Episode 253
SF's Undocufund has disbursed more than $3 million in pandemic aid
Undocumented workers have suffered severe income losses and are shut out of many types of government support. A mutual aid effort called Undocufund has raised and distributed more than $3 million. But thousands of applicants are still on a waitlist. Alejo, a co-director with Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, one of the organizations that run Undocufund, recounts the story of how the collaboration began and what impact the grants can have.
Civic · Liana Wilcox, Mel Baker, Laura Wenus
February 6, 202129m 30s
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Show Notes
Undocumented workers have suffered severe income losses and are shut out of many types of government support. A mutual aid effort called Undocufund has raised and distributed more than $3 million. But thousands of applicants are still on a waitlist. Alejo, a co-director with Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, one of the organizations that run Undocufund, recounts the story of how the collaboration began and what impact the grants can have.
Topics
undocumentedstimuluseconomycoronavirusshelter-in-placepandemicworkerslockdownimmigrantsimmigration