07/14/08

TITLE: NJ Governor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy
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Time: 10:18:14

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The State and Local Government Subcommittee of the Governor’s Blue

Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy invites you to participate in a

telephonic hearing on Thursday, July 31, at 10:30 am on issues related

to immigrant integration at the municipal level. The call will be

moderated by Englewood City Mayor, Michael Wildes who is not only a

Member of our Panel but is also Chair of the League of Municipalities'

Immigration Task Force.

Established in August 2007, the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on

Immigrant Policy is charged with developing policy recommendations to

respond to New Jersey’s burgeoning immigrant population, which

comprises 20 percent of the state’s total population.1 An estimated 20 to 24

percent of the state’s foreign born population is undocumented, leading to

new challenges in immigrant policy and integration.2 The panel addresses

these issues through two main goals: first, to advance the political, social,

and economic integration of immigrants in New Jersey. Second, the panel

must ensure that municipalities remain just and legal environments for

immigrant individuals.

The panel is divided into four subcommittees, each charged with specific

tasks. Among other issues, the State and Local Government subcommittee

must address immigrant integration at the municipal level. It therefore

seeks testimony from New Jersey mayors and municipal officials through a

telephonic hearing to be held with the League of Municipalities on July

31. The subcommittee is interested in hearing the experiences of municipal

leaders’ integration initiatives.

Although the full panel has already elicited testimonies from the general

public through three public hearings, the State and Local Government

subcommittee would benefit from input from the League of Municipalities

in crafting its recommendations on general best practices for municipalities.

1 US Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey.

2 Pew Hispanic Center, "Estimates of the Unauthorized Migrant Population for States based on the March 2005 CP" Pew

Research Center, 26 April 2006, http://pewhispanic.org.

The panel hopes to provide a resource guide for municipal leaders

highlighting successful integration initiatives. The guide will be based upon

the panel’s research and will help communities become more cohesive by

utilizing/expanding existing structures.

The guide will address the following:

• municipal IDs

o feasibility, associated costs, pros and cons

• welcome/community/day labor centers

o capacity to use existing structures (e.g. attached to CBO

or visitor center)

• ensuring access to services

o delivering services in culturally and linguistically

competent manner

• affordable housing

o encompassing immigrant community in affordable

housing plans

• local law enforcement and public safety

o garnering trust between law enforcement and the

immigrant community

All municipal leaders with experience in immigrant integration initiatives

are welcome to provide testimony to the subcommittee. Those who cannot

provide telephonic testimony can submit written testimony.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TESTIFYING, YOU MUST RSVP BY

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 TO ARMAND DEKASER AT

ARMAND.DEKASER@GOV.STATE.NJ.US.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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