Priscilla Lugo discusses the different statuses and pathways to citizenship here in the U.S. as well as what protections are provided to immigrants, no matter their status.

Priscilla Lugo is the Director of Communications & Advocacy at the Texas Immigration Law Council. Priscilla is from the border in South Texas and works at the intersection of creating accessible information and policy, and is dedicated to fighting for her community and building systems to protect the rights of immigrants.

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Watch the third installment of our new summer learning series: Hot Topics Cool Speakers.

Eddie Franz is the Executive Director of Jail to Jobs, an Austin nonprofit committed to empowering justice-involved youth in Central Texas to find purpose and thrive after incarceration. Jail to Jobs’ paid job training program focuses on character development, workforce readiness, and emotional and spiritual growth. Eddie’s own profound transformation during a seven-year sentence in federal prison inspired his life’s work to help others facing similar challenges. His leadership at Jail to Jobs earned him the CVI Front-liner of the Year Award from Cities United in 2021.

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Our second speaker will be Maram Museitif, public health scholar and researcher. We will discuss how immigration policies, both state and federal, affect public health in Texas.

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In the first installment of our new summer learning series, Luis Figueroa from EveryTexan details the current state of immigration, and everything we need to know about all three SB 4’s from the past ten years. In this recording you will be able to watch Luis’ presentation and the Q&A that followed.

Register for our next Hot Topics, Cool Speakers webinar at https://texasimpact.org/events/

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