Peb tam sim no muaj cov neeg sau xov xwm nyob hauv Madison, Milwaukee, thiab Oshkosh, thiab muaj lwm cov tswv cuab ntawm peb pawg neeg tswj xyuas thiab kev lag luam muaj zog nyob thoob plaws lub xeev.
Peb yog ib lub koom haum 501(c)(3) charitable organization ua los ntawm a cov neeg ua haujlwm tshaj lij nyob rau hauv kev taw qhia los ntawm ib lub teb chaws sau tseg pawg thawj coj saib xyuas. Peb lub npe raug cai yog Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism (WCIJ Inc.).
Wisconsin Watch intern Francisco Velazquez tau pab tsim ib daim ntawv teev cov pov thawj uas muaj kev ntseeg siab uas loj hlob mus txog 170 lub npe. Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Saib
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Dane County, Wisconsin, tau ua xaiv raws li ib qho ntawm 13 qhov chaw thoob plaws lub tebchaws los sim tus qauv tshiab: kev tiv thaiv pej xeem-tus qauv tsim los muab ib tus kws lij choj rau txhua tus neeg raug kaw, neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw.
Qhov kev zov me nyuam tau txais nyiaj los ntawm Vera Institute of Justice, lub koom haum pab nyiaj txiag uas lub hom phiaj los txhim kho kev ncaj ncees. Qhov kev pab cuam tsav, hu ua SAFE Cities Network, yog raws li qhov project zoo sib xws hauv New York, thawj tus qauv zoo li no hauv lub tebchaws. Qhov kev zov me nyuam tsom mus rau "kom paub tseeb tias tsis muaj neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw yuav raug kaw thiab cais nws tsev neeg mus tas li vim tsis muaj peev xwm them tus kws lij choj," lub koom haum Vera tau hais.
Cais, ib tug puv tes ntawm tsoom fwv hauv zos, suav nrog Fairfax County, Virginia, thiab Portland, Oregon, kuj tau tsim lawv tus kheej cov kev pab cuam sawv cev thoob ntiaj teb. Hauv tebchaws, kwv yees li ib nrab ntawm txhua tus neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw ntsib kev xa tawm tsis muaj kws lij choj.
Cov nyiaj no tau them rau cov nyiaj hli ntawm Aissa Olivarez thiab Erin Barbato, kws lij choj uas sawv cev rau cov neeg siv khoom dawb. Raws li Barbato, tus thawj coj ntawm Immigrant Justice Clinic ntawm University of Wisconsin Law School, cov kws lij choj ntiag tug hauv Dane County them qhov twg los ntawm $ 500 - yog tias lawv tau txais ib rooj plaub ntawm "tsawg-bono" tus nqi txo - rau $ 5,000 rau kev sawv cev ntawm daim ntawv cog lus. ib leeg. Qhov ntawd tsis suav nrog kev sawv cev los tawm tsam kev xa tawm nws tus kheej.
Barbato tau hais tias "Txhua tus neeg hauv peb lub zej zog tsim nyog tsawg kawg yog tus sawv cev raug cai," Barbato tau hais. "Peb yuav tsis muaj peev xwm cawm tau txhua tus ntawm kev xa tawm, tab sis tsawg kawg peb yuav muaj peev xwm tso cai rau lawv raws li txoj cai thiab nkag mus rau kev ncaj ncees."
Dave Gorak ntawm LaValle, Wis., yog tus thawj coj ntawm Midwest Coalition kom Txo Kev Nkag Tebchaws. Gorak hais tias nws tawm tsam kev siv cov nyiaj them se los sawv cev rau cov neeg tuaj txawv teb chaws hauv kev txiav txim xa tawm. Nws tau pom ntawm no hauv daim duab 2012. Baraboo News Republic
Dave Gorak, tus thawj coj ntawm Midwest Coalition txhawm rau txo kev nkag tebchaws, tau hais tias nws txhawb txoj cai ntawm cov neeg hauv kev nkag tebchaws kom tau txais kev sawv cev raug cai - tsuav yog cov neeg them se tsis ua raws li daim nqi.
Gorak tau hais tias "Txawm tias cov neeg Amelikas, peb cov pej xeem, qee zaum tsis tuaj yeem them tus nqi raug cai siab heev, thiab yog li ntawd peb muaj cov neeg tiv thaiv pej xeem," Gorak hais. "Kuv tsis xav pom cov nyiaj se Asmeskas tau siv yam tsis tsim nyog los tiv thaiv cov neeg tuaj txawv teb chaws tsis raug cai ... Peb txhua tus yuav tsum tau them rau qhov tsis kam lees ntawm peb tsoomfwv los tswj hwm nws tus kheej txoj cai."
Nws hais ntxiv, "Ntau lub koom haum tau tawm ntawm lawv txoj kev mus rau qhov tseeb muab kev ntseeg siab rau cov neeg no uas ... tsis muaj kev hwm rau peb txoj cai lossis peb lub tebchaws."
Cov nyiaj los ntawm Vera Institute yuav tag rau lub Kaum Hli, tab sis Madison thiab Dane County tau pom zoo rau lwm xyoo ntawm cov nyiaj.
Madison City Council tus thawj tswj hwm Shiva Bidar tau hais tias pawg sab laj qhov kev txiav txim siab los faib $ 100,000 rau kev pab cuam rau cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw nyob rau xyoo 2019 yog ib qho kev pom zoo thiab pom zoo los ntawm tus kav nroog Paul Soglin uas tau tawm mus, uas tau hais tawm tsam tawm tsam kev siv zog tshem tawm cov neeg tsiv teb raug cai.
Lub caij no, Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab Wisconsin Txoj Cai Lij Choj tau pib them nyiaj rau Barbato txoj haujlwm tiv thaiv kev xa tawm mus. Thiab Community Immigration Law Center (CILC), qhov twg Olivarez ua haujlwm, tab tom nrhiav kom nthuav dav nws cov kev pabcuam.
"Peb xav tias thaum peb tau txais plaub mus rau tsib (tus kws lij choj) ua qhov no, peb yuav muaj peev xwm ua qhov sib txawv," CILC pawg thawj coj saib xyuas Grant Sovern tau hais.
Sovern tau xav txog yuav ua li cas yog tias txhua tus neeg nyob hauv Dane County muaj ib tus kws lij choj thaum lawv mus ua ntej tus kws txiav txim plaub ntug.
Natalie Yahr tau koom nrog Center thaum Lub Yim Hli 2018 ua ib tus menyuam kawm ntawv hauv University of Wisconsin-Madison's Professional Masters in Journalism program. Ua ntej koom nrog Lub Chaw, nws tau ua tus tsim Xov Xwm Digital rau Kev Mloog Xov Xwm New Orleans. Nws cov dab neeg tau tshwm sim hauv New Orleans Public Radio thiab Scalawag, thiab nws yog ib qho ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom qub rau Coj Koj Tus Kheej nyob zaj dab neeg.
