Hope for a clean bill is what motivated 21-year-old Min Jung Park, a student at UC Irvine, to fly to Washington to join one of her first immigration protests this summer. Park, a DACA recipient who lives in Walters’ district, said she is more worried about what the deal-making could mean for her 15-year-old sister, who is no longer eligible for DACA because of Trump’s decision.
Immigrant Rights
10-12-2017
10-11-2017
IRVINE - Today, U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, a member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, rallied in support of the DREAM Act at the University of California, Irvine. At the rally with students, clergy and business leaders, Harris discussed her efforts to protect Dreamers, highlighted the Administration’s unwillingness to extend the DACA renewal deadline, and encouraged Congress to pass the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act, a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Harris, would ensure a path to citizenship for children brought to the United States by their parents.
10-05-2017
KRC is providing CA Dream Act Workshops at two different locations this month! The workshop will provide information on how to apply to college as an undocumented student, including CA Dream Act, AB 540, and other opportunities. Although the deadline to apply for CA Dream Act is next year, March 2nd, students are already able to apply online and many schools are providing financial aid on a first come, first serve basis.
09-07-2017
From September 7th until October 1st, we will hold FREE DACA Renewal Workshops at our Kingsley office (540 S. Kingsley Dr., Los Angeles) every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. No appointment necessary, walk-ins are welcome.
09-01-2017
There are some reports that President Trump may end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program soon. At this time, we do not know when or if the DACA program will be terminated or what the end of the program may look like. While the DACA program remains in effect at this time, click here for things to keep in mind should the program end.
08-01-2017
This past Saturday, KRC hosted a free naturalization workshop in Buena Park alongside Korean Community Services, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles (OC), Korean American Center of OC - KAC, and the OC Korean American Bar Association! We assisted over 150 individuals and our hearts are so full from being a part the largest API citizenship event in the history of the OC.
07-17-2017
We invite you to join us at our Community Block Party on Saturday, July 22nd from 11am - 4pm at the Source OC in Buena Park! The focus of this block party will be to discuss the Orange County Sheriff Department plans to expand detention centers and ICE officers in the OC area. RSVP here: bit.ly/krcblockparty
07-06-2017
We are ecstatic to announce that after months of hard work and organizing, the Fullerton Joint Union High School District passed Resolution #54 on June 20th. This is a resolution that would ensure that all students, regardless of immigration status, would have a safe and supportive learning environment. View photos of our KRC Park Celebration on July 1st here.
06-01-2017
A Korean American group in Los Angeles and volunteer developers have created a multilingual smartphone app for immigrants who are worried about deportation and are stopped by authorities. The app called "Know your Rights" provides immigrants with a list of their basic legal rights in five languages: Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Immigrants can refer to the list to assert their rights when detained by immigration agents or stopped by police.