’t line up with the intent of (the Golden State Stimulus) — to get immediate relief to Californians with whom we have an existing relationship,” Palmer wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Make Hard Decisions Quickly’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration may have also based the decision on a consideration of need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CA-Budget-Center-SSI-SSP-IB_Chart-4.-SSP-Individual-Grant-Up-to-FPL-Bar-Chart.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSI recipients live in poverty by definition\u003c/a>. Elderly, blind and disabled people can only qualify if they have extremely low income and wealth, and they typically receive just $954.72 per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, people with sufficient work history can qualify for monthly SSDI payments based on their former wages, with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/icp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">average national benefit at $1,280\u003c/a> per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, California’s SSDI recipients often face steep financial challenges. They are more than twice as likely to live in poverty compared to the rest of the population, according to calculations by Andrew Houtenville, an economist at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. And people with disabilities often have to cover expensive medical equipment, appointments with specialists and drugs out-of-pocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imparato acknowledged that the state was “trying to make hard decisions quickly” but “including everyone on SSDI probably would have been a more equitable thing to do than excluding them because you don’t have access to their program or because it’s not a means-tested program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some signs that lawmakers could still include SSDI recipients. Newsom’s proposed expansion of the Golden State Stimulus still requires approval from state legislators. Though they passed a placeholder budget to meet a June 15 deadline, state lawmakers continue to disagree with Newsom over how much surplus money the state has at its disposal and how to spend it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a legislative staffer familiar with ongoing budget negotiations, some members of the Legislature are pushing the Newsom administration to expand eligibility for the Golden State Stimulus payments to Californians on SSDI, among other groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Evolution of the Golden State Stimulus\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Eligibility for Newsom’s Golden State Stimulus has gone through several twists and turns. In January, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/newsom-wants-extra-600-stimulus-for-low-wage-californians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsom announced a $2.4 billion plan to send $600 Golden State Stimulus checks\u003c/a> to approximately 4 million low-income workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11874637 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS49132_013_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1020x680.jpg']By February, with the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1357089574288117760?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state’s revenue estimates swelling\u003c/a>, the Legislature negotiated and approved an even more generous \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-600-stimulus-checks-undocumented-workers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$3.8 billion stimulus payment plan that included extra aid for undocumented workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under this plan, the state also sent $600 payments to certain Californians living in poverty — regardless of whether they work. That included very low-income families with children enrolled in CalWORKs, as well as recipients of SSI or the state’s alternative for some immigrant groups, known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cash-assistance-for-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Charis Hill several days of searching online and contacting their state assemblymember to discover that they did not automatically qualify. A Sacramento-based disability activist who lives on $1,027 per month from SSDI, Hill eventually deduced that they could qualify not because they were disabled, but rather because they had done freelance writing and speaking last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill would have to file taxes, something they hadn’t done in years because their earned income is far below the filing requirement. They decided it was worth it. Their expenses have jumped during the pandemic, especially as they’ve opted for grocery deliveries instead of shopping in stores because they are immunocompromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill said that, unlike many disabled people, they were fortunate to have internet access and a friend who could help them file their taxes. They were lucky to be able to work last year despite experiencing constant pain and fatigue from an inflammatory condition called axial spondyloarthritis. But, they said, it’s wrong that the Golden State Stimulus program is “basing a disabled person’s value on their ability to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879468\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879468\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charis Hill, a disability activist based in Sacramento, was able to get the Golden State Stimulus because they did some freelance work in 2020. But Hill says that it’s unfair that most Californians receiving federal disability insurance don’t currently qualify. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Newsom proposed a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/05/newsom-proposes-expanding-golden-state-stimulus-to-middle-class/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second round of Golden State stimulus payments aimed at California’s middle class\u003c/a> in May, Hill was hopeful that other SSDI recipients would finally be able to benefit, too. However, as the details of Newsom’s plan emerged, there was still no mention of SSDI recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really hard to see and read coverage of Newsom touting how great this is for middle-class people,” said Hill, when people with disabilities are “some of the most impoverished people in the whole country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Financial Burden Can Fall to Caretakers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sydney Chandler manages the finances and health care of her cousin, Chris Batiste, who is paralyzed. Batiste breathes through an apparatus and communicates with Chandler through a laptop, blinks and head movements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"disability-rights\"]Chandler, who is a Los Angeles-based writer, said she was livid to learn that SSDI recipients were left out of the state stimulus. To her, it was just another obstacle in the arbitrary and bureaucratic maze that people with disabilities face in trying to attain a liveable income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caretakers often carry a significant financial burden. Batiste receives $975 per month in SSDI, and Chandler said she contributes over $1,000 more each month to help cover his rent and full-time nursing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it wasn’t for me, he would be one of the homeless,” Chandler said, “and you’re telling me that you couldn’t set up a portal for SSDI (recipients) to input their information?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article is part of the California Divide, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Disability advocates say it’s the latest example of the state abandoning some of its most vulnerable residents during the pandemic, after having directed medical health providers to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article243474286.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ration COVID-19 care to elderly and less-healthy people\u003c/a> last spring and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/02/covid-advisory-group-rejects-higher-vaccine-priority-for-disabled-californians-and-those-with-chronic-conditions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deprioritize people with disabilities for vaccines\u003c/a> earlier this year — both policies that were \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/02/california-shifts-priorities-vaccine-chronic-conditions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reversed after considerable outcry\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Overall the state has been uneven in how it’s helped people with disabilities navigate the pandemic,” said Andrew Imparato, executive director of Disability Rights California. “A lot of people with disabilities have had to fend for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Department of Finance spokesperson H.D. Palmer cites logistical challenges. California maintains an up-to-date list of residents who get SSI \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/ssi-ssp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">because the state supplements the federal benefit by a few hundred dollars\u003c/a>, but doesn’t have access to the same information for SSDI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trying to include SSDI … would be a time-consuming and laborious process with the feds that doesn’t line up with the intent of (the Golden State Stimulus) — to get immediate relief to Californians with whom we have an existing relationship,” Palmer wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Make Hard Decisions Quickly’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration may have also based the decision on a consideration of need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calbudgetcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/CA-Budget-Center-SSI-SSP-IB_Chart-4.-SSP-Individual-Grant-Up-to-FPL-Bar-Chart.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSI recipients live in poverty by definition\u003c/a>. Elderly, blind and disabled people can only qualify if they have extremely low income and wealth, and they typically receive just $954.72 per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, people with sufficient work history can qualify for monthly SSDI payments based on their former wages, with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/icp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">average national benefit at $1,280\u003c/a> per month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, California’s SSDI recipients often face steep financial challenges. They are more than twice as likely to live in poverty compared to the rest of the population, according to calculations by Andrew Houtenville, an economist at the Institute on Disability at the University of New Hampshire. And people with disabilities often have to cover expensive medical equipment, appointments with specialists and drugs out-of-pocket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imparato acknowledged that the state was “trying to make hard decisions quickly” but “including everyone on SSDI probably would have been a more equitable thing to do than excluding them because you don’t have access to their program or because it’s not a means-tested program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are some signs that lawmakers could still include SSDI recipients. Newsom’s proposed expansion of the Golden State Stimulus still requires approval from state legislators. Though they passed a placeholder budget to meet a June 15 deadline, state lawmakers continue to disagree with Newsom over how much surplus money the state has at its disposal and how to spend it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a legislative staffer familiar with ongoing budget negotiations, some members of the Legislature are pushing the Newsom administration to expand eligibility for the Golden State Stimulus payments to Californians on SSDI, among other groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The Evolution of the Golden State Stimulus\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Eligibility for Newsom’s Golden State Stimulus has gone through several twists and turns. In January, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/newsom-wants-extra-600-stimulus-for-low-wage-californians/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsom announced a $2.4 billion plan to send $600 Golden State Stimulus checks\u003c/a> to approximately 4 million low-income workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>By February, with the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1357089574288117760?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state’s revenue estimates swelling\u003c/a>, the Legislature negotiated and approved an even more generous \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-600-stimulus-checks-undocumented-workers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$3.8 billion stimulus payment plan that included extra aid for undocumented workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under this plan, the state also sent $600 payments to certain Californians living in poverty — regardless of whether they work. That included very low-income families with children enrolled in CalWORKs, as well as recipients of SSI or the state’s alternative for some immigrant groups, known as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/cash-assistance-for-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Charis Hill several days of searching online and contacting their state assemblymember to discover that they did not automatically qualify. A Sacramento-based disability activist who lives on $1,027 per month from SSDI, Hill eventually deduced that they could qualify not because they were disabled, but rather because they had done freelance writing and speaking last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill would have to file taxes, something they hadn’t done in years because their earned income is far below the filing requirement. They decided it was worth it. Their expenses have jumped during the pandemic, especially as they’ve opted for grocery deliveries instead of shopping in stores because they are immunocompromised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill said that, unlike many disabled people, they were fortunate to have internet access and a friend who could help them file their taxes. They were lucky to be able to work last year despite experiencing constant pain and fatigue from an inflammatory condition called axial spondyloarthritis. But, they said, it’s wrong that the Golden State Stimulus program is “basing a disabled person’s value on their ability to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11879468\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11879468\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/20210620_CalMatters_CharisHill_0075_A-scaled-1.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charis Hill, a disability activist based in Sacramento, was able to get the Golden State Stimulus because they did some freelance work in 2020. But Hill says that it’s unfair that most Californians receiving federal disability insurance don’t currently qualify. \u003ccite>(Salgu Wissmath/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Newsom proposed a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/05/newsom-proposes-expanding-golden-state-stimulus-to-middle-class/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second round of Golden State stimulus payments aimed at California’s middle class\u003c/a> in May, Hill was hopeful that other SSDI recipients would finally be able to benefit, too. However, as the details of Newsom’s plan emerged, there was still no mention of SSDI recipients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really hard to see and read coverage of Newsom touting how great this is for middle-class people,” said Hill, when people with disabilities are “some of the most impoverished people in the whole country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Financial Burden Can Fall to Caretakers\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sydney Chandler manages the finances and health care of her cousin, Chris Batiste, who is paralyzed. Batiste breathes through an apparatus and communicates with Chandler through a laptop, blinks and head movements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Chandler, who is a Los Angeles-based writer, said she was livid to learn that SSDI recipients were left out of the state stimulus. To her, it was just another obstacle in the arbitrary and bureaucratic maze that people with disabilities face in trying to attain a liveable income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caretakers often carry a significant financial burden. Batiste receives $975 per month in SSDI, and Chandler said she contributes over $1,000 more each month to help cover his rent and full-time nursing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If it wasn’t for me, he would be one of the homeless,” Chandler said, “and you’re telling me that you couldn’t set up a portal for SSDI (recipients) to input their information?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article is part of the California Divide, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874637/the-stimulus-gap-why-many-undocumented-immigrants-arent-getting-the-golden-state-stimulus-theyre-entitled-to\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"#recursos\">\u003cstrong>Pase a la sección de sitios en el Área de la Bahía que siguen ofreciendo asistencia gratuita para presentar sus impuestos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Leydi estaba preocupada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ya era abril y todavía no había pagado sus impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque ella quería hacerlo, no podía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leydi y su familia son inmigrantes indocumentados que viven en California (y por esa razón sólo usaremos sus nombres sin apellido para identificarlos).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellos califican para recibir hasta $2,400 en ayuda económica como parte del \u003cem>Golden State Stimulus\u003c/em> (o el Estímulo del Estado Dorado). El plan de alrededor de \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/02/california-considera-estimulo-para-trabajadores-indocumentados-excluidos-de-la-ayuda-federal/\">$7.6 mil millones\u003c/a> fue aprobado por el gobernador Gavin Newsom el pasado mes de febrero y ofrece cheques de $600 a contribuyentes que ganaron menos de $30,000 en 2020 y $600 adicionales a trabajadores indocumentados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El año pasado fue extremadamente difícil para la familia de Leydi, que vive en el distrito de la Misión en San Francisco. Ella y su esposo se quedaron sin empleo y por esa razón, esta ayuda, de las pocas que califican a causa de su estatus migratorio, podría aliviar un poco el estrés financiero de la familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero para recibir este monto, Leydi y su marido Jorge, tienen que presentar sus impuestos. En el caso de los trabajadores indocumentados, se requiere tener un \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/es/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">número de identificación personal del contribuyente\u003c/a>, o ITIN por sus siglas en inglés. Sólo el Servicio de Impuestos Internos (o mejor conocido como el IRS en inglés) da este dato, el cual requiere que el solicitante verifique su identidad y estatus como extranjero. Normalmente la dependencia acepta documentos como una acta de nacimiento o pasaporte para cumplir este requisito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jorge, un inmigrante indocumentado de México viviendo en San Francisco\"]‘Dos meses, así estuve llamando … No me contestaban, no entraba la llamada, o estaba ocupado.’[/pullquote]Ahí es cuando se comenzaron complicaron las cosas para Leydi. Tanto su marido como su hijo no tienen un pasaporte vigente de México, su país de origen. En California, sólo un consulado mexicano puede concederles ese documento, pero ya por varias semanas, habían llamado sin éxito a \u003ca href=\"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/denver/index.php/citas/mexitel\">Mexitel\u003c/a>, la línea telefónica del gobierno mexicano para agendar una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me comencé a desesperar porque solamente era el pasaporte de él que nos hacía falta y realmente nos estamos atrasando para realizar todo esto”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dos meses, así estuve llamando,” dijo Jorge, y agregó, “No me contestaban, no entraba la llamada, o estaba ocupado…casi todos los días estaba intentando llamar”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Estados Unidos, existen 50 consulados mexicanos que atienden a unos 11 millones de ciudadanos mexicanos en los Estados Unidos. Dos de estos consulados se encuentran en el Área de la Bahía, en San Francisco y San José, ambos sitios requieren que uno llame a Mexitel para agendar una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorge dijo que llamó a Mexitel tantas veces que hasta se aprendió de memoria el horario de los operadores. “Yo marcaba a veces a las 10 a.m. y sólo sonaba y no me contestaban porque comienzan a contestar las llamadas a partir de las 2 p.m. de aquí”, explicó él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando por fin le atendieron su llamada, las únicas citas que le ofrecieron eran para varios meses después o en otros consulados lejos del Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En aquel momento, Leydi y Jorge justo acababan de encontrar un poco de trabajo otra vez. Faltar uno o dos días para viajar a Sacramento o Los Ángeles podrían perder lo poca fuente de ingresos que su familia necesitaba con urgencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es un poco complicado de un día para el otro realizar un viaje repentino”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faltaban pocas semanas para la fecha límite del 17 de mayo y la familia tenía pocas opciones. Decidieron ir directamente al consulado de San Francisco para pedir en persona una cita. No se les permitió entrar, pero insistieron en que se iban a quedar hasta que fueran atendidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alguien del personal del consulado por fin salió y les dijo que si traían una carta de una organización comunitaria o un abogado que confirmara que necesitaban los pasaportes de manera urgente, podrían agendar una cita de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al no tener los recursos para contratar a un abogado, acudieron por ayuda a \u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em> (en español, la ‘Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de la Misión’ o mejor conocido como \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">MEDA\u003c/a> por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero es el director de las iniciativas comunitarias para MEDA, y a lo largo de este año, ha ayudado a decenas de familias, muchas de ellas indocumentadas, a presentar sus impuestos por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, de MEDA, sentado con una persona en una mesa, platicando y con varios papeles a la mano.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA, ayuda a un miembro de la comunidad a presentar impuestos el 19 de mayo de 2021 en un espacio del banco de alimentos ‘Mission Food Hub’ en San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero aceptó escribir una carta, en la cual él explicó que Leydi y su familia necesitaban los pasaportes lo más pronto posible, lo que permitió que la pareja por fin recibiera una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nos sentimos más tranquilos”, dijo Jorge, con su pasaporte por fin en su mano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Romero indica que este método tiene sus límites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya he hecho como unas 6 cartas diciendo que para el proceso de vivienda o para su declaración de impuestos se necesita el consulado para que le den prioridad y puedan expedir su pasaporte” explicó Romero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero agregó, “No quiero promover eso porque ya me están llamando para que le haga cartas a todo el mundo y hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Una brecha’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Romero ha intentado ayudar a otras familias que están pasando por situaciones similares y muchas de ellas provienen de El Salvador y Guatemala, los países que representan el segundo y tercer grupo de inmigrantes latinoamericanos más grandes en California, después de México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo que le preocupa a él es que podría haber muchos más inmigrantes indocumentados que de otra manera calificarían para recibir los cheques de ayuda económica del estado, pero enfrentan bastantes dificultades al navegar el sistema consular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actualmente existen pocos datos de cuántos inmigrantes indocumentados que califican para recibir el \u003cem>Golden State Stimulus\u003c/em> están perdiendo este beneficio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11865309\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut.jpg\"]Pero un \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">estudio de abril\u003c/a> del California Policy Lab puede proporcionar algunas pistas. El informe encontró que 2.2 millones de californianos de bajos ingresos pueden estar perdiendo $5.7 mil millones en cheques de estímulo federal, algo que los investigadores consideran como una “brecha” del estímulo económico. Esa cifra no incluye a los inmigrantes indocumentados, que quedan automáticamente excluidos de la ayuda federal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, entre esos 2.2 millones de californianos, el estudio identificó 360,000 dependientes que son ciudadanos estadounidenses pero que también son hijos de padres indocumentados que no han logrado presentar sus impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La tercera ronda de cheques de estímulo económico, bajo la administración del presidente Joe Biden, permitió a las familias de estatus mixto, si los niños son ciudadanos, recibir parte de este monto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero, si los padres indocumentados no pueden declarar sus impuestos, sus hijos no recibirán esa ayuda aunque sean ciudadanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se ha hablado mucho … sobre cómo estos créditos van a ayudar a la gente a salir de la pobreza”, dijo Aparna Ramesh, gerente de investigaciones en el centro \u003cem>California Policy Lab\u003c/em> (o ‘Laboratorio de políticas de California’) y uno de los autores del reporte. “Es cierto eso. Pero yo creo que a fin de cuentas, sólo podrán ser de ayuda siempre y cuando la gente reciba este alivio”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero, de MEDA, recalca que tan importante es un ITIN para que una persona indocumentada solicite ayuda financiera durante la pandemia, pero cuando este proceso se complica, la espera para recibir ayuda esencial puede prolongarse aún más.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Por la pandemia, sí es muy común estos casos”, dijo Romero, indicando que muchos consulados han visto sus operaciones reducidas durante la pandemia debido a las restricciones de salud y agregó, “el proceso de dar el pasaporte es muy fácil, pero el problema es que no están dando citas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877675\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877675\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero de MEDA, parado enfrente del edificio del grupo 'Mission Food Hub'.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA ha escrito varias cartas en nombre de familias que necesitan una carta para seguir adelante con su proceso de ITIN pero recalca que esto no es una solución sustentable. “Hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”, dijo Romero.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Nunca estaremos al día’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Nelda De León, una inmigrante guatemalteca que vive en San Francisco, pasó días tratando de agendar una cita con el consulado de Guatemala en San Francisco para procesar el trámite de doble ciudadanía para su sobrina. Cuando por fin le respondieron, la primera cita disponible era hasta diciembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No es algo fácil, pero uno con la necesidad que tiene lo tiene que hacer, pero no es justo, ese tiempo no debería de estar allí”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De León insistió repetidamente que el centro de llamadas la conectaran directamente al consulado guatemalteco en San Francisco, y cuando finalmente lo hicieron, logrò agendar una cita para la siguiente semana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Nelda De León, inmigrante de Guatemala\"]‘No es algo fácil, pero uno con la necesidad que tiene lo tiene que hacer, pero no es justo, ese tiempo no debería de estar allí.’[/pullquote]Ella dice que algunas de sus amistades intentaron agendar citas para procesar su pasaporte para su solicitud del ITIN, pero no les tocó una que fuera antes de la fecha límite para presentar los impuestos, y ahora están haciendo todo lo que pueden para ubicar otros tipos de documentación que el IRS acepte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entiendo el malestar de los guatemaltecos que dicen, ‘ay, nunca contestan’, dijo Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde hace dos años, Wohlers dirige este consulado y se ha enfocado en ampliar sus operaciones para responder a las necesidades de la población guatemalteca en el norte de California y Nevada, la cual sigue creciendo año tras año. Pero indica que pese a que ella y su personal conocen muy bien los costos que conlleva manejar un consulado, ellos no tienen control sobre el presupuesto otorgado al consulado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esa decisión se toma a miles de millas de distancia, en Ciudad de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, sentada enfrente de su computadora en su oficina.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, reconoce que la necesidad de servicios consulares de la población guatemalteca en el Área de la Bahía es mucho mayor que la capacidad de su oficina. Y aunque le gustaría traer más personal, indica que hacerlo requeriría la autorización de las autoridades guatemaltecas. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“En Guatemala, pasó lo mismo que lo que han pasado en otros países por esta pandemia y los ingresos se redujeron enormemente, se redujeron, no hay comercio exterior”, explicó Wohlers y agregó que, “nosotros tenemos que tener mucho cuidado con los fondos que nosotros administramos y que nosotros recibimos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco\"]‘El crecimiento de la población que requiere una atención es cada vez mayor. Estamos luchando por estar a la par pero es difícil lograrlo.’[/pullquote]Durante la pandemia, la demanda de los servicios consulares sólo ha incrementado pero la Cónsul menciona que esto ocurre a la misma vez que su oficina opera con una capacidad limitada a causa de las restricciones de salud por el COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es una carrera contra el tiempo”, dijo Wohlers, haciendo referencia al hecho de que si ella quiere contratar a más personal o pagar horas extras a sus empleados que ya tiene, ella debe esperar hasta recibir permiso del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nunca vamos a estar al día. Nunca. Porque el crecimiento de la población que requiere una atención es cada vez mayor. Estamos luchando por estar a la par pero es difícil lograrlo”, dijo Wohlers, e indicó que su oficina espera hacer disponible más citas a partir del 15 de junio, fecha cuando California planea remover gran parte de las restricciones de salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A través de comunicados separados, los consulados mexicanos en San Francisco y San José afirmaron que su capacidad para hacer citas durante la pandemia ha sido limitada por las pautas de salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Más en español' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, la cónsul general de México en San José expresó en un comunicado que su oficina “trabaja casi al 100% de su capacidad” y que alrededor de mil citas se agendan cada semana para expeditar pasaportes y otros documentos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, una visita a la página de Mexitel el 26 de mayo demostró que no había ninguna cita disponible en las siguientes dos semanas, el único plazo de tiempo en el que el portal comparte información, tanto en el consulado de San Francisco como en el de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bologna informó que el consulado sí ofrece citas de emergencia en caso que alguien necesite una consulta de manera urgente. Pero quienes escojan esta opción tendrán que pagar un 30% adicional de lo que cuesta procesar un pasaporte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Leydi y Jorge lograron encontrar una cita de emergencia para el trámite de pasaporte, se sorprendieron al saber que ellos tendrían que pagar este costo extra. “Muchos [inmigrantes] no pueden pagar cuando les cobran un 30% extra”, dijo Jorge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED también intentó contactar al consulado salvadoreño en San Francisco varias veces para realizar una entrevista pero nunca recibió una respuesta. Llamamos varias veces en abril y mayo al número telefónico indicado para hacer una cita, pero en cada llamada siempre se podía escuchar la misma grabación, la cual decía que en ese momento, todos los agentes están ocupados y que llame más al rato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramón Cardona es director del \u003ca href=\"https://centro-latino-cuscatlan.business.site/\">Centro Latino Cuzcatlán\u003c/a>, un centro de servicios migratorios en la ciudad de El Cerrito, y trabaja con varias familias salvadoreñas. Él mismo es un inmigrante salvadoreño quien ha trabajado en el sector migratorio por varias décadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me han dicho gente que han estado llamando días, días para que por fin alguien les responda … porque es puras máquinas, puras máquinas y nadie en vivo te responde. A veces te responden y te mandan a otro centro y pasas lo mismo, llama y llama”, dijo Cardona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ramón Cardona, director del Centro Latino Cuzcatlán\"]‘Me han dicho gente que han estado llamando días, días para que por fin alguien les responda … porque es puras máquinas.’[/pullquote]Como Romero, Cardona ha escrito múltiples cartas para familias que necesitan una cita. Ha conocido a inmigrantes salvadoreños que han llegado a San Francisco de lugares tan remotos como Oregón y Utah, sólo para llegar y ser decepcionados cuando se dan cuenta que no podrán entrar al consulado sin cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardona sugiere que los consulados comuniquen claramente cómo programar una cita de la manera más eficaz, especialmente en casos urgentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El laberinto de llamadas que un inmigrante debe de navegar no sólo podría afectar el trámite para recibir un ITIN, sino también podría atrasar un proceso migratorio, menciona Cardona, ya que para muchos, los trámites migratorios requieren que uno esté al día con sus obligaciones tributarias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un proceso migratorio lleva años”, dijo él y agregó que, “por un momento, que tu consulado no te puede dar el pasaporte a tiempo por todos estos obstáculos en este momento [tendrías] que recalendarizar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"recursos\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Recursos disponibles para quienes todavía no han presentado sus impuestos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si aún no ha pagado sus impuestos o busca ayuda para solicitar un ITIN, todavía hay varias opciones disponibles. Cuando esté preparando sus impuestos, puede avisar a la persona que le ayude en este proceso que aún no ha recibido su cheque de estímulo del estado de California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El IRS sigue aceptando solicitudes de ITIN. El sitio web de la agencia dice que toma alrededor de siete semanas para que alguien reciba su número luego de mandar su solicitud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hay algunas organizaciones que todavía ofrecen asistencia para llenar los impuestos de manera gratuita y además ayuda con la aplicación del ITIN (pero cabe recalcar que sólo el IRS puede proveer un ITIN).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Alameda:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/jsp/direction.jsp?id=11873&lng=-122.236562&lat=37.785067\">\u003cem>San Antonio CDC\u003c/em>\u003c/a> ofrece citas y asistencia a distancia a lo largo del año excepto durante julio y las fiestas decembrinas. Lo pueden atender en inglés, español, cantonés o mandarín. Normalmente hay citas disponibles de lunes a viernes. Puede llamar al (510) 536-5179 para agendar una cita.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Contra Costa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003cem>SparkPoint/\u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works ECC\u003c/a>\u003c/em> ofrecerá asistencia virtual/a distancia para presentar los impuestos y también para solicitar un ITIN a partir del 2 de junio. Lo pueden atender en inglés o español. Antes de dejar su información, por favor llame al (925) 252-2331 después de las 9:30 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/programs/free-tax-preparation/\">\u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (MEDA) ofrece asistencia en persona por cita o sin cita para presentar los impuestos o para solicitar el ITIN, en inglés o español. Llame al (415) 612-2014, extensión 6 para agendar una cita.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El centro comunitario \u003ca href=\"https://chinesenewcomers.org/en/volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita/\">\u003cem>Chinese Newcomers Service Center\u003c/em>\u003c/a> tiene citas virtuales disponibles en inglés, mandarín, cantonés y vietnamita. Llame al (415) 421-2111 para agendar una cita, entre las 9 a.m. a las 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Solano:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>El grupo comunitario \u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">\u003cem>Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/em>\u003c/a> ofrece asistencia virtual/a distancia hasta el 30 de octubre. Sólo lo pueden atender en inglés. Se recomiende que antes de dejar su información en las oficinas de la organización, llame al (707) 745-0900. Puede llamar de martes a jueves.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por el autor y la traducción fue editada por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Ahí es cuando se comenzaron complicaron las cosas para Leydi. Tanto su marido como su hijo no tienen un pasaporte vigente de México, su país de origen. En California, sólo un consulado mexicano puede concederles ese documento, pero ya por varias semanas, habían llamado sin éxito a \u003ca href=\"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/denver/index.php/citas/mexitel\">Mexitel\u003c/a>, la línea telefónica del gobierno mexicano para agendar una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me comencé a desesperar porque solamente era el pasaporte de él que nos hacía falta y realmente nos estamos atrasando para realizar todo esto”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dos meses, así estuve llamando,” dijo Jorge, y agregó, “No me contestaban, no entraba la llamada, o estaba ocupado…casi todos los días estaba intentando llamar”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Estados Unidos, existen 50 consulados mexicanos que atienden a unos 11 millones de ciudadanos mexicanos en los Estados Unidos. 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Faltar uno o dos días para viajar a Sacramento o Los Ángeles podrían perder lo poca fuente de ingresos que su familia necesitaba con urgencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es un poco complicado de un día para el otro realizar un viaje repentino”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faltaban pocas semanas para la fecha límite del 17 de mayo y la familia tenía pocas opciones. Decidieron ir directamente al consulado de San Francisco para pedir en persona una cita. No se les permitió entrar, pero insistieron en que se iban a quedar hasta que fueran atendidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alguien del personal del consulado por fin salió y les dijo que si traían una carta de una organización comunitaria o un abogado que confirmara que necesitaban los pasaportes de manera urgente, podrían agendar una cita de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al no tener los recursos para contratar a un abogado, acudieron por ayuda a \u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em> (en español, la ‘Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de la Misión’ o mejor conocido como \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">MEDA\u003c/a> por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero es el director de las iniciativas comunitarias para MEDA, y a lo largo de este año, ha ayudado a decenas de familias, muchas de ellas indocumentadas, a presentar sus impuestos por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, de MEDA, sentado con una persona en una mesa, platicando y con varios papeles a la mano.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA, ayuda a un miembro de la comunidad a presentar impuestos el 19 de mayo de 2021 en un espacio del banco de alimentos ‘Mission Food Hub’ en San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero aceptó escribir una carta, en la cual él explicó que Leydi y su familia necesitaban los pasaportes lo más pronto posible, lo que permitió que la pareja por fin recibiera una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nos sentimos más tranquilos”, dijo Jorge, con su pasaporte por fin en su mano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Romero indica que este método tiene sus límites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya he hecho como unas 6 cartas diciendo que para el proceso de vivienda o para su declaración de impuestos se necesita el consulado para que le den prioridad y puedan expedir su pasaporte” explicó Romero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero agregó, “No quiero promover eso porque ya me están llamando para que le haga cartas a todo el mundo y hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Pero un \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">estudio de abril\u003c/a> del California Policy Lab puede proporcionar algunas pistas. El informe encontró que 2.2 millones de californianos de bajos ingresos pueden estar perdiendo $5.7 mil millones en cheques de estímulo federal, algo que los investigadores consideran como una “brecha” del estímulo económico. Esa cifra no incluye a los inmigrantes indocumentados, que quedan automáticamente excluidos de la ayuda federal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, entre esos 2.2 millones de californianos, el estudio identificó 360,000 dependientes que son ciudadanos estadounidenses pero que también son hijos de padres indocumentados que no han logrado presentar sus impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La tercera ronda de cheques de estímulo económico, bajo la administración del presidente Joe Biden, permitió a las familias de estatus mixto, si los niños son ciudadanos, recibir parte de este monto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero, si los padres indocumentados no pueden declarar sus impuestos, sus hijos no recibirán esa ayuda aunque sean ciudadanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se ha hablado mucho … sobre cómo estos créditos van a ayudar a la gente a salir de la pobreza”, dijo Aparna Ramesh, gerente de investigaciones en el centro \u003cem>California Policy Lab\u003c/em> (o ‘Laboratorio de políticas de California’) y uno de los autores del reporte. “Es cierto eso. Pero yo creo que a fin de cuentas, sólo podrán ser de ayuda siempre y cuando la gente reciba este alivio”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero, de MEDA, recalca que tan importante es un ITIN para que una persona indocumentada solicite ayuda financiera durante la pandemia, pero cuando este proceso se complica, la espera para recibir ayuda esencial puede prolongarse aún más.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Por la pandemia, sí es muy común estos casos”, dijo Romero, indicando que muchos consulados han visto sus operaciones reducidas durante la pandemia debido a las restricciones de salud y agregó, “el proceso de dar el pasaporte es muy fácil, pero el problema es que no están dando citas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877675\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877675\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero de MEDA, parado enfrente del edificio del grupo 'Mission Food Hub'.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA ha escrito varias cartas en nombre de familias que necesitan una carta para seguir adelante con su proceso de ITIN pero recalca que esto no es una solución sustentable. “Hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”, dijo Romero.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Nunca estaremos al día’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Nelda De León, una inmigrante guatemalteca que vive en San Francisco, pasó días tratando de agendar una cita con el consulado de Guatemala en San Francisco para procesar el trámite de doble ciudadanía para su sobrina. Cuando por fin le respondieron, la primera cita disponible era hasta diciembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No es algo fácil, pero uno con la necesidad que tiene lo tiene que hacer, pero no es justo, ese tiempo no debería de estar allí”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De León insistió repetidamente que el centro de llamadas la conectaran directamente al consulado guatemalteco en San Francisco, y cuando finalmente lo hicieron, logrò agendar una cita para la siguiente semana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Ella dice que algunas de sus amistades intentaron agendar citas para procesar su pasaporte para su solicitud del ITIN, pero no les tocó una que fuera antes de la fecha límite para presentar los impuestos, y ahora están haciendo todo lo que pueden para ubicar otros tipos de documentación que el IRS acepte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entiendo el malestar de los guatemaltecos que dicen, ‘ay, nunca contestan’, dijo Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde hace dos años, Wohlers dirige este consulado y se ha enfocado en ampliar sus operaciones para responder a las necesidades de la población guatemalteca en el norte de California y Nevada, la cual sigue creciendo año tras año. Pero indica que pese a que ella y su personal conocen muy bien los costos que conlleva manejar un consulado, ellos no tienen control sobre el presupuesto otorgado al consulado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esa decisión se toma a miles de millas de distancia, en Ciudad de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, sentada enfrente de su computadora en su oficina.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, reconoce que la necesidad de servicios consulares de la población guatemalteca en el Área de la Bahía es mucho mayor que la capacidad de su oficina. Y aunque le gustaría traer más personal, indica que hacerlo requeriría la autorización de las autoridades guatemaltecas. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“En Guatemala, pasó lo mismo que lo que han pasado en otros países por esta pandemia y los ingresos se redujeron enormemente, se redujeron, no hay comercio exterior”, explicó Wohlers y agregó que, “nosotros tenemos que tener mucho cuidado con los fondos que nosotros administramos y que nosotros recibimos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, la cónsul general de México en San José expresó en un comunicado que su oficina “trabaja casi al 100% de su capacidad” y que alrededor de mil citas se agendan cada semana para expeditar pasaportes y otros documentos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, una visita a la página de Mexitel el 26 de mayo demostró que no había ninguna cita disponible en las siguientes dos semanas, el único plazo de tiempo en el que el portal comparte información, tanto en el consulado de San Francisco como en el de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bologna informó que el consulado sí ofrece citas de emergencia en caso que alguien necesite una consulta de manera urgente. Pero quienes escojan esta opción tendrán que pagar un 30% adicional de lo que cuesta procesar un pasaporte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Leydi y Jorge lograron encontrar una cita de emergencia para el trámite de pasaporte, se sorprendieron al saber que ellos tendrían que pagar este costo extra. “Muchos [inmigrantes] no pueden pagar cuando les cobran un 30% extra”, dijo Jorge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED también intentó contactar al consulado salvadoreño en San Francisco varias veces para realizar una entrevista pero nunca recibió una respuesta. Llamamos varias veces en abril y mayo al número telefónico indicado para hacer una cita, pero en cada llamada siempre se podía escuchar la misma grabación, la cual decía que en ese momento, todos los agentes están ocupados y que llame más al rato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramón Cardona es director del \u003ca href=\"https://centro-latino-cuscatlan.business.site/\">Centro Latino Cuzcatlán\u003c/a>, un centro de servicios migratorios en la ciudad de El Cerrito, y trabaja con varias familias salvadoreñas. Él mismo es un inmigrante salvadoreño quien ha trabajado en el sector migratorio por varias décadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me han dicho gente que han estado llamando días, días para que por fin alguien les responda … porque es puras máquinas, puras máquinas y nadie en vivo te responde. A veces te responden y te mandan a otro centro y pasas lo mismo, llama y llama”, dijo Cardona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:15 p.m. on Monday, June 14.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877669/una-brecha-del-estimulo-economico-por-que-muchos-inmigrantes-indocumentados-no-han-podido-recibir-el-alivio-financiero-de-california-que-les-corresponde\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#finding\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Skip straight to tax assistance resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Leydi was worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was April and she hadn’t filed her taxes yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not because she didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t. Leydi and her family are undocumented immigrants living in California (only their first names are being used in this story due to their immigration status).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are eligible to receive a rebate of up to $2,400 as part of the Golden State Stimulus. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-600-stimulus-checks-undocumented-workers/\">$7.6 billion plan\u003c/a>, approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February, offers a one-time payment of $600 to taxpayers who earned less than $30,000 in 2020, and an additional $600 to undocumented workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year was extremely difficult financially for Leydi’s family, who live in San Francisco’s Mission District. She and her husband lost their jobs, so this aid, one of the few government assistance programs they qualify for, would make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to get the rebate, Leydi and her husband, Jorge, have to file their taxes. And for undocumented immigrants without Social Security numbers, that requires getting an \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">Individual Taxpayer Identification Number\u003c/a> (ITIN) from the Internal Revenue Service. To request one, applicants need to confirm their identities and foreign status by providing documentation like a birth certificate, driver’s license or passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jorge, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico living in San Francisco\"]'For about two months, I was calling every day. Sometimes I would not get a response, other times the call would not go through.'[/pullquote]That’s where Leydi’s troubles began. Both her husband and son did not have a valid passport from Mexico, where they’re from. Only the Mexican consulate could grant them one, and for weeks, they had been trying, unsuccessfully, to book an appointment through \u003ca href=\"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/denver/index.php/citas/mexitel\">Mexitel\u003c/a>, the government’s helpline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started to get really desperate because we were only missing the passports and we were falling behind in this process,” Leydi said, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For about two months, I was calling every day. Sometimes I would not get a response, other times the call would not go through or all the lines were busy,” Jorge added, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, there are 50 Mexican consulates serving roughly 11 million Mexican citizens in the United States. Two of these consulates are in the Bay Area — in San Francisco and San Jose — and both sites request appointments be made through Mexitel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorge says he called so many times he even figured out the schedule of the operators at the other end of the line. “I would start calling at 10 a.m. and only hear the line ring and no one would pick up my call till 2 p.m.,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he did finally connect with an operator, the only available appointments he was offered were months away or at other consulates far from the Bay Area.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nAt the time, Leydi and Jorge had just started working again, and missing a day or two to travel to consulates in Sacramento or Los Angeles would mean losing out on possible income their family sorely needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s complicated for us to plan a trip like this out of the blue,” Leydi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running out of options and with the May 17 filing deadline fast approaching, they went directly to the San Francisco consulate to personally request an appointment. When they were not let in the building, they insisted on waiting outside until they received some kind of response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the staffers finally came out and told them if they brought a letter from an advocacy organization or lawyer affirming that they urgently needed the passports, they could book an emergency appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unable to afford a lawyer, they reached out to the \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) in San Francisco for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero is the community initiatives manager at MEDA, and this year he has helped dozens of families, many of whom are undocumented, file their taxes for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876122 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, community initiatives manager at MEDA, sits at a table as he helps out a person file their taxes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero, right, with the Mission Economic Development Agency, helps an undocumented immigrant file taxes on May 19, 2021, at the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero agreed to write a letter vouching for Leydi, explaining that they urgently needed the passports, which allowed them to finally book an appointment at the consulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We felt so much more relieved,” said Jorge, holding on tightly to his passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Romero points out that this method has its limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve written about six letters explaining why the consulate needs to prioritize the passport process, because it’s a document that will be needed later on in processes like filing taxes or applying for affordable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero added, “But I don’t want to promote the letters because I’ve gotten so many calls, even from people I don’t know, asking for me to write letters for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A ‘Stimulus Gap’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Romero has tried to help many other families going through similar situations, including ones from El Salvador and Guatemala, where California's second and third largest Latin American immigrant populations are from, after Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he's concerned many undocumented immigrants who would otherwise qualify to receive the state’s rebate checks are missing out because of difficulties navigating the consular system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little data is available on how many eligible undocumented immigrants are missing out on the Golden State Stimulus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">April study\u003c/a> from the California Policy Lab may provide some clues. The report found that 2.2 million low-income Californians may be missing out on $5.7 billion in federal stimulus checks, a disparity it labels the “stimulus gap.” That figure does not include undocumented immigrants, who are automatically excluded from federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, among those 2.2 million Californians, the study identified 360,000 dependents who are U.S. citizens but are children of undocumented parents who have not filed taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third round of federal stimulus checks, under the Biden administration, permitted mixed status families — if the children are citizens — to receive some assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, if undocumented parents are unable to file their taxes, their kids won’t get the aid they’re entitled to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11860924\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47239_001_SanFrancisco_HenryZhang_02162021-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]“There's been a lot of focus … about how these credits are going to lift people out of poverty,” said Aparna Ramesh, a senior research manager at California Policy Lab and a co-author of the report. “That's certainly true. But I think the bottom line is they're only going to lift people out of poverty if people actually receive the credits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero, from MEDA, emphasized how critical an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can be for an undocumented person navigating aid programs during the pandemic, and how the complicated process of getting one can often drag things out even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the pandemic, these cases are fairly common,” Romero said, noting that many consulates limited their services due to health restrictions. “The process itself of receiving a passport is fairly easy but the problem is that there are no available appointments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>’We’ll Never Be up to Date’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Nelda De León, an immigrant from Guatemala who lives in San Francisco, spent days trying to make an appointment with the Guatemalan consulate in San Francisco to secure a dual citizenship for her niece. When she finally got a response, the earliest available appointment was December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy, but this is something we need to do. It’s not fair because this amount of time should not be spent this way,” she said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De León repeatedly insisted that the call center connect her directly with the Guatemalan consulate in San Francisco, and when they finally did, she managed to book an appointment the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Nelda De León, Immigrant from Guatemala\"]'It’s not easy but this is something we need to do. It’s not fair because this amount of time should not be spent this way.'[/pullquote]She says some of her friends tried to find an appointment to get their passport for their ITIN application, but weren’t able to find a time before the federal tax deadline, and are now scrambling to find the other types of accepted documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the distress Guatemalans feel when they say no one is picking up,” said Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wohlers started running the San Francisco consulate two years ago and has pushed for her office to expand its operations to meet the needs of the growing Guatemalan population she tries to serve in Northern California and Nevada. But she points out that while she and her staff are intimately familiar with the costs of running their consulate, they do not control their office’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amount is calculated thousands of miles away in Guatemala City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, types on her computer in her office. She is wearing glasses and a blue facemask.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, acknowledges that the need for consular services in the Bay Area is much greater than her office's capacity. And while she'd like to bring in more staff, she says doing so would require authorization from Guatemalan authorities. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In Guatemala, the same thing has happened as other countries during the pandemic. Economic activity has gone down tremendously,” she said. “So we have to be extremely careful with the funds that we operate with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Wohlers explains, the need for consular services has significantly increased during the pandemic, even as her office has only been able to operate at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a race against time,” she said, noting that if she wants to hire more staffers or even pay for more hours for existing employees, she needs to get approval from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll never be up to date. Never. Because the need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so,” Wohlers said, noting that her office hopes to open up additional appointments starting on June 15, when California eases pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through separate statements, the Mexican consulates in San Francisco and San Jose both said their capacity to offer appointments during the pandemic has also been limited due to health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco\"]'The need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so.'[/pullquote]Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, the Mexican consul general in San Jose, said in a statement in Spanish that her office “works at almost 100% capacity,” with some 1,000 appointments booked each week for passports and other identification documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visit to the Mexitel website on May 26 showed there were no available appointments to file for a passport over the next two weeks — the only period that the website shares information for — at either the San Francisco or San Jose consulates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bologna pointed out that the consulate does offer emergency appointments in case someone can’t wait for the next available slot. But those who use this option must pay an extra 30% in fees to process a passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Leydi and Jorge managed to get an emergency appointment for their passports, they were surprised when they saw this additional charge. “Many [immigrants] just can’t pay that extra 30%,” Jorge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to the Salvadoran consulate for an interview multiple times but did not get an official response. Several calls were made during April and May to the phone number listed on the consulate’s Facebook page for booking an appointment. Each time, the automatic recording said all operators were busy and to call back later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramón Cardona, director of Centro Latino Cuzcatlan, an immigration and naturalization legal services center in El Cerrito, works with several Salvadoran families. He’s a Salvadoran immigrant himself and has worked in immigration advocacy for several decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks tell me that they are calling for days and days for someone to finally respond … but it is always the automatic recording, and no real person ever seems to respond. On the occasion a person responds, you’re transferred to another call center and it’s the same thing all over again, calling, calling and calling,” Cardona said, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ramón Cardona, director of Centro Latino Cuzcatlan\"]'Folks tell me that they are calling for days and days for someone to finally respond … but it is always the automatic recording.'[/pullquote]Like Romero, Cardona has also written multiple letters for families in need of an appointment. He’s met Salvadoran immigrants who have traveled to San Francisco from places as far away as Oregon and Utah, only to be turned down at the doors of the consulate because they did not have an appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardona suggests consulates should clearly communicate how to most effectively schedule an appointment, especially when the need for one is urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labyrinth of calls someone may have to go through may not just impact their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number process, but could also seriously delay immigration proceedings, Cardona pointed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An immigration process takes years,” he said. “And it could take even longer just because your consulate is not able to give you a passport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"finding\">\u003c/a>Resources for People Still Trying to File Their Taxes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t filed your taxes yet or are looking to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, there are several options still available. When filing, you can let your preparer know you have not received your Golden State Stimulus check yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS is still accepting ITIN applications. The agency website says that it takes about seven weeks for an applicant to receive one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few organizations in the Bay Area that still offer free tax aid, as well as help applying for an ITIN (although only the IRS can actually provide an ITIN).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/jsp/direction.jsp?id=11873&lng=-122.236562&lat=37.785067\">San Antonio CDC\u003c/a> offers appointments and drop-off filing services all year round except during July and December holidays. Assistance is available in English, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Appointments are usually available from Monday through Friday. Call (510) 536-5179 to set up a time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>SparkPoint/\u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works ECC\u003c/a> starts offering drop-off filing services and ITIN assistance starting June 2. Support is available in English and Spanish. Before dropping off, call (925) 252-2331 after 9:30 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/programs/free-tax-preparation/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) will offer both walk-ins and appointments for assistance in the ITIN process in English and Spanish. Call (415) 612-2014 to check availability.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://chinesenewcomers.org/en/volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita/\">The Chinese Newcomers Service Center\u003c/a> offers virtual appointments in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. Call (415) 421-2111 to make an appointment from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/a> offers drop-off tax aid until October 30. Assistance is only available in English. The best times to drop off tax information are between Tuesday and Thursday. For more, call (707) 745-0900.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mfharvin\">Mary Franklin Harvin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/csevern\">Carly Severn\u003c/a> contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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