Charlottesville-based lawyer discusses fighting evictions, new assistance from Congress
Charlottesville-based lawyer discusses fighting evictions, new assistance from Congress By Max Marcilla | December 29, 2020 at 10:20 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 11:09 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - With state and federal governments taking action, more people are expected to keep the roof over their head a little while longer. But, many people are still facing evictions, and that has attorneys working hard through the holiday season.
Usually, the week between Christmas and the New Year is a time for Carrie Klosko, a lawyer with the Charlottesville-based Legal Aid Justice Center, to close up cases and do other admin work. But this year, she’s tackling more eviction cases.
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RICHMOND â Starting Jan. 2, an estimated 300,000 undocumented immigrants in Virginia will be able to drive legally, thanks to aggressive, yearslong efforts from immigrant rights advocates and a Democratic stronghold in the 2020 General Assembly session.
But while supporters say the measure will boost public safety, power economic growth and allow people without legal status to commute without fear, it is not what advocates wanted.
Along with Gov. Ralph Northam, they championed legislation that would have protected immigrants from discrimination by allowing the cards to look like regular driverâs licenses. But the General Assembly crushed the proposal, leaving the driver privilege cards to state that itâs ânot valid ID for voting or public benefits purposesâ â an identifier immigrants fear could be used to notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deport them.
Starting Jan. 2, an estimated 300,000 undocumented immigrants in Virginia will be able to drive legally, thanks to aggressive, yearslong efforts from immigrant rights advocates and a Democratic stronghold in
Lawmakers say they plan to propose legislative fixes next month to speed unemployment claims in Virginia, which ranks last in the country for quickly processing applications that require staff review.
The legislatureâs Commission on Unemployment discussed the proposals in a Wednesday meeting, outlining bills that, among other things, would reduce the programâs reliance on paper mail and prevent the state from stopping benefits once theyâve started without first investigating.
âAll of the legislation ⦠is aimed at helping things go more smoothly, with the goal of starting to get the wheels moving for you but also preparing Virginia to weather a storm like this in the future,â said Del. Sally Hudson, D-Charlottesville, a labor economist at the University of Virginia.
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