How to Handle Encounters with ICE

Damayan, with the support of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), gave a detailed presentation on ICE encounters, and also on financial access during the Damayan Monthly Members Meeting held last Saturday at The People’s Forum, Manhattan. ICE encounters may be a dreaded, fearsome experience for the community, but Damayan aims to equip the workers with knowledge of the ICE agency’s mandate, as well as their rights regardless of their immigration status.  The community can combat fear with knowledge and awareness. 

For migrant workers on foreign soil, another aspect of their life and livelihood that they must learn to navigate is banking and financial services that, most often, they did not know were available to them. Damayan Special Projects Coordinator Mayra Bermeo detailed free services that they can avail of such as tax preparation, and financial counseling, and information on how to open a bank account. 

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