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Hi colleagues,
Just to build on Michele's e-mail, this is great news! The bill
incorporates sections from the House Dems' New Deal for New Americans, a
landmark immigrant integration bill introduced in October 2019. Most
notably, the $100 million in workforce grants are specifically focused on
Integrated Education and Training, and explicitly include digital skills.
NSC did quite a lot of work on this section, and we're thrilled to see it
-- and the $100 million English as a Gateway grants -- included. Obviously
this amount of money would still be a drop in the bucket relative to need,
and it's going to be a ferocious fight to get ANY immigration bill through
Congress, but this is nevertheless a huge leap. We're on the scoreboard!
Immigration bills aren't just about legal status any more! Real investment
in education and workforce is on the radar screen, finally.
-Amanda
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1. U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 (Michele Diecuch)
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:07:16 +0000
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Hello everyone,
Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Linda S?nchez (D-CA)
formally introduced President Joe Biden's proposed immigration overhaul -
the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Read more information about the focus of the bicameral bill here<
https://lindasanchez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/s-nchez-menendez-introduce-bicameral-us-citizenship-act-2021-overhaul>
from Rep. Linda Sanchez's site.
To see the entire bill, click here<
https://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/2021.02.18%20US%20Citizenship%20Act%20Bill%20Text%20-%20SIGNED.pdf>.
Information related to education funding for English Language Learners and
workforce development can be found on pages 240-253. Between the bill's 1)
English as a Gateway to Integration Grant Program (page 240) and 2)
Workforce Development and Shared Prosperity Grant Program (page 246), the
bill proposes $200 million towards these programs for FY 2022 and 2023.
We will pass along more details as we receive them.
Best,
Michele
MICHELE DIECUCH | Senior Director of Programs
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
ProLiteracyhttp://www.proliteracy.org/ | 101 Wyoming St. | Syracuse,
NY 13204
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mdiecuch@proliteracy.org>
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Thanks Amanda for this additional detail. And congrats to NSC for all of the work you did on this!! As you put it – real investment in education and workforce is on the radar screen, finally. Well said. Very exciting for the adult education field!
Michele
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Hi colleagues,
Just to build on Michele's e-mail, this is great news! The bill incorporates sections from the House Dems' New Deal for New Americans, a landmark immigrant integration bill introduced in October 2019. Most notably, the $100 million in workforce grants are specifically focused on Integrated Education and Training, and explicitly include digital skills.
NSC did quite a lot of work on this section, and we're thrilled to see it -- and the $100 million English as a Gateway grants -- included. Obviously this amount of money would still be a drop in the bucket relative to need, and it's going to be a ferocious fight to get ANY immigration bill through Congress, but this is nevertheless a huge leap. We're on the scoreboard! Immigration bills aren't just about legal status any more! Real investment in education and workforce is on the radar screen, finally.
-Amanda
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Hello everyone,
Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Linda S?nchez (D-CA) formally introduced President Joe Biden's proposed immigration overhaul - the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Read more information about the focus of the bicameral bill herehttps://lindasanchez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/s-nchez-menendez-introduce-bicameral-us-citizenship-act-2021-overhaul from Rep. Linda Sanchez's site.
To see the entire bill, click herehttps://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/2021.02.18%20US%20Citizenship%20Act%20Bill%20Text%20-%20SIGNED.pdf. Information related to education funding for English Language Learners and workforce development can be found on pages 240-253. Between the bill's 1) English as a Gateway to Integration Grant Program (page 240) and 2) Workforce Development and Shared Prosperity Grant Program (page 246), the bill proposes $200 million towards these programs for FY 2022 and 2023.
We will pass along more details as we receive them.
Best,
Michele
MICHELE DIECUCH | Senior Director of Programs
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
ProLiteracyhttp://www.proliteracy.org/ | 101 Wyoming St. | Syracuse, NY 13204
p 315.214.2576 | f 315.422.6369 | mdiecuch@proliteracy.orgmailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.org<mailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.orgmailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.org>
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Colleagues, as Amanda says, this is great news, and we owe NSC a major debt of thanks for their persistence and efforts on it over several years. Moving immigration legislation out of the legal status box and into the broader realm of opportunity for all is a tremendous accomplishment.
A related bit of good news comes in this morning's news from Buzzfeed, which is reporting that USCIS is shelving the latest revision to the citizenship test.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/biden-us-citizenship-test-change
You may recall that numerous organizations, including NCL and TESOL, submitted letters expressing concern about the new test's content and development process last fall. Evidently our voices were heard!
Deborah
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http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/
---- On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:13:56 -0500 Amanda Bergson-Shilcock mailto:amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org wrote ----
Hi colleagues,
Just to build on Michele's e-mail, this is great news! The bill incorporates sections from the House Dems' New Deal for New Americans, a landmark immigrant integration bill introduced in October 2019. Most notably, the $100 million in workforce grants are specifically focused on Integrated Education and Training, and explicitly include digital skills.
NSC did quite a lot of work on this section, and we're thrilled to see it -- and the $100 million English as a Gateway grants -- included. Obviously this amount of money would still be a drop in the bucket relative to need, and it's going to be a ferocious fight to get ANY immigration bill through Congress, but this is nevertheless a huge leap. We're on the scoreboard! Immigration bills aren't just about legal status any more! Real investment in education and workforce is on the radar screen, finally.
-Amanda
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:07:16 +0000
From: Michele Diecuch mailto:MDiecuch@proliteracy.org
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Subject: [NCL Members] U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021
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Hello everyone,
Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Linda S?nchez (D-CA) formally introduced President Joe Biden's proposed immigration overhaul - the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Read more information about the focus of the bicameral bill herehttps://lindasanchez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/s-nchez-menendez-introduce-bicameral-us-citizenship-act-2021-overhaul from Rep. Linda Sanchez's site.
To see the entire bill, click herehttps://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/2021.02.18%20US%20Citizenship%20Act%20Bill%20Text%20-%20SIGNED.pdf. Information related to education funding for English Language Learners and workforce development can be found on pages 240-253. Between the bill's 1) English as a Gateway to Integration Grant Program (page 240) and 2) Workforce Development and Shared Prosperity Grant Program (page 246), the bill proposes $200 million towards these programs for FY 2022 and 2023.
We will pass along more details as we receive them.
Best,
Michele
MICHELE DIECUCH | Senior Director of Programs
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
ProLiteracyhttp://www.proliteracy.org/ | 101 Wyoming St. | Syracuse, NY 13204
p 315.214.2576 | f 315.422.6369 | mailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.orgmailto:mailto:mdiecuch@proliteracy.org
Find us and follow us on Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/ProLiteracy/59618669707 and Twitterhttp://twitter.com/#!/ProLitWorld.
Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy.http://www.proliteracy.org/give
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Thanks for those kind words, Deborah. Much appreciated.
And yes, good to see that the administration is rethinking the changes to
the citizenship test. Hopefully we'll see an actual policy announcement
sooner rather than later!
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 10:28 AM Deborah Kennedy <
deborah.kennedy@key-words.us> wrote:
Colleagues, as Amanda says, this is great news, and we owe NSC a major
debt of thanks for their persistence and efforts on it over several years.
Moving immigration legislation out of the legal status box and into the
broader realm of opportunity for all is a tremendous accomplishment.
A related bit of good news comes in this morning's news from Buzzfeed,
which is reporting that USCIS is shelving the latest revision to the
citizenship test.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/biden-us-citizenship-test-change
You may recall that numerous organizations, including NCL and TESOL,
submitted letters expressing concern about the new test's content and
development process last fall. Evidently our voices were heard!
Deborah
Deborah Kennedy
Executive Director
National Coalition for Literacy
http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/
---- On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:13:56 -0500 Amanda Bergson-Shilcock
<amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org
amandabs@nationalskillscoalition.org> wrote ----
Hi colleagues,
Just to build on Michele's e-mail, this is great news! The bill
incorporates sections from the House Dems' New Deal for New Americans, a
landmark immigrant integration bill introduced in October 2019. Most
notably, the $100 million in workforce grants are specifically focused
on Integrated Education and Training, and explicitly include digital
skills.
NSC did quite a lot of work on this section, and we're thrilled to see it
-- and the $100 million English as a Gateway grants -- included. Obviously
this amount of money would still be a drop in the bucket relative to need,
and it's going to be a ferocious fight to get ANY immigration bill through
Congress, but this is nevertheless a huge leap. We're on the scoreboard!
Immigration bills aren't just about legal status any more! Real investment
in education and workforce is on the radar screen, finally.
-Amanda
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Hello everyone,
Today, Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Representative Linda S?nchez (D-CA)
formally introduced President Joe Biden's proposed immigration overhaul -
the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021.
Read more information about the focus of the bicameral bill here<
https://lindasanchez.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/s-nchez-menendez-introduce-bicameral-us-citizenship-act-2021-overhaul>
from Rep. Linda Sanchez's site.
To see the entire bill, click here<
https://lindasanchez.house.gov/sites/lindasanchez.house.gov/files/2021.02.18%20US%20Citizenship%20Act%20Bill%20Text%20-%20SIGNED.pdf>.
Information related to education funding for English Language Learners and
workforce development can be found on pages 240-253. Between the bill's 1)
English as a Gateway to Integration Grant Program (page 240) and 2)
Workforce Development and Shared Prosperity Grant Program (page 246), the
bill proposes $200 million towards these programs for FY 2022 and 2023.
We will pass along more details as we receive them.
Best,
Michele
MICHELE DIECUCH | Senior Director of Programs
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers
ProLiteracyhttp://www.proliteracy.org/ | 101 Wyoming St. | Syracuse,
NY 13204
p 315.214.2576 | f 315.422.6369 | mdiecuch@proliteracy.org<mailto:
mdiecuch@proliteracy.org>
Find us and follow us on Facebook<
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ProLiteracy/59618669707> and Twitter<
http://twitter.com/#!/ProLitWorld>.
Help ProLiteracy advance the cause of adult literacy.<
http://www.proliteracy.org/give>
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