WHY TERMINATING DACA IS SHORT-SIGHTED AND WILL HURT THE US ECONOMY An excerpt from an article by Christine Swenson, Former Immigrant Pathways Colorado Board Member and Principal at Swensen Law Office Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the program for immigrants who were brought to the US as minors, commonly referred to as DREAMers.…
Immigrant Pathways Colorado’s partner in reaching out to immigrants and refugees is the Littleton Immigrant Resource Center (LIRC) at Bemis Public Library. We’re happy to share some information about their accomplishments in 2016: LIRC had a busy year and continues to grow services to serve more clients. In 2016, LIRC served immigrants from 47 countries,…
Immigrant Pathways Colorado is pleased to announce that our friends at the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center (LIRC) have received a two-year Citizenship and Integration grant of $250,000 from the USCIS. This is the third year the LIRC has received federal grant funds for Citizenship education and Naturalization legal services. The grant will be used to…
Rain was threatening – but Immigrant Pathways Colorado had our very own weatherman present, and he promised us no more than a sprinkle. Sure enough, IPC’s taco bar and silent auction fundraiser the evening of August 24, 2016, went off with nary a hitch at Platte River Bar & Grill on South Santa Fe Boulevard.…
Rain was threatening – but Immigrant Pathways Colorado had our very own weatherman present, and he promised us no more than a sprinkle. Sure enough, IPC’s taco bar and silent auction fundraiser the evening of August 24, 2016, went off with nary a hitch at Platte River Bar & Grill on South Santa Fe Boulevard.…
By Voice of America, Citizen Digital Published on 2 July 2016 Here are excerpts from an interesting news story published by Voice of America radio about African immigrants: Africans are one of the fastest-growing immigrant groups in America, representing a small share of the U.S. population, but their numbers have been doubling every decade since 1970.…
Immigrant Pathways Colorado is pleased to announce the addition of two new members to its governing Board: Shirlaine Castellino and Michele Wolf. Castellino is an immigrant from the Phillipines. She earned a master’s degree in teaching English as a Second Language prior to becoming the director of the Spring International Language Center, which is located…
The June 16, 2016, issue of the Littleton Independent had a very nice article about one of Immigrant Pathways Colorado’s major partners – the Littleton Immigrant Resources Center at Bemis Public Library. The story highlights the program, which helps people studying to become United States citizens. Deb Schaffer, the citizenship program coordinator at the center,…
Former secretary of state stresses need to be defender of liberty at home and abroad The former, and first female, secretary of state was on stage from the beginning, sitting among DU’s distinguished faculty and administration, draped in the same brightly striped black robes. Albright, who graduated from Kent High School in Denver, gave the…
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as analyzed by the Migration Policy Institute, by 2013, Colorado had a population of more than 4 million (ages 16 and over). Of those, 12 percent were born in another country. The foreign-born in Colorado come from other parts of the world as follows: · Africa, 25,000, or 5%…