Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter
Guest: Vicki Handron, Sonoma Immigrant Services
We will talk about:
1) your work with Sonoma Immigration Services,
2) your perspective on the economic contribution of immigration to
Sonoma County (we would make use of other sources of statistics, too),
3) how the ‘immigrant experience’ in Sonoma has changed over the years,
4) immigrant success stories (not by name),
5) why immigrants come to Sonoma,
6) what immigrants want when they move to Sonoma,
7) the range of social and entrepreneurial services available to immigrants in Sonoma,
8) which sectors of the local economy are at greatest risk due to deportation threats,
9) the effect of sanctuary city status on deportation attempts,
10) the influence of immigration advocacy over the years,
11) the role of immigrant economic success on growth in immigration to Sonoma,
12) measures of success for the SIS,
13) what other regions you compare Sonoma’s immigrant experience with,
14) scope of services SIS provides,
15) pro-growth immigration policies you would wish to see implemented,
16) other topics
sonomaimmigrant.org/get-involved
