Amendment ID: S2564-18

OTH 18

Haitian Migrant Support

Mr. Gomez, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Messrs. Eldridge and Montigny, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Gobi, Messrs. Keenan and Feeney and Ms. Chandler move that the proposed new text be amended in section XX, in line-item XXX, by inserting after the word “XXX” the following words:- "; provided further, that not less than $5,500,000 shall be expended to Immigrant Family Services Institute, Inc. to support Haitian nationals in the Commonwealth, who arrived in the United States after the qualifying Temporary Protected Status date of July 29, 2021 and who have been authorized by the federal immigration authorities to enter the interior of the United States and are residing in the Commonwealth; provided further, that not less than 55 percent shall be spent on direct assistance for the individual, and not more than 25 per cent shall be spent on related administrative services; provided further, that not less than 20 percent of said funds shall be allocated to assist with obtaining a secure immigration status in the United States.”