Tell the DC Council to Support the Immigrant Justice Platform Budget Priorities!

Butterfly in DC flag colors
The DC Immigrant Justice Platform comprises multiple legislative and budget priorities that are essential to the well-being of DC’s many immigrant communities.

Join us in asking the DC Council to fund the platform by:
  • Begin disbursal of the Excluded Workers Funding from the FY23 budget by May
  • Urge the Mayor and City Administrator to allocate contingency funds to the Office of Migrant Services to provide emergency shelter to unhoused migrant families
  • Fund the Street Vendor Advancement Amendment Act in the FY24 and Supplemental Budget
  • Fund the Domestic Workers Employment Rights Amendment Act in the FY24 budget
  • Fund the Local Residents Voting Rights Amendment Act in the FY24 budget

Breakdown of the budget priorities:

  • Excluded Workers
    • By May 30th, begin distribution of the $20 million dollars allocated to the excluded worker cash assistance in the FY23 budget and ensure the funds are disseminated in full
  • Office of Migrant Services
    • Urge the Mayor and City Administrator to allocate contingency funds to the Office of Migrant Services to provide emergency shelter to unhoused migrant families
  • Street Vendor Advancement Amendment Act
    • $175k recurring from the Committee on Health for the Department of Health to create the new Microenterprise Home Kitchen permit and hire inspectors
    • $409k recurring from the Committee on Public Works and Operations for staffing at the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection, $587k recurring to compensate for reducing license fees and fines, and $125k recurring for the Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant Vending Zone management contract
    • $150k one-time from the Committee of the Whole to the Office of Planning for a public asset and vendor support study at the Columbia Heights-Mount Pleasant zone and $225k recurring to the same agency to hire community partners
    • We are still waiting for a Fiscal Impact Statement from the Office of Tax and Revenue for the amnesty program which we need funded in the FY23 Supplemental Budget
  • Domestic Workers Employment Rights Amendment Act
    • $400.5k recurring from the Committee on Facilities and Family Services for public education grants
    • $140.5k recurring from the Judiciary Committee recurring for staffing at the Attorney General’s office
    • $303k from the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor for staffing and other needs at the Department of Employment Services
    • $345k recurring and $32k one-time from the Committee on Public Works and Operations for the staffing and other needs at the Office of Human Rights
  • Local Residents Voting Rights Amendment Act
    • $1.48 million in FY24, and a total of $1.88 million over the financial plan, from the Committee on Executive Administration and Labor to the Board of Elections