A goal of $4 million raised and 5,000 individuals helped statewide has been set for the fund by June 30, 2020.
Back in mid-April, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his state would tap into a $125 million relief fund to support its undocumented immigrant population amid the mass shutdowns and unemployment caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
California was the first state in the country to offer a program specifically for immigrants, who were ineligible for any benefit under the federal government’s CARES Act.
A little more than a month later, and Pennsylvania nonprofits geared towards immigrant rights are imitating California with an immigrant fund of their own.
The PA Immigrant Relief Fund started with a $500,000 gift from the Douty Foundation of Philadelphia and now features more than 40 organizations from across the state pooling donations towards the effort.
By Nigel Thompson, Al Día
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