SIREN has a vision of a new America where immigrants are valued, integrated, and seen as essential to our society, and where the human rights of all persons are protected and honored. SIREN’s core value is immigrant empowerment. We focus on immigrants themselves being the primary agents of change. By strengthening and deepening the participation level and leadership of immigrants, we work toward long-term systemic changes that promote social justice and equality, freedom from oppression, and an end to poverty. Through these long-term systemic changes, immigrants will have the opportunity for individual/social responsibility, self-determination and political participation. By accomplishing this, we will have a society that is compassionate, inclusive and united.
Welcome to our Elections Edition of our SIREN newsletter. In just 22 days, we will decide who will be our next president, as well as determine California’s future for families, education, and other critical state services. Everything on the ballot is important, from the president down to the local school board races and local measures.
Read MoreLearn more about the ballot initiatives and what they mean for immigrant communities. Being an empowered voter means being an informed voter!
Lea las guías de votantes para que se informe de las iniciativas y lo que significa para la comunidad inmigrante. ¡Al ser un votante habilitado significa ser un votante informado!
Tìm hiểu thêm về các dự luật mới và hiểu dự luật đó ảnh hưởng như thế nào đến những cộng đồng dân di cư. Là một cử tri có trách nhiệm, có nghĩa là một cử tri hiểu biết!
Read MoreSIREN Youth Leaders were in Washington, D.C. to attend oral arguments for the US v. Texas SCOTUS case on DAPA and DACA+.
Read MoreFollowing news reports of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) plans to launch a 30-day series of raids in May and June targeted at Central American children and mothers, Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network (SIREN) condemned any operation that considers refugee children and families, and asylum applicants as immigration enforcement priorities. SIREN’s Executive Director Maricela Gutiérrez issued the following statement in response.
Read MoreIn honor of Women's History month SIREN is excited to honor a fierce immigrant rights advocate whose continuous activism have made it possible for California to make major strides in the immigrant rights movement and set an example for what is possible across the nation. After over a decade of working alongside immigrant community leaders, advocates, and partners, Reshma Shamasunder stepped down from her position as Executive Director of the California Immigrant Policy Center at the end of 2015.
Read MoreSIREN has signed onto an amicus brief filed on March 8 by a diverse coalition of 326 immigrant, civil rights, and social service groups in United States v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court case that will review the President’s administrative relief programs for those who would qualify for Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
Read MoreServices, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN), the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice have joined dozens of groups across the country holding solidarity actions and delivering signatures to local immigration offices throughout the month of February, calling on president Obama to end deportation raids against refugee families from Central America and provide them with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Read MoreSIREN’s mission is to empower low-income immigrants and refugees in Santa Clara County through community education and organizing, leadership development, policy advocacy and naturalization services. We believe that all people regardless of legal status or nationality are entitled to essential services, human dignity, basic rights and protections, and access to full participation in society.
Help us fight for immigrant and refugee rights. Please make a donation or become a monthly donor. Your support will help us provide legal services, advocate for more just and humane laws, and train our future community leaders!
Ayúdanos a luchar por los derechos de los inmigrantes y los refugiados. Por favor, haga una donación o conviértase en un donante mensual. ¡Su apoyo nos ayudará a proporcionar servicios legales, abogar por leyes más justas y humanas, y capacitar a nuestros futuros líderes comunitarios! ¡Muchisimas Gracias!
For faster access and client conviance, we offer clinics via the phone. Free telephonic legal consultations are available by appointment only. Call us at (408) 453-3003 to set up a consultation for potential affirmative relief. If you are in removal proceedings, call (559) 840-0005 to set up an appointment.
To sign up for an upcoming DACA clinic, email daca@sirenimmigrantrights.org. To sign up for an upcoming naturalization clinic, email natz@sirenimmigrantrights.org.
Para mejor acceso y facilidad para el cliente, hacemos las consultas via telefono.. Las consultas legales telefónicas gratuitas solo están disponibles con cita previa. Llámenos al (408) 453-3003 para establecer una consulta para un posible alivio afirmativo. Si está en un proceso de deportación, llame al (559) 840-0005 para concertar una cita.
Para inscribirse en una próxima clínica DACA, envíe un correo electrónico a daca@sirenimmigrantrights.org. Para inscribirse en una próxima clínica de naturalización, envíe un correo electrónico a natz@sirenimmigrantrights.org.
