{"id":5058674,"date":"2022-12-23T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malatinonews.com\/?p=5058674"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:14:13","slug":"volunteers-help-recently-arrived-migrants-endure-first-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/2022\/12\/23\/volunteers-help-recently-arrived-migrants-endure-first-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Help Recently Arrived Migrants Endure First Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MA Latino News produces and amplifies stories focused on the responses to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/socialdeterminants\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social determinants of health<\/a>. Social and Community Context<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is the connection between characteristics of the contexts within which people live, learn, work, and play, and their<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>health and well-being. This includes topics like cohesion within a community, civic participation, discrimination, conditions in the workplace, and incarceration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the last month, thousands of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/amp\/news\/2022\/12\/21\/democrats-cities-states-influx-migrants-title-42-00075050\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/amp\/news\/2022\/12\/21\/democrats-cities-states-influx-migrants-title-42-00075050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migrants have crossed into the U.S. at the Texas border<\/a> ahead of the expiration of Title 42, a pandemic policy that allows the U.S. to expel migrants in order to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cities and states led by Democrats are expecting an influx of migrants \u2014 and they\u2019re worried they won\u2019t be able to handle the surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have been navigating this all year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2022\/12\/23\/massachusetts-venezuelan-community-family-immigration-help\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/news\/2022\/12\/23\/massachusetts-venezuelan-community-family-immigration-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Denise Rincon, president of the Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts. \u201cPeople are arriving without any resources. So we have had to deal with this the best we can. With our own money, our own resources. We\u2019ve tried to do magic.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Volunteers Help Recently Arrived Migrants Endure First Winter\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvSFWPslWs4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video by Danna Matheus <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/22\/12\/21\/recently-bused-migrants-celebrate-their-first-christmas-in-dc\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wamu.org\/story\/22\/12\/21\/recently-bused-migrants-celebrate-their-first-christmas-in-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volunteers like&nbsp;Arianny&nbsp;Ramirez<\/a>&nbsp;welcome children and family members,&nbsp;many of whom like herself, are Venezuelan, bussed to D.C. from the southern U.S. border since April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven though we\u2019re far away from our country, Venezuela, we feel at home,\u201d said&nbsp;Ramirez. \u201cWith that warmth, that love, the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caracaschronicles.com\/2021\/12\/01\/gaita-the-ultimate-venezuelan-holiday-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">gaitas<\/a>, the pan de jam\u00f3n, the hallacas, and everything together. It\u2019s very beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&nbsp;infuriated Democrats and immigration advocates when he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to fly about 50 mostly Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha\u2019s Vineyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That happened in September. Now, only five out of those 49 remain on Martha\u2019s Vineyard, and others have started new lives in different towns throughout Massachusetts \u2014 some in government housing and shelters and others in private homes. Nearly all of them have moved to other cities across the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The migrant issue hasn\u2019t gone unnoticed in Congress. Special funding in the federal spending bill released this week could take the pressure off of cities like New York, Chicago and Washington, as they try to handle the rise in immigrants and the challenges to provide shelter, food and other basic needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"921\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5058679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image-250x300.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Danna Matheus, originally from Caracas, Venezuela, is a first-generation immigrant; currently residing in the Washington DC area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is a Communications graduate from Frederick Community College and a Journalism student at the University of Maryland. Danna has experience as a news reporter for \u201cThe Commuter,\u201d a student-run newspaper, and as a producer for \u201cDiscovering your Future,\u201d a podcast that helps students to find their passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5058680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image-1-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/12\/image-1-768x614.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Publisher\u2019s Notes:<\/em> Danna is an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hortencia-zavala-scholarship\/?viewAsMember=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hortencia&nbsp;Zavala Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;(HZF)&nbsp;fellow in the 2022 class,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/meet-the-fellows\/\">Journalism Camp: covering race, ethnicity, and culture<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hortencia Zavala Foundation (HZF) was founded in 2016 in honor of Hugo Balta\u2019s maternal grandmother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">HZF is a not-for-profit organization that helps students offset the costs of higher education with scholarships. In 2021, the organization expanded its support of students to include the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/maln\/journalism-camp-meet-the-fellows\/\">Journalism Camp<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please consider making a donation to HZF:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?token=2fR2YChynMwVdn37FDbELj1jdRe31OEnE9_tmRLvirmBWynyD2pcfcmMn9RqwExQZ0QZfZN5JijiND43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support Journalism<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MA Latino News produces and amplifies stories focused on the responses to the\u00a0social determinants of health. 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