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Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting Minutes June 2, 2025 Commission on Immigrant Affairs REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Monday, June 2, 2025 The Commission on Immigrant Affairs convened in a regular meeting on Monday, June 2, 2025, at Austin City Hall, W 3rd St, Room 1101 in Austin, Texas. Chair Ortega called the Commission on Immigrant Affairs Regular Meeting to order at 6:44 p.m. Commissioners in Attendance: Melissa Ortega, Chair Adrian De La Rosa Alondra Johnson Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Miriam Dorantes, Vice-Chair Aditi Joshi Jeanne “Canan” Kaba Meghna Roy Yohana Saucedo PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Commission on Immigration Affairs regular meeting on May 5, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of May 5, 2025 were approved on Commissioner Joshi’s motion, Commissioner Lincoln-Goldfinch’s second on a 9-0 vote. Commissioner Edwin was absent. STAFF BRIEFINGS 1 Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting Minutes June 2, 2025 2. 3. 4. Briefing by Rocio Villalobos, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager – Immigrant Affairs, regarding general updates on immigrant affairs. The presentation was made by Rocio Villalobos, Equity and Inclusion Program Manager – Immigrant Affairs. Briefing by Jeremy Garza and Alejandra Mireles, Equity and Inclusion Program Coordinator – Equity Division, Office of Equity and Inclusion, regarding update on Quality-of-Life study of immigrants, refugees and other foreign-born community members. The presentation was made by Jeremy Garza and Alejandra Mireles, Equity and Inclusion Program Coordinator – Equity Division, Office of Equity and Inclusion. Briefing by Dr. Wilson regarding status update for budget of Commission on Immigrant Affairs Study. Withdrawn. PRESENTATION 5. 6. Presentation by Academia Cuauhtli, a community-based education initiative focused on serving Austin’s immigrant and Spanish-speaking communities through culturally and linguistically sustaining programming regarding brief overview of our work and request support for our FY 2025-2026 budget recommendation. The presentation was made by Angela Venezuela, Emilio Zamora, and Dr. Carmen Unda, founders and educators - Academia Cuauhtli. Presentation by Daniela Silva, from Worker’s Defense Action Fund regarding license plate readers pilot program. The presentation was made by Daniela Silva, from Worker’s Defense Action Fund. DISCUSSION ITEMS 7. 8. Welcome new Commissioners to Commission on Immigrant Affairs. Withdrawn Discussion regarding the planned sunsetting of the Equity Division’s Undoing Racism trainings for community members, City staff, and Commissioners. Discussed. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 9. Discussion and action on the proposal made by the Audit and Finance Committee regarding the Commission on Immigrant Affairs bylaws. The motion to postpone action of the discussion of the proposal made by Audit and Finance Committee regarding the Commission on Immigrant Affairs bylaws to the next scheduled regular meeting of the Commission on Immigrant Affairs was 2 Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting Minutes June 2, 2025 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. approved on Commissioner Johnson motion, Commissioner Saucedo’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Edwin, Lincoln-Goldfinch, and Roy were absent. Discussion and action to approve a budget recommendation amending the contract and close the remaining $90,000 gap for the Commission on Immigrant Affairs’ Quality-of- Life Study. The motion to approve a budget recommendation amending the contract and close the remaining $90,000 gap for the Commission on Immigrant Affairs’ Quality-of- Life Study was approved on Commissioner Saucedo’s motion, Commissioner Kaba’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Edwin, Lincoln-Goldfinch, and Roy were absent. Discussion and approval of the budget recommendation for the license plate readers pilot program. The motion to approve the recommendation to oppose the deployment and expansion of the automated license plate readers pilot program was approved on Commissioner Johnson’s motion, Commissioner De La Rosa’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Edwin, Lincoln-Goldfinch, and Roy were absent. Discussion and action on approving updates to the membership of Budget Working Group. (Workgroup Members: Chair Melissa Ortega, Vice Chair Miriam Dorantes, and Commissioner Alondra Johnson). Discussion was held and no action was taken on updating the Budget Working Group membership. Discussion and action on approving updates to the membership of the Quality-of-Life Working Group. (Workgroup Members: Chair Melissa Ortega, Commissioners: Alondra Johnson, Aditi Joshi, Jeanna C Kaba, and Community Stakeholders: Karen Crawford, Cristina Cigarroa, Krystal Gomez, Jennifer Walker Gates, and Edna Yang). The motion to approve the addition of Commissioner Saucedo as a member of the Quality-of-Life Working Group was approved on Commissioner Johnsons’ motion, Commissioner Joshi’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Edwin, Lincoln- Goldfinch, and Roy were absent. Discussion and action on approving updates to the membership of U-Visa and T-Visa Working Group. (Workgroup Members: Chair Melissa Ortega, Vice Chair Miriam Dorantes, Commissioners: Adrian De La Rosa and Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch and Community Stakeholders: Karen Crawford, Cristina Cigarroa, Krystal Gomez, Jennifer Walker Gates, and Edna Yang). The motion to approve the addition of Commissioners Johnson and Saucedo as members of the U-Visa and T-Visa Working Group was approved on Commissioner Johnson’s motion, Vice Chair Dorantes’ second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Edwin, Lincoln-Goldfinch, and Roy were absent. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 15. Update on U-Visa and T-Visa working group. 3 Commission on Immigrant Affairs Meeting Minutes June 2, 2025 Update was given by Chair Ortega on the U-Visa and T-Visa Working Group. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Presentation from Academia Cuauhtli regarding update from discussion with Joint Inclusion Committee. Equity Division’s Undoing Racism Training discussion with Dr. Wilson, Director - Office of Equity and Inclusion. Presentation from APD regarding U-Visa and T-Visa statute of limitations updates. Chair Ortega adjourned the meeting at 8:47 p.m. on Commissioner Joshi’s motion, Commissioner Saucedo’s second on a 7-0 vote. Commissioners Edwin, Lincoln-Goldfinch, and Roy were absent. 4