Oct 22, 2025 Equity, Community Affairs, Housing, Health and Education

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WORSE. WE'RE GOING TO START IN ABOUT IN ABOUT 30S. WE WILL BE STARTING IS GOOD IN 30S. SHOW

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COUNCILMAN HOPKINS IS. MAY TUNING IN OUT HERE. WE GOT A QUORUM. SO, COUNCILMAN DAN SIMMS, COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN JENNY WARWICK, AND COUNCILMAN MARK MARKUS WINKLER AS HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. OKAY, WE WE WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. WE NEEDED A QUORUM, BUT WE DIDN'T. SO THANKS FOR YOU BEING HERE, JENNY. OKAY, NOW WE CAN GET YOU STARTED.

OKAY. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU READ NUMBER TWO FIRST? OKAY. ITEM TWO A RESOLUTION. HONOR

[2. R-121-25     A RESOLUTION HONORING SERGEANT JOHN “STRAWN” NUTTER BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF SOUTH 6TH STREET AND HILL STREET AS “STRAWN NUTTER WAY” IN HIS HONOR. Action Required By April 16, 2026 Sponsors: JP Lyninger (D-6) ]

CLOSE TO U OF L, YES. OKAY, THEY CAN'T HEAR YOU SAY ONE. I'M SORRY. I CAN'T HEAR ME. I GOT MY SPEAKER. I MEAN, MY SPEAKER. SORRY. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS,

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[3. R-126-25     A RESOLUTION HONORING THE ACE PROJECT BY DEDICATING THE CORNER OF 25TH STREET AND STANDARD AVENUE AS “ACE WAY” IN THEIR HONOR. Action Required By April 16, 2026 Sponsors: JP Lyninger (D-6) Tammy Hawkins (D-1)]

THANK YOU. MOTION. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILMAN LINENGER HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE. YEAH.

SO THE ACE PROJECT IS A ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE THAT IS HEADQUARTERED AT 25TH AND STANDARD IN MY DISTRICT. AND THIS IS TO HONOR THEIR WORK AND IN PARTICULAR, MISS ROSE, WHO HEADLINES THE PROJECT. AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAD REACHED OUT TO US. MYSELF AND COUNCILMAN HAWKINS, WHO'S ALSO A CO-SPONSOR OF THE RESOLUTION ASKING FOR THIS HONORARY STREET NAME. THEY DO FANTASTIC WORK. I JUST RECENTLY WAS IN THE BUILDING FOR A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE AT ACE PROJECT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN MCGARVEY AND SEVERAL MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF AND PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ANTI-VIOLENCE, ANTI-GUN FOR GUN SAFETY PROJECTS NATIONWIDE. AND IT WAS A REALLY FANTASTIC MEETING TO REALLY HEAR DIRECTLY FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET TO OUR YOUTH AND GET THEM INVOLVED IN POSITIVE WAYS. AND IT WAS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT AND BELIEF IN. AND AGAIN, I WOULD ASK YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND THE NAMING OF THEIR HONOR. OKAY. BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT, I'M GOING TO ASK TO BE A CO-SPONSOR TO. IF YOU DON'T ASK, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. I JUST MET MISS ROSE. WE WERE PARTNERS AT THE COMMISSION, AND SHE WAS ALSO THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THE FAMILIES IN THAT HAD SOMEONE IN THEIR FAMILY TO PASS. AND WE DID A PSA ON THEM. I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE GOT A PICTURE OF THE PSA, AND IT REALLY WAS DISTURBING TO WATCH THE PARENTS WERE THEY LOST THEIR CHILD AND I HAVE NOT. I SAW IT ON TV ONE TIME AND I JUST ASKED, HOW ARE WE GOING TO SHOW HIM AGAIN? BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW THESE THESE PARENTS HAVE LOST THEIR CHILDREN, AND THEY'RE JUST REACHING OUT TO YOU, TELLING YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU WATCH YOUR CHILD. SHE WAS A REALLY NICE LADY, AND SHE TOLD HER STORY ABOUT HOW HER SON, I THINK HIS ON WHAT, 25TH STREET, THAT HE LOST HIS LIFE AND SHE STOOD ON THAT CORNER EVERY DAY FOR A YEAR, I THINK. AND FINALLY SHE BOUGHT THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY. THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TELLING ME. SO I KNOW HOW THAT FEELS, YOU KNOW, TO GO OUT TO THAT SAME SPOT EVERY DAY. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING TO BE THERE WHEN THEY DO THE SIGN. SO YEAH, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU. YEAH. GOOD JOB. SO NOW WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT MISS ROSE? YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHAT YOU'LL GET TO KNOW. OKAY, SO WE'RE READY TO VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? NO NO'S. WE'LL SEND IT TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE ON OUR LIST IS WE HAVE

[1. ID 25-0579     IMMIGRATION 101 – Emily Jones, New American Initatives ]

YOU CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. COUNCIL MEMBER RUIZ IS WHO INVITED ME TO SPEAK TODAY. MY UNDERSTANDING IS SHE'S AT A CONFERENCE. RIGHT NOW. SO DISCLAIMERS BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THIS INFORMATION IS UP TO DATE AS OF THIS MORNING, GIVEN SORT OF THE CLIMATE OF IMMIGRATION LAW AND ALL OF THE

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IN GENERAL, THOUGH, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE UNITED STATES ON VISAS, THEY COME ONE OF TWO WAYS, EITHER WITH THE INTENTION OF IMMIGRATING AND LIVING LONG TERM IN THE UNITED STATES, OR THEY COME AS NON-IMMIGRANTS, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE HERE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, LIKE BUSINESS TRAVEL STUDY. THERE'S ALSO WORK VISAS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME AND STAY FOR ANYWHERE FROM PERIODS OF MONTHS TO YEARS, AND SOMETIMES THOSE CAN LEAD TO LONG TERM IMMIGRATION STATUSES.

DEPENDING. WE ALSO OFFER EXCHANGE VISAS. SO PEOPLE COMING TO SHARE CULTURAL PROGRAMING, STUDYING OR OR TEACHING THROUGH THE J-1 PROGRAM MIGHT COME THAT WAY. IN GENERAL, OF COURSE, AN IMMIGRANT VISA WOULD GIVE PERMANENT RESIDENCY TO SOMEONE, MEANING THAT IF THEY COME IN WITH THAT STATUS AND THEY STAY FOR FIVE YEARS, THEY CAN THEN APPLY TO BECOME A US CITIZEN. THE NONIMMIGRANT VISAS ONLY ALLOW TEMPORARY STAYS, SO THAT IS TIME LIMITED. AND THEY HAVE EXPRESSED INTENTION TO GO BACK AFTER THAT TIME PERIOD IN ORDER TO GET THAT VISA. IN GENERAL TO COME TO IMMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES LONG TERM. THERE ARE THREE MAIN WAYS TO DO THAT THROUGH YOUR FAMILY, THROUGH A JOB, OR THROUGH THE DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT WE HAVE A LOTTERY EVERY YEAR THAT GIVES AWAY 50,000 GREEN CARDS. WHEN GREEN CARDS ARE PERMANENT RESIDENCY. SO THERE ARE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THIS LOTTERY PROGRAM. NOT MANY, BUT THERE ARE SOME.

EVERYONE ELSE PROBABLY HAS COME THROUGH FAMILY OR EMPLOYMENT BASED IMMIGRATION PROCESSES.

THERE'S ALSO A HUMANITARIAN BASED PROCESS, THE REFUGEE PROGRAM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER. FAMILY BASED IMMIGRATION IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. TYPICALLY, IF YOU ARE MARRIED TO A US CITIZEN OR YOU ARE THE PARENT OF A US CITIZEN, OR THE UNMARRIED CHILD OF A US CITIZEN, YOU CAN COME TO THE UNITED STATES ON A GREEN CARD. ANYONE ELSE? SO SIBLINGS OF US CITIZENS, ADULT CHILDREN OR MARRIED CHILDREN WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AND BE SUBJECT TO WHAT'S CALLED THE VISA BULLETIN. IF YOU JUST HAVE YOUR GREEN CARD, YOU'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR SPOUSES OR YOUR UNMARRIED CHILDREN TO THE UNITED STATES. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE SUBJECT TO

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SO FOR UNDERGRADUATES, MAYBE FOUR YEARS, RIGHT. BUT FOR SOMEONE MAYBE GETTING A PHD, IT COULD BE LONGER. DOES THAT HELP? WELL, I'M JUST WANTING TO LEARN MORE. ABSOLUTELY. I HAVE I HAVE LOTS OF NEW IMMIGRANTS MOVING IN MY DISTRICT, AND PRETTY MUCH MINE IS PROBABLY THE MORE THAN ANYBODY. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN. WELL, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, SO KEEP THEM COMING I LOVE IT. OKAY, SO THIS VISA BULLETIN, THE REASON THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT'S HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AS A CITIZEN, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT A REALLY LONG TIME TO REUNITE WITH THEM HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO ON THIS CHART HERE WHERE IT SAYS F FOUR, THOSE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF US CITIZENS. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS CHART TELLS US. EVERY MONTH, THE STATE DEPARTMENT COMES OUT WITH THIS BULLETIN TO TELL US WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES THIS MONTH.

WHAT THIS CHART IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF YOU ARE A BROTHER OR SISTER OF A US CITIZEN AND YOU APPLIED IN MARCH OF 2009, YOU ARE JUST NOW ELIGIBLE TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE IMMIGRANT VISA PROCESS. SO THAT MEANS THAT FOLKS HAVE WAITED. I'M NOT GREAT AT MATH, BUT I'M THINKING THAT'S ALMOST 16 YEARS. IS THAT RIGHT? I THINK SO, SO PEOPLE ARE WAITING A REALLY LONG TIME TO COME THROUGH THIS PATHWAY. IF THEY'RE NOT A SPOUSE AND UNMARRIED CHILD UNDER 21 OR A PARENT, YOU'LL SEE THE F2 AND F2 B CATEGORIES. THOSE ARE GREEN CARD HOLDERS. SO GREEN CARD HOLDING SPOUSES AND UNMARRIED CHILDREN ARE REALLY JUST WAITING ABOUT A MONTH. SEPTEMBER OF 25. AND THEN FOR THOSE UNMARRIED CHILDREN THAT ARE OVER 21, THEY'RE WAITING A LOT LONGER. THEY'RE BACK IN JANUARY OF 2017. SO THIS IS TO SHOW THAT THE LAWFUL PATHWAYS, WHILE THEY DO EXIST, CAN SOMETIMES HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO WAIT A LOT LONGER. THE F3 CATEGORY LISTED HERE IS FOR MARRIED CHILDREN. SO IF YOU HAVE A MARRIED CHILD AND YOU WANT THEM TO JOIN YOU HERE IN THE UNITED STATES AND YOU'RE FROM THE PHILIPPINES, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR FAMILY MEMBER THAT APPLIED IN AUGUST OF 2005 IS JUST NOW ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR VISA TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES. SO 20 YEARS, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO WAIT TO GET YOUR CHILD HERE. EMPLOYMENT BASED IMMIGRATION IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT A SIMILAR CONCEPT. SO TO COME IN ON AN EMPLOYMENT BASED IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANT VISA, YOU HAVE TO APPLY BEFORE YOU'RE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MOST PART. SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING TYPICALLY THAT YOU CAN SHOEHORN SOMEBODY WHO'S ALREADY HERE INTO. YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO APPLY ABROAD FOR THIS. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT BASED IMMIGRATION PRIORITY WORKERS, PEOPLE WITH EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, EXECUTIVES. THEY'RE SORT OF THE TOP OF THE EMPLOYMENT BASED LIST. BUT THEN PROFESSIONALS WITH ADVANCED DEGREES, OTHER PROFESSORS MAYBE NOT EXCEPTIONAL OR OUTSTANDING, BUT STILL PEOPLE DOING LOTS OF RESEARCH. ARE ABLE TO COME THROUGH THE EB TWO PROGRAM. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER LEVELS OF WORKERS, MOST OF WHICH REQUIRE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF TRAINING BEFORE YOU CAN COME. THEY ARE ALSO ALL SUBJECT TO THIS VISA BULLETIN FOR EMPLOYMENT BASED VISAS, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THE WAIT TIMES ARE A LITTLE BETTER FOR EMPLOYMENT BASED. BUT IF YOU'RE FROM INDIA, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE JUST NOW ELIGIBLE. IF YOU APPLIED BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2013. SO EVEN EMPLOYMENT BASED HAS SOME LONG WAIT TIMES FOR FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO COME LAWFULLY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WHAT ARE THE C'S MEAN THAT IT'S CURRENT SO YOU CAN COME RIGHT AWAY. AND SO IF YOU'RE EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY, YOU'RE IN THAT EB ONE CATEGORY. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GET HERE

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AND THE REASON THAT CHINA, INDIA, MEXICO AND THE PHILIPPINES HAVE BEEN SINGLED OUT ON THESE VISA BULLETINS IS BECAUSE OUR LAW, THE IMMIGRANT NATIONALITY ACT, SAYS THAT ONLY SO MUCH OF A PERCENTAGE OF THE VISAS CAN GO TO THE SAME COUNTRY EVERY YEAR. AND SO BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE FROM THESE PLACES HAVE ASKED TO COME, THEIR WAITLISTS ARE LONGER THAN OTHER COUNTRIES. SO THE COLUMN THAT SAYS ALL CHARGEABILITY AREAS EXCEPT THOSE LISTED, THAT'S EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD FOLLOWS THAT COLUMN. BUT THEN IF YOU'RE FROM ONE OF THOSE FOUR COUNTRIES, YOU MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO A LONGER WAIT. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. OH YOU CAN'T. JUST RECENTLY, I KNOW, GENERALLY LIKE TO. DISCHARGE 100 AND I THINK 150 OF OF IMMIGRANTS OUT OF THE SO THAT MANY OF THEM WERE NOT CERTIFIED TO BE HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. BUT THEY WERE UNDER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF STATUS, AND THAT STATUS WAS TERMINATED. AND SO IF YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND HOLDING YOUR QUESTION FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT, I'LL GET TO THAT AND WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ONCE WE HAVE. I JUST NOTICED THAT IT SAID EMPLOYMENT AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY GOT EMPLOYED IF. YEAH, THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'LL GET THERE OKAY I PROMISE THE ISSUES CURRENTLY FACING THESE NONIMMIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT VISAS FOLKS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME EVEN AFTER WAITING THOSE LONG WAIT TIMES, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY. WE'RE SEEING MORE REQUESTS FOR EVIDENCE, MORE NOTICES OF INTENT TO DENY THESE VISAS.

FOLKS ARE BEING SUBJECT TO SOCIAL MEDIA CHECKS, WHICH ARE TAKING UP MORE TIME. WE'VE SEEN THE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO REVOKE VISAS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE ON STUDENT VISAS. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING ADDITIONAL JUST PROCESSING DELAYS OVERALL.

SO EVEN IF YOU'VE WAITED ALL THOSE YEARS, THEY'RE MOVING PRETTY SLOWLY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. SO FOLKS ARE WAITING EVEN LONGER. I MENTIONED EARLIER THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO COME ON AN IMMIGRANT VISA, AND THAT IS THROUGH THE REFUGEE PROGRAM. HISTORICALLY, THE UNITED STATES HAS HAD A REFUGEE PROGRAM THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN. BUT SINCE JANUARY 20TH OF THIS YEAR, ALL REFUGEE ADMISSIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. THERE WAS A LAWSUIT FILED OVER THIS BACK IN FEBRUARY WHERE A JUDGE ATTEMPTED TO CREATE SORT OF A PROTOCOL FOR FOLKS TO GET HERE, STILL THROUGH AN INJUNCTION. THAT CASE WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO THE US SUPREME COURT. AND SO ULTIMATELY, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THERE TO BE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT RESETTLEMENT HAS TO START AGAIN. THIS HAS LEFT REFUGEES STRANDED ABROAD. THERE HAVE VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE STARTED A NEW FISCAL YEAR SINCE ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND WE DO NOT YET HAVE A PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. USUALLY WE GET THAT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER OR THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, BUT BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, WE STILL DON'T HAVE A DETERMINATION. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION, WHICH IS THE MOST NUMBER OF REFUGEES THAT CAN COME IN A GIVEN YEAR, IS NOW AT 7500 REFUGEES, DOWN FROM 120,000 UNDER THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. AND WE'RE TOLD THAT A MAJORITY OF THAT 7500 WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR AFRIKANERS. AFRIKANERS ARE WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS, THE FIRST AFRIKANER REFUGEES ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES THIS YEAR.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW OF THE INJUNCTION PROTECTED REFUGEES THAT HAVE ALSO ARRIVED IN 2025, BUT AGAIN, NOWHERE NEAR THE 120,000 OF THE REFUGEE CEILING. AND WE KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS RECEIVED OVER 50,000 INQUIRIES FROM WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS ABOUT REFUGEE STATUS, AND TO DATE, NO AFRIKANERS HAVE BEEN RESETTLED TO LOUISVILLE DIRECTLY. BUT

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SO WHAT THAT MEANT IS THAT ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAD ENTERED ON THAT PROGRAM WHO HAD WORK AUTHORIZATION, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'D COME IN THE WAY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO LAWFULLY THROUGH THIS PROGRAM THAT HAD BEEN CREATED. THEY HAD WORK AUTHORIZATION. THEN BEFORE THE PROGRAM WAS OVER TIME LIMITED OVER, THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO STOP THE PROGRAM. AND SO WHAT HAPPENED AT GE, FOR MOST FOLKS THAT WERE LAID OFF IS THAT THEY HAD THIS STATUS. THEY HAD WORK PERMISSION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. BUT THEN THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED THE RULES BEFORE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. RIGHT? THEY WERE GIVEN TWO YEARS OF PAROLE. THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO STOP EARLY. AND SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS LOST THEIR PERMISSION TO WORK ESSENTIALLY OVERNIGHT. SO SECRETARY NOEM ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS OVER. THERE WERE, OF COURSE, LAWSUITS FILED. THE SUPREME COURT ON MAY 30TH DECIDED THAT THEY COULD GO FORWARD WITH TERMINATING THE PROGRAM WHILE THE CASE IS STILL PENDING. SO WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A DECISION FROM THE LOWER COURTS ON THIS ISSUE. BUT THE SUPREME COURT SAID THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND TERMINATE THE WORK PERMISSION RIGHT NOW. SO NEARLY 500,000 PEOPLE OVERNIGHT LOST THEIR PERMISSION TO WORK. WHAT THIS HAS DONE IS LEFT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SORT OF A GRAY AREA. SOME OF THEM HAVE OTHER PATHWAYS THAT THEY'RE PURSUING. PERHAPS THEY'VE APPLIED FOR ASYLUM PROTECTION, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO DEPORTATION, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES. WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER STATUS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ANOTHER SORT OF URGENT HUMANITARIAN STATUS CALLED TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IF SOMEONE'S ALREADY IN THE UNITED STATES, OUR GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE THEM TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS BECAUSE THERE'S SOME SORT OF ARMED CONFLICT IN THEIR COUNTRY, A HORRIBLE NATURAL DISASTER OR SOME OTHER EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT SAYS IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR FOR US TO MAKE YOU GO HOME RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SOMETHING HORRIBLE THAT'S HAPPENED. IF

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THEY HAD PROTECTION. THEY HAD WORK AUTHORIZATION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. BUT NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS STOPPED THAT PROGRAM. SO PEOPLE THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED, ABLE TO WORK LAWFULLY ARE NOW NO LONGER ABLE TO UNDER THIS PROGRAM. SO YOU'LL SEE AFGHANISTAN WAS TERMINATED IN JULY, CAMEROON IN AUGUST, HONDURAS IN SEPTEMBER. NEPAL AND NICARAGUA HAVE BOTH BEEN TERMINATED, SYRIA HAS BEEN TERMINATED, AND THEN VENEZUELA HAS BEEN TERMINATED. UNLESS YOU'RE PART OF THIS REALLY SMALL GROUP THAT IS IN PENDING LITIGATION, THERE'S A F VENEZUELANS THAT ARE STILL PROTECTED. THE OTHER THING THAT'S COME UP LATELY THAT PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP. SO HISTORICALLY, HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, UNDER THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO OUR CONSTITUTION, ANYONE BORN IN THE UNITED STATES OR ITS TERRITORIES AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF, REGARDLESS OF PARENTAGE, WAS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AT BIRTH AGAIN. JANUARY 20TH, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE HOW THAT WORKS. SO IF YOU ARE NOT HERE LAWFULLY, OR IF YOU ARE ON A NONIMMIGRANT VISA AND YOU HAVE A CHILD, THAT CHILD UNDER THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WOULD NOT BE A US CITIZEN UNLESS YOUR SPOUSE OR THE CHILD'S OTHER PARENT WAS A CITIZEN OR GREEN CARD HOLDER. THIS HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO, AGAIN, LITIGATION. THE US SUPREME COURT DID NOT REACH THE MERITS OF THE CASE, BUT DID SAY THAT NATIONWIDE INJUNCTIONS ARE NOT THE WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. SO THAT CASE IS ACTUALLY STILL IN LITIGATION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS LAWFUL. AND OTHER JUDGES HAVE STOPPED THIS FROM GOING FORWARD BY CREATING CLASSES AND CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AND THEN ISSUING ORDERS THROUGH THE CLASS ACTIONS. SO AT PRESENT, IF YOU'RE BORN HERE, YOU ARE A US CITIZEN. BUT WE ARE, OF COURSE, WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS LITIGATION. NOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT? WE KNOW THAT AT THE END OF LAST MONTH, AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, THE LATEST DETENTION DATA SHOWED US THAT NEARLY 60,000 IMMIGRANTS WERE BEING HELD IN DETENTION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDING TO OUR OWN KENTUCKY POLICY. ORG.

1300 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN JANUARY 20TH AND THE END OF JULY OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A 37.6% INCREASE IN DETENTIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

BRIAN, ARE THEY PART OF THIS? THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. KEEP GOING. OKAY. WE KNOW THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR HERE IN KENTUCKY, WE HAD A DAILY AVERAGE OF 120.5 PEOPLE IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION HERE IN KENTUCKY. BY AUGUST OF THIS YEAR, THAT IS NOW 915 PEOPLE IN ICE CUSTODY HERE IN KENTUCKY. SO WE'VE SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ICE CUSTODY BEING DETAINED HERE IN KENTUCKY. NATIONAL REPORTS FROM CNN HAVE SHOWED THAT LESS THAN 10% OF THOSE DETAINED WERE CHARGED WITH VIOLENT CRIMES, WHEREAS 75% HAD EITHER NO RECORD BEYOND TRAFFIC CITATIONS OR AN IMMIGRATION VIOLATION. AND WE ALSO KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT IMMIGRATIONS AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IS SEEKING ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE HERE IN LOUISVILLE. SO WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE GIVEN ALL THE MONEY THEY'VE RECEIVED FROM THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR EFFORTS HERE IN KENTUCKY AND IN

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WE'RE ALSO SEEING THE INCREASE IN THESE 287 AGREEMENTS ACROSS KENTUCKY. IT'S A FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGREEMENTS THAT THEY CAN MAKE. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, THERE WERE NONE HERE IN KENTUCKY. AND AS OF YESTERDAY, THESE ARE ALL THE COUNTIES THAT HAD THESE AGREEMENTS WITH IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. YOU'LL SEE THERE IS ONE HERE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE HERITAGE CREEK POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ENTERED INTO ONE OF THESE AGREEMENTS WITH ICE. YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT OUR NEIGHBORS, BULLITT AND OLDHAM COUNTY, HAVE ALSO ENTERED INTO THESE AGREEMENTS. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BLURRED LINE AS TO WHO IS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND WHO IS LOCAL POLICE. THE ARTICLE THAT I SENT YOU AS PART OF THE MATERIALS FOR THIS PRESENTATION COMES AGAIN FROM KENTUCKY POLICY, AND IT TALKS ABOUT THESE AGREEMENTS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL WERE AWARE THAT THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING. I THINK THAT'S MY TIME. BUT IF ANYONE HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. RIGHT? YEAH. I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT GE BECAUSE I WORKED THERE AT ONE TIME AND I KNEW THEY HAD A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ON THE LINE, AND THEN WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, LET ALL OF THEM GO, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO REHIRE SOME OF THEM OR WHAT, BUT I KNOW THE LINES WERE SHORT. YEAH. AND THEN THEY HAD PROBLEMS WITH GETTING PEOPLE TO WORK OVERTIME BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WORKS THERE NOW, AND SHE SAID THEY'RE PUTTING IN A LOT OF OVERTIME BECAUSE THEY JUST LOST 150 PEOPLE. WAS THAT ONE POLICY CHANGE, THAT OVERNIGHT SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT SAID THEY COULD TERMINATE THAT ONE PARTICULAR STATUS FOR CUBAN HAITIANS, NICARAGUANS AND VENEZUELANS? RIGHT. YEAH, IT'S A LOT TO LEARN. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T LEARN IT, CAN'T LEARN IT ALL IN ONE HOUR. SO IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT YES, THAT'S OKAY. GIVE AN OVERVIEW, YOU KNOW, BUT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THINK MY DISTRICT HAS THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF IMMIGRANTS IN THERE. THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES IS BRINGING A LOT OF THEM IN.

AND SO SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THEM TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND OF COURSE, SO I NEED TO KNOW AS MUCH AS I CAN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS THAT MANY IN THEIR DISTRICT.

I MEAN, I HAVE CUBANS, I HAVE EVERYTHING IN MY DISTRICT. WELL, I'D BE HAPPY TO BE A RESOURCE FOR YOU IF EVER YOU HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS. MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS HERE AT THE END OF THE SLIDESHOW, SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT. I'VE WHAT I DID. I HAD DIFFERENT LAWS THAT WERE IMPORTANT AND I HAD A MADE UP IN SPANISH, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. AND THEN WHEN WE GAVE THEM TO THEM FOR SOME TYPE, SOMETHING'S WRONG OR WHATEVER, THEN THEY CAN UNDERSTAND OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS AT THE BACKPACK GIVEAWAY AND IT WAS SO MANY DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES THAT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYBODY. BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE ONES

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AND I KNOW WE HAD THEM HERE LAST YEAR. AND IT WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T SPEAK OUR AGE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM AGAIN. THE 28TH, THE FIFTH GRADERS. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING I LOVE IT A NEW GROUP OF THEM. SO OKAY. BUT IF NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU

[Adjournment Note: Agendas are followed at the discretion of the Chair. While an item may be listed, it does not mean all items will be heard and/or acted upon by the Committee.]