Training to register expats who live in the Rosarito area will be done at the next Immigration & Deportation Committee meeting on Thursday, March 10 at 9am on Zoom. We are tentatively planning to go to Rosarito on Saturday, April 9. Even if you do not normally attend these meetings, we’d love to have volunteers get trained and be prepared to spend the day in Rosarito. Transportation will be provided after we walk across the border. You must be fully vaccinated and wear a mask all day. The trainers are coming from the Federal Voting Assistance Program. Please let Beryl Flom know if you are not on the committee’s email list as there will be some reading to do before the training.
At the February meeting, we had a presentation by Farhat Popal, the Immigrant Affairs Manager for the City of San Diego, who connects immigrants and agencies, trains city staff, supports career opportunities and advancement, opens access to education, and runs Know Your Rights workshops. Currently, she is the only budgeted employee, but she is working to expand the office and meet all the goals of the strategic plan.