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Herman Legal Group Gives Back to Undocumented Essential Workers on the Frontlines of COID-19: $1,000 Essay Contest

Topic: What Do You Think of When You Hear the Word 'IMMIGRANT'?


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May 06, 2020, 08:00 ET

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$1,000 Essay Contest for Undocumented Essential Workers
$1,000 Essay Contest for Undocumented Essential Workers

CLEVELAND, May 6, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In an effort to encourage greater appreciation for undocumented immigrant workers, many of whom are valiantly working on the frontlines of COVID-19 in critical industries such as healthcare and food distribution, the Herman Legal Group is sponsoring a $1,000 Essay Contest.

Applicants must be an undocumented immigrant, which includes DACA recipients ("Dreamers"), and write an essay of at least 300 words, in any language, answering this question:

What do YOU think of when you hear the word 'IMMIGRANT'?

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"What do you think of when you hear the word 'IMMIGRANT'?"

Why the Essay Contest? Why Now? The United States is facing the most challenging healthcare and economic crises in 100 years. The pandemic impacts everyone. Undocumented immigrants are especially vulnerable. U.S. policy on immigration has increasingly become more aggressive and unwelcoming to immigrants. Despite the data to the contrary, many people now believe that immigrants undermine the U.S. economy and do not make the nation stronger.

As immigration attorneys, the Herman Legal Group understands the moral and economic imperative to support undocumented immigrants, particularly those who are working to keep everyone safe and healthy. Undocumented workers are often toiling in high-risk conditions of virus transmission, unprotected by any Personal Protection Equipment, and are getting sick.

Yet, despite their important contributions to the United States, including paying taxes, most undocumented workers (and even some U.S. citizen spouses) are not eligible to receive stimulus checks from the Federal Government, and their families are disproportionately feeling the devastating impact of the shutdown of the economy. Even during this pandemic, the undocumented population continues to be vilified and face the prospect of arrest, detention, deportation, and permanent separation from their U.S. citizen children.

The Herman Legal Group hopes that this contest inspires members of the undocumented community, at this unique moment in history, to share their personal feelings about being an immigrant who contributes to the well-being of the United States, who has deep ties to the United States, who may have U.S. citizen children or other family members, and yet has no legal pathway to normalize their immigration status.***

The Herman Legal Group will publish the winning essay on its website and will keep the winner's identity confidential unless otherwise authorized by the winner. The law firm will also be publishing some of the non-winning essays in order to help give voice to the undocumented, to help stimulate a healthier conversation in the U.S. about immigration, and to encourage elected officials to move on legislation that would provide an earned pathway to permanent residency, and ultimately citizenship, to the undocumented.

For these reasons, we are honored to sponsor the "What Do YOU Think of When You Hear the Word 'IMMIGRANT'?" Essay Contest.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Applicant must be undocumented
  • Must be working, or have recently worked, as an essential worker in the healthcare industry, food supply, or other essential industries

How to Apply:

People who wish to participate should send their essay as an attachment in an email to [email protected] by August 1, 2020.

In the body of the email, applicants should include the following information:

  • Your name, address, and phone number
  • If you are under 18, contact information for your parents
  • The nature of your job and length of employment
  • The best way to contact you

Once the application period has ended, our essay committee will review the essays and choose a winner by September 1, 2020. The winner will receive $1,000.

The winner will be chosen considering the following factors:

  • Originality
  • Responsiveness to the question asked
  • The quality of the writing
  • The substantive content of the response

By applying, all applicants consent to the reproduction and publishing of their essays. Name and other contact information shall always remain confidential. Follow this link for more information on the "What Do YOU Think of When You Hear the Word 'IMMIGRANT'?" Essay Contest.    

#ImmigrantStrong

Footnotes
*In 2018, there were almost 280,000 undocumented workers in the healthcare industry, including 62,600 DACA-eligible individuals. New American Economy.

**3.8 million Immigrants make up more than one in five workers in the U.S. food sector. They are among the essential workers who leave the safety of their homes to handpick fresh vegetables and fruits, processed meat and seafood, stock shelves with groceries, and deliver food to people's doorsteps. New American Economy.

***There are anywhere from 12 to 20 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., many of whom have been here for than a decade, have U.S. citizen children and spouse, and run their own businesses. The LIFE Act, which provided a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, expired on April 30, 2001.

Contact the Herman Legal Group for More Information
Founded in 1995, the Herman Legal Group focuses on immigration law, including family immigration, removal defense, employment-based immigration, investor immigration, asylum, immigration waivers. We are headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and have additional offices in Columbus, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Miami, and Dallas. The firm's immigration lawyers serve clients in over 12 languages and in all 50 states. For over 25 years, the Herman Legal Group has earned the reputation of highly-skilled, compassionate, and innovative immigration lawyers. To contact the firm, call 1-800-808-4013

About the Founder of Herman Legal Group
Richard Herman is a nationally renowned immigration lawyer. As a lawyer, activist, author and speaker, he has dedicated his life to advocating for immigrants and helping change the conversation on immigration. He is the co-author of the acclaimed book, Immigrant, Inc. —Why Immigrant Entrepreneurs Are Driving the New Economy (And How They Will Save the American Worker) (John Wiley & Sons, 2009). Richard is one of the pioneers of the movement by Midwest cities to attract and welcome immigrants who can help grow the economy, create jobs and reverse progressive depopulation. He regularly advises cities and counties on innovative ways to leverage existing immigration law to create jobs and attract foreign direct investment.

Voted for inclusion in the 2015-2020 editions of The Best Lawyers in America© and listed in Super Lawyers© for more than fourteen consecutive years, Richard began his immigration law career by moving to Moscow, Russia in 1993, straight out of law school, to eventually open a law office two blocks from the Kremlin to represent post-Soviet entrepreneurs. As an authority on U.S. immigration law and a provocateur for immigrant-friendly, pro-entrepreneur policies, Richard is often invited to strategize and deliver keynote addresses around the country, as he has often done for Michael Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch's Partnership for a New American Economy, chambers of commerce, universities and cities. Known for his direct and sometimes controversial style, Richard has appeared on FOX News (The O'Reilly Factor), National Public Radio, and has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Inc., PC World, Computerworld, CIO, TechCrunch and InformationWeek. Richard is married to Kimberly Chen, an immigrant from Taiwan who overcame her undocumented status to become an American physician. They live in the Cleveland area with their two children, whom they are raising to be citizens of the world.

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