El Tímpano

El Tímpano serves to inform, empower, and elevate the voices of the Latino immigrant community in Oakland. It showcases the stories, inquiries, and issues that community members have regarding both local and national matters.

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Proposed remittance tax would disrupt money flows from the Bay Area to Latin America

1 week ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Not yet subscribed? Click here to sign up for our weekly emails. El Tímpano’s work is only possible with the support of YOU—our community. Become a monthly donor today, and you will not only get us closer to unlocking a challenge grant, but you’ll ensure that we can continue to produce the journalism you value. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter.
¿Cómo puedo solicitar un permiso de trabajo?

1 week ago | eltimpano.org | Vanessa Flores

Los permisos de trabajo, normalmente conocidos como Documentos de Autorización de Empleo (EAD, por sus siglas en inglés), son documentos legales emitidos por el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés) que permiten a las personas a trabajar en los Estados Unidos.
Immigration court arrests and protests roil the Bay

2 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

El Tímpano’s work is only possible with the support of YOU—our community. Become a monthly donor today, and you will not only get us closer to unlocking a challenge grant, but you’ll ensure that we can continue to produce the journalism you value. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter.
Proposed State Budget Puts Immigrant Health Coverage at Risk

3 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

El Tímpano’s work is only possible with the support of YOU—our community. Become a monthly donor today, and you will not only get us closer to unlocking a challenge grant, but you’ll ensure that we can continue to produce the journalism you value. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter.
The child tax credit and a fight over which kids deserve support

4 weeks ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter. Last week, House Republicans narrowly passed a massive tax and spending bill that, if approved by the Senate, would allow the Trump administration to enact key parts of its policy agenda.
Undocumented college students in limbo

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter. In today’s edition, I’ll be unpacking a new threat to in-state tuition, as well as the increasingly uncertain future of Dreamers in California.
As immigration fears rise, labor abuses likely to follow

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter. Last week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released findings from a series of focus groups conducted with Spanish-speaking immigrants who are either undocumented themselves or have undocumented family members. For readers of this newsletter, the results may not be surprising.
The quiet power of soccer for immigrant youth

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

Were you forwarded this email? Click here to subscribe. Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor and economics reporter. When we launched this newsletter back in February, we promised to provide a lens into how the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant stance is trickling down to the Bay Area, affecting the lives of the many Latino and Mayan immigrants who call this place home.
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1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Ximena Loeza |Erica Hellerstein |Jasmine Aguilera

Posted inImmigrant Rights In the winter of 2019, Adelaida, an immigrant from Todos Santos, a rural region in the northern highlands of Guatemala, arrived in the Bay Area. The timing was not ideal.
As safe spaces shrink, immigrant youth find solace in “the beautiful game”

1 month ago | eltimpano.org | Erica Hellerstein

In the winter of 2019, Adelaida, an immigrant from Todos Santos, a rural region in the northern highlands of Guatemala, arrived in the Bay Area. The timing was not ideal. The then twelve-year-old resettled in California just a few months before the pandemic shut down the kinds of communal spaces that could help a teenager adjust to a new life on the other side of the world. Cooped up at home, Adelaida stumbled through her online classes. She struggled to make new friends.