Immigrant and Worker Rights
  • encouraged the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) to make loans to legally documented immigrants; formerly, only immigrants with permanent resident status qualified for VHDA loans
  • joined the Tenants’ and Workers’ Support Committee, a VOP affiliate, and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights in persuading the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority to publish all notices in Spanish and English
  • put statewide pressure on two corporations to resolve workers compensation cases and pay benefits that had initially been denied

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