Alliance San Diego has been partnering with organizations across the state of California with the hope of one day fixing commercial property taxes. Our goal has been to close the loopholes that allow a small group of wealthy property owners to avoid paying their fair share in taxes. These loopholes have starved our communities of the resources necessary to sustain the safety net programs we need to protect the most vulnerable in our community. We are excited and proud to be a part of the work that led up to the  "Schools & Communities First" ballot proposal. Learn more about the proposal here. 

Today, March 5th, is President Trump’s artificial deadline to end protections for the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. Last September he announced the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that provided temporary protection for Dreamers, and he gave Congress until today to enact a more permanent solution.  

Earlier this week, the Republican-led Senate failed to act on urgently needed legislation to protect young immigrants from deportation and fix the crisis President Trump created when he ended DACA. Driven by Trump’s coercive demands, senators tried to ransom Dreamers’ safety for a $25 billion slush fund to build a wall and further militarize our border communities.

At Alliance San Diego, a big part of our work focuses on immigrant integration.  We assist local immigrant communities through our numerous workshops on naturalization, DACA assistance, Know Your Rights events and more. These workshops would not be possible without the volunteers who are at every event. We spoke to one of our volunteers at a recent naturalization workshop, and she had a story that we needed to share. Below is her interview on why she wants to not only help others become a citizen, but why she wants to become a citizen herself.