Some of the anticipated thousands of refugees from Afghanistan’s emergency evacuation of workers who have aided American military will resettle in Colorado and Colorado Springs, but it’s too early to
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In my presentation, the top two points are the right to vote and the protection from deportation. I kind of go back and forth on which one should be number one and which one should be number two, McNamara says. The info night is to educate people on the citizenship process.
At the May 15 workshop, participants will be paired with immigration lawyers or Department of Justice-accredited immigration representatives who can help them fill out and review their whole citizenship application in free two-hour blocks. We find out what they need. Obviously, a lot of cases are perfect and ready to go, in which case I’ll print out the application, all the supporting evidence, sign it as the preparer, and mail it to the applicant to submit for themselves, McNamara says. If there s a tax issue or a criminal-history issue, we can either refer them internally to one of our grant programs if they live in Denver or we refer them out to a low-bono [discounted] attorney from the American Immi
Khan Mwezi helps her daughter, Martinode, with schoolwork at their home in Aurora, Nov. 14, 2020.
When Khan Mwezi landed in Colorado eight years ago from a refugee camp in Uganda, she arrived with a high-risk pregnancy.
Her daughter, Martinode Hill Gift, was born prematurely and stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit for four months. During that time, Mwezi spent a lot of time with infants. As her husband scraped together a living for them, Mwezi attended to all her daughter’s special needs.
“Life was very, very difficult,” said Mwezi, who had no family support because most of her family was killed in wars and ethnic strife in the Congo.