

Rebecca Chavez, a native of Vayarit, Mexico, is a student in Ruben Tantillo’s citizenship class offered by Charlotte’s Latin American Coalition.
From coast to coast, the newly documented surge in immigrants was changing communities. Inside some of America’s largest foundations – including Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York — staff members took notice of the new figures. They sensed, correctly, that the topic of immigration was hot, and they wanted to get involved.