Virginia General Assembly Session – 2019

VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY The General Assembly convenes on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 and will run until Saturday, February 23rd. VACOLAO’S PRIORITIES.   VACOLAO will be working with our members and partners to push for pro-immigrant bills such as driver privilege card legislation, in-state tuition for DACA students and others, protections against wage theft and other […]

Free Legal Clinic – DACA Renewal (Virginia)

VIRGINIA FREE LEGAL CLINIC FOR DACA RENEWAL   On September 5th, President Trump’s administration announced that they would be winding down the DACA program. As such, DACA holders who hold DACA status with an expiration date on or before March 5th, 2018 must file a renewal before October 5, 2017 if they wish to extend […]

A. VACOLAO AND PARTNERS ORGANIZE EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHTS OF VIRGINIA’S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES

VACOLAO AND PARTNERS ORGANIZE EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHTS OF VIRGINIA’S IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES The upcoming Trump administration announced that that intends to deport three million undocumented immigrants. The new president has also threatened during the campaign to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) that has helped over 700k young immigrants gain an […]

Virginia Immigrant Organizations Continue the Fight for Immigrant Rights

November 9, 2016 Contact: Dong Yoon Kim, [email protected], 703-256-2208 or Edgar Aranda-Yanoc [email protected] Virginia Immigrant Organizations Continue the Fight for Immigrant Rights Annandale, VA – One day after the election results, Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR), Voice of Vietnamese Americans (VVA), Virginia Coalition for Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), Dreamers Moms in Action (DMIA), and the […]