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The federal government is proposing regulations that would broaden the “Public Charge” test for immigrants seeking legal status. If implemented, these rules would prevent some immigrants from attaining a green …
On Monday, September 24, 2018, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services awarded Tacoma Community House—one of 40 agencies across 19 states—a prestigious grant of $250,000 over a two-year period. USCIS awards …
On June 30th, hundreds of Tacoma residents rallied at Wright Park and People’s Park to express outrage over the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policies. Tacoma Community House stood beside 12 …
There are several things we can do to stand in solidarity with immigrant families being cruelly separated at the US-Mexico border. There are also things we can do locally to …
On December 12, 2017, the Tacoma City Council adopted Resolution No. 39892 which established a Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. The purpose of the Commission is to better engage …
When Arman first came to TCH in February, things were bumpy. Brand new to Tacoma and the U.S. in general, he got lost several times trying to ride the bus …
A message from our Executive Director, Liz Dunbar: Today, the Trump Administration made the heartbreaking and disastrous decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, effective March …
Sixty-one-year-old Trevor Modeste of Tacoma earned his U.S. citizenship on July 31st, 2017 after not one, but two organizations told him it wouldn’t be possible. Modeste spent fifty years as …
On Thursday, April 6, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and Define American founder Jose Antonio Vargas visited our humble City of Destiny. TCH partnered with the University of Puget Sound and Humanities Washington to …
Tacoma Community House is working in partnership with the Washington Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA-WA) and the Washington New Americans program to host a Citizenship Day at …
