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COMMISSION ON IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2026 The Commission on Immigrant Affairs convened in a regular meeting on Monday, June 1, 2026, at 310 W 2nd Street in Austin, Texas. Chair Dorantes called the meeting to order at 6:44pm. Commissioners in Attendance: Miriam Dorantes, Chair Wilson Ramirez Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Alondra Johnson, Vice-Chair Adrian De La Rosa Azeem Edwin Aditi Joshi Jeanne Kaba Diane Kanawati Melissa Ortega Commissioners Absent: Meghna Roy Yohanna Saucedo Caroline Solis PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Commission on Immigrant Affairs Regular Meeting on May 4, 2026. The minutes of the May 4th, 2026 regular meeting of the Commission on Immigrant Affairs was approved on Commissioner Kaba’s motion, Commissioner Kanawati’s second on an 8-0 vote. Commissioner Ortega was off the dais. Commissioners Roy, Saucedo, and Solis were absent. 1 STAFF BRIEFING 2. Staff briefing regarding an update to the Levers of Economic Mobility Index. Presentation by Gary Aaron, Business Process Consultant Sr., Austin Equity and Inclusion and Shivani Datar, Business Process Specialist, Austin Equity and Inclusion. Briefing was postponed without objection until July Commission on Immigrant Affairs meeting. DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. Presentation from Communities in Schools discussing the programmatic impact. Presentation by Lauren Woods, Chief Student Success Officer, Communities in Schools and Rebecca Gamboa Gomez, Chief Student Success Officer, Communities in Schools. Presentation given by Rebecca Gamboa Gomez, Chief Student Success Officer. 4. Discussion on future priorities and goals of the commission. Discussion held. WORKING GROUP UPDATES 5. Update from the JIC representative regarding May meeting of the JIC. Update given by Commissioner Kanawati. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Austin Energy Management presentation regarding immigrant family disaster management JIC Meeting update regarding May and June meeting Quality of Life Working Group Update Recommendation in support of Communities in Schools Update from Immigrant Affairs Office about the Immigration Manager position and frequency of updates. Presentation from international organizations ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:33 pm on Chair Dorantes’ motion with no objection. 2