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San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission & San Francisco Human Rights Commission
Special Joint Hearing on Asylees and Impacts of the Border Crisis

1. Call to Order and Roll Call

2. Announcements

3. Opening Remarks by Board President Norman Yee

4. Welcoming Remarks by Commission Chairs
(Celine Kennelly, Immigrant Rights Commission and Susan Belinda Christian, Human Rights Commission)

5. Policy Updates
(Information/Discussion/Action)
a. Update on Money Transfers to Yemen (Eric Manke, Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector)
b. Update on Public Charge (Sally Kinoshita, Immigrant Legal Resource Center)

6. Special Testimony on Asylees and Impacts of the Border Crisis
(Information/Discussion/Action)
a. Invited Speakers
1. Asylum and Conditions in Detention (Tom K. Wong, Ph.d, Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Center (USIPC), University of California, San Diego)
2. Tala Hartsough, CARECEN
3. Robert Philips, Border Community Alliance
4. Carol Bisharat, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
5. Angelina Romano and School Site Staff, SFUSD

b. Community Testimony

c. Public Comment

7. Public Comment on any matters within the jurisdiction of the Immigrant Rights Commission and/or Human Rights Commission not appearing on tonight’s agenda

8. Closing Remarks

9. Adjournment