News for Amigos de Casa San José: May 16, 2017

Hola Casa San Jose Amigos, Your help is still needed!

Mayor Peduto’s WELCOMING PITTSBURGH INITIATIVE is coming up.
Please attend the meetings shown below and help our Latino community attend, also.
We need SPANISH-SPEAKING VOLUNTEERS to call a list of five immigrant community members asking them to attend the meetings on MAY 18th and/or May 23rd,
and if they are able to go, arrange to pick them up and escort them to the meeting.
If you can do this, please email office@casasanjose.org or call 412-343-3111.

• MAY 17TH, 6-8 PM CITY OF ASYLUM 40 W. NORTH AVE, PITTSBURGH 15212
  
• MAY 18TH, 6-8 PM CLP BEECHVIEW 1910 BROADWAY AVE, PITTSBURGH 15216
  
• MAY 23RD, 6-8PM THE ALLOY STUDIOS 5530 PENN AVE, PITTSBURGH 15206
  
• MAY 25TH, 6-8PM YWCA GREATER PITTSBURGH 305 WOOD STREET, PITTSBURGH 15222
  ATTORNEYS: Many of you have volunteered to help on our RAPID RESPONSE TEAM, but we still need about ten more. If you can help by being on call one day a month for about a 3-hour period, please contact Monica at monica@casasanjose.org.
  CSJ CELEBRATED CINCO DE MAYO on May 3rd upstairs at St Mark’s Lutheran Church. About 50 families or so enjoyed chicken quesadillas and drinks donated by one of our families, tacos provided by the CSJ staff, and a delicious Tres Leches cake baked by another of our families

A second Cinco de Mayo festival was held on May 6th at Las Palmas in Beechview. Food, music, kid’s activities and information about resources for the immigrant community were part of the celebration, and a basket raffle raised $410 for CSJ.
Thank you, Jeimy, for your effort to make it so successful.

UPDATE ON PICC STATEWIDE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS CONVENING, MAY 7th-8th: Jeimy reported that about 45 people attended from Pittsburgh and that 15 of those were teens. These students were able to express their concerns about the difficulties they have within the public school system and their needs with the state representatives.


MEXICAN CONSULATE COMES TO PITTSBURGH: As they do twice a year, the consulate from Philadelphia was here on April 29th to set up shop in the gym of Central Catholic High School in Oakland. Many people came seeking passports and other documentation from the consulate and CSJ sponsored a legal clinic providing free consultation with lawyers with the help of interpreters The gym was a beehive of activity with people eating tacos donated by Las Palmas while they waited to see an attorney. There were also tables with information regarding medical and other services for immigrants. The consulate brought boxes of toys and had three Pittsburgh Police officers hand them out to the children. Auberle Foster Care was there to explain their agency’s ability to license families who would be willing to take Latino children into their care should the parents be detained or deported. Auberle would like to hear from any family, ideally spanish speaking,with at least a green card, who could offer foster care to those children in need. Please call CSJ for more information about fostering children.

IMMIGRATION AND INTERNATIONALS INITIATIVE provided some interesting information below illustrating recent refugee resettlement in Pittsburgh, ESL enrollment in Allegheny County for the 2015-2016 school year, and a map with known residential immigrant concentrations in our area.

WEST ALLEGHENY

MONTOUR

PENN HILLS
18
GATEWAY WOODLAND HILLS 115
14
EAST ALLEGHENY
8

NORTHGATE
23

CORNELL
7

QUAKER VALLEY
6

13

DEER LAKES
9
FOX CHAPEL
55

STO-ROX
12

26 7

SHALER

PLUM BOROUGH

13 25
CHARTIERS VALLEY
87
SOUTH FAYETTE TWP
18

PITTSBURGH PUBLIC
753

PINE RICHLAND
12
NORTH ALLEGHENY HAMPTON 75 TWP

HIGHLANDS
4

ALLEGHENY VALLEY

RIVERVIEW
3

MOON AREA

NORTH HILLS AVONWORTH 39

2
14 7

WILKINSBURG
2

MONTOUR
25

CARLYNTON
18

MT. LEBANON

STEEL VALLEY
11

UPPER ST. CLAIR 34

MCKEESPORT
11
SOUTH ALLEGHENY
14 11
ELIZABETH FORWARD
0

87

BALDWIN WHITEHALL 252

WEST MIFFLIN
5

BRENTWOOD BOROUGH
41

KEYSTONE OAKS
48

BETHEL PARK
29

WEST JEFFERSON HILLS

SOUTH PARK
8

DUQUESNE CITY
0

CLAIRTON CITY
5

2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR ESL ENROLLMENT IN
ALLEGHENY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS *Green shading indicates enrollment over 50 students.

Data Source: PA Department of Education

Overview of Immigrant Populations in Allegheny County

The following is an overview of select immigrant populations residing in the City of Pittsburgh and contiguous neighborhoods. Linguistic information is provided in parenthesis about each group.  Bhutanese (Nepali): Largest refugee group in Pittsburgh. Many have been attracted to our region from other states. The greatest concentration can be found along the Brownsville Rd/Rte 51 corridor, including Carrick, Mt. Oliver, Brentwood, Baldwin and Whitehall, as well as Greentree.  Burmese (Burmese, Karen and Chin): Ethnically diverse group of refugees from Burma residing mainly in Prospect Park with notable groups in Troy Hill and Bellevue.  Chinese (Mandarin): One of the largest immigrant groups in the region, including individuals from Taiwan and Hong Kong. While they are dispersed throughout the city, a large student population resides in the East End, especially Squirrel Hill and Shadyside.  Congolese (Kituba, Swahili and French): A fast-growing group due to recent refugee arrivals, dispersed throughout the region with notable concentrations in the West End.  Indian (Hindi and Gujarati): Another of the largest immigrant groups in the region, residing largely in the East End and outer suburbs.  Iraqi (Arabic): A generally dispersed group with a large refugee population, though there are known concentrations in Greenfield and Mt Lebanon. Troy Hill North Side Crafton Heights Beechview Bellevue Sharpsburg Oakland Marshall Franklin Park McCandless Latino (Spanish): A large group of diverse individuals from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America. They are widely dispersed, although large populations are known in Beechview, Brookline, Oakland, Highland Park, North Side and many of the surrounding suburbs. Russian (Russian): This population resides largely in the Homestead, Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods. Somali-Bantu (Somali, Maay Maay and Zigula), Somali (Somali), Rwandan (Kinyarwanda and French), and Burundi (Kirundi and French): These groups largely reside in Northview Heights and other North Side neighborhoods, along with smaller immigrant populations from other African countries. Syrian (Arabic): While there are known concentrations in the North Side and Crafton Heights, the Syrian population is largely dispersed throughout the region. Other notable immigrant populations dispersed throughout the region include: Northview Heights Fox Chapel Aspinwall Shadyside Squirrel Hill Greenfield Homestead Mt. Oliver Carrick Brentwood Baldwin Monroeville Greentree Collier Scott Bridgeville Pitcairn Brookline Mt. Lebanon Castle Shannon Whitehall  Afghani (Pashto and Dari)  Filipino (Filipino)  German (German)  Italian (Italian)  Japanese (Japanese)  Korean (Korean)  Pakistani (Urdu) Polish (Polish) Sudanese (Arabic) Turkish (Turkish) Uzbek (Uzbek and Russian) Vietnamese (Vietnamese) Nigerian (Igbo and Yoruba) *This content is based on various data provided by the Allegheny County DHS Immigrants & Internationals Initiative. It should not be viewed as a complete representation of immigrant populations in Pittsburgh. For more information about the I&I Initiative, visit http://www.alleghenycounty.us/dhs/immigrantresources. March 2017

Refugee Arrivals by Country
Total Refugees Resettled
10 Largest Refugee Groups

Russia: 2

(FY2016)

: 651

Ukraine: 1
Syria: 156 Afghanistan: 15

Total Refugees Resettled

(since 2001):

5,035

Dem. Rep. of the Congo: 139
Refugees Resettled in the Past 10 Years

651
483

Colombia:11

Sudan: 10 Ivory Coast: 3

Thailand: 1

Lebanon: 2

Iraq: 73

Nepal: 14 Bhutan: 128
India: 4 Burma: 20

Rwanda:6 Somalia:61 Burundi: 5

Bhutan	2,045
Burma	699
Iraq	508
Somalia	357
Russia	234
Democra c Republic of the Congo	229
Syria	166
Sudan	133
Bosnia & Herzegovina	86
Liberia	76

Total Refugees Resettled: 4,092

497

517

370
266 230
210

434

434

Total popula ons are es mated to be larger due to secondary migra on.

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
* Data source: www.refugeesinpa.org, Refugee Arrivals 2007-2016

And finally, check out this story from CNN: :http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/12/us/colorado-deportation-stays-vizguerra-hernand