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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on _March 21, 1995 by the following vote:
ALYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson, Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SUBJECT: Preliminary Report of the Contra Costa County
Newcomers Task Force
Andres E. Jimenez, Chair, presented the Preliminary
Report dated March 21, 1995, of the Contra Costa County Newcomers
Task Force. Mr. Jimenez advised that the Task Force will present
its final report in May.
Bruce Oberlander, (no address given) , inquired as to
the number of homeless persons who may be a part of the newcomers
population.
Board members EXPRESSED appreciation to the members of
the Task Force and ACCEPTED the Preliminary Report.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Boats nf Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: `� '*�
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
cc: Mary Rosas c/o Health Care �y Deputy
for the Homeless
Newcomers Task Foce
Contra Costa County ,
Preliminary Report..
:. March 21, 1995
Attachments: 1:'CoverLetter
2. Mission"Statement
3. Board Order
-4: Statistical Charts
. . .5. Roster.
6:.Newspaper Articles :. ..
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Dear Supervisor Bishop:
I am, pleased to present you with 'a packet of materials that provide background
information'on the Newcomer's Task Force and the issues to be addressed during our
presentation at your upcoming March 21, 1995 meeting.. As a voluntary citizen's task
force representative of Contra Costa .County's geographical, professional, and
population diversity, "the Newcomer's Task Force was created by the Supervisors'in
late 1993 to help identify ways to,highlight contributions of immigrants to the County,.
dispel negative myths,about this population, and encourage sound policy approaches .
I o encourage strong"and cooperative relationships between-our diverse population.
- We've met- monthly since April 1994 'to discuss and examine ways in which the
County-can 'best benefit from those born in`other countries and now make this area
their home. The product of our year's work-will be a report that will suggest ways in
which, the Board can assist in crafting policy approaches that will lead to the full
integration of our immigrant community,for the. benefit of all residents.: Our March
21'st presentation will preview major themes of the report.
Fortunately, the issue of immigration- is much more important and complex than
suggested by last year's discussion of Proposition 187. The vast, majority of
immigrants are naturalized citizens or- legal permanent residents who are active
participants.in and contributors to the well-being and prosperity across a-number of
Contra Costa County communities. As we will discuss
in our presentation to the Board of, Supervisors, Contra Costa County is-home to an-
immigrant community' unique in its diversity. Among •this group are included
successful 'professionals sand business leaders, as well as refugees from civil wars and
the aftermath of US involvement_in Southeast Asia, with special needs as well as
special talents.
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Newcomer's:Task Torce
h niigrafoh policy, understood as border enforcement,'admission quotas,refugee qualifications,
are primarily matters for .the federal government. . ,Yet; state and local governments have
important roles to play in,assuring the-full integration of the immigrants through'effective
promotion of education; health. services, balanced economic growth, and. naturalization.
Counties and local government,also have the responsibility of.seeking special assistance from
s tate` and federal .authorities when faced with unique demands as a result, of changes in
immigration, policy. ' _ For its final report; 'the Newcomers - Task` Force is preparing
-recommendations to assist you in,considering how .Contra Costa County may. facilitate the full
integration of immigrant community and to assess special needs related to newcomers..
We hope that our presentation and.final report will.begin a partnership among,elected officials,
local government, and citizens to build a climate of understanding and mutual respect• across
communities in Contra Costa County. I look forward.to discussing the work of the Task•Force
with you on March 21st:
Sincerely,
-Andres E. Jimenez
Chair
cc: ' Supervisor..Jim Rogers, District 1
Supervisor Jeff Smith, District
Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier, District 4
Supervisor°Tom Torlakson; District 5
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Claude Van Marter`
Clerk of the Board
Members of the Task Force .
Newcomers Task Force
MISSION STATEMENT
"Educating the Public and Board of Supervisor about immigrants'
contribution within a historical context; address immigration issues
regarding documented and undocumented residents.
To foster discussion through public forums, media bulletins, speakers
bureau and focus groups and recommend ways the county can improve
the coordination and provision of services to immigrants."
Adopted July 13, 1994
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TO. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I.O.-7
FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra
•� ` � ' Costa
November 22, 1993
County
DATE:
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SUBJECT: PROPOSED RESOLUTION OPPOSING ANTI-IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS AND
SUPPORTING THE INCLUSIVE PROCESS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEWCOMERS'
TASK FORCE
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)d BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Expanding on the action taken by the Board of Supervisors
October 5, 1993 regarding a Newcomers' Task Force, agree to
CO-SPONSOR with the Center for New Americans and ESTABLISH a
Newcomers' Task Force in Contra Costa County, consisting of 15
members, two to be nominated by each Member of the Board of
Supervisors and 5 at-large seats to be nominated by the
Internal Operations Committee. Members need not necessarily
live or work in the Board Member's district if the Board
Member feels that a particular individual will well represent
the interests of immigrants in Contra Costa County.
2. PROVIDE for a December 31, 1994 sunset for the Newcomers' Task
Force, and request the 1994 Internal Operations Committee to
make recommendations before December 31, 1994 on the need to
continue, modify, restructure or abolish the Task Force.
3. REQUEST the Social Services Director and Community Services
Director to jointly provide staff support to the Newcomers'
Task Force.
4. REQUEST the County Counsel to provide the Board of Supervisors
with an opinion regarding whether there is any actual,
potential or apparent conflict of interest in having a County
Department which receives financial support from the Federal
Government staff a Newcomers' Task Force which is addressing
issues of immigration policy and which might make
recommendations which, if implemented, could impact programs
operated by that County Department on behalf of the Federal
Government.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENOATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNAruRE(s): o;.'"lE WFtI6IIF ��sFElIF .7EFF SAII'FIi
ACTION OF BOARD ON .D e6..ba 7 1-9-9-2 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER—
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
—_.UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES. NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR.CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
cc County Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Social Services Director
Health Services Director
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5. CHARGE the Newcomers' Task Force with the following:
✓ Identify ways in which the negative image of immigrants
l in Contra Costa County can be improved.
✓ Identify ways in which the positive contributions of
immigrants to Contra Costa County can be identified and
highlighted.
✓ Prepare and forward to the Board of Supervisors an
overall plan for establishing and maintaining positive,
strong and cooperative relationships between immigrants
and the rest of the community in Contra Costa County.
✓ Provide the Board of Supervisors with periodic reports at
such intervals as the Task Force believes is appropriate
regarding their work, with a comprehensive annual report
to be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors not later
than December 1, 1994, for review by. the Internal
Operations Committee and recommendation back to the full
Board of Supervisors on the continued existence of the
Newcomers' Task Force, and for this purpose refer this
matter to the 1994 Internal Operations Committee.
6. URGE each Member of the Board of Supervisors to make his or
her appointments to the Newcomers' Task Force by early
January, 1994 so the Task Force can be convened and get to
work as quickly as possible.
7. DETERMINE whether the Board of Supervisors wishes to take..any
further action on other elements of the Resolution which had
been proposed to the Board of Supervisors on October 5, 1993.
8. REMOVE this item as a referral to the 1993 Internal Operations
Committee,
BACKGROUND:
On October 5, 1993, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Resolution
(See attached Resolution) which stated that the Board of
Supervisors abhors and rejects immigrant bashing, racism, and
scapegoating which are targeted at immigrants and ethnic
minorities. This same Resolution established a Newcomers' Task
Force. Our Committee was asked to recommend -the specific
composition and charge to the Newcomers' Task Force and determine
whether any other portions of the original Resolution which was
presented to the Board of Supervisors should be adopted.
Staff, with the cooperation of the International Institute of the
East Bay and the Center for New Americans, has pulled together a
substantial package of information which is being supplied to each
Member of the Board of Supervisors, but is not to be considered as
an attachment to this Committee report.
We have agreed on the composition of the Newcomers' Task Force and
its proposed charge and staffing. We leave open the question of
whether the Board of Supervisors wishes to take any further action
on elements of the original Resolution which were not adopted on
October 5, 1993 (see attached copy of the original proposed
Resolution) .
THE BOARD OF SLJPEI2V=SORB
OF
t CONTRA COSTA COUNTY � CALXFORN=A
RESOLUTION NO. 93/
IN OPPOSITION TO
ANTI-IMMIGRANT PROPOSALS
WHEREAS, Contra Costa County has always been an ethnically diverse county,
including the contributions of a rich mosaic of immigrant communities; and
WHEREAS, during these difficult economic times immigrants, ethnic minorities and
poor families and children have become scapegoats for the State's financial problems;
and
WHEREAS, the cultural diversity of Contra Costa County and the State of California
have contributed greatly to the strength of our society; and
WHEREAS, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors has sworn to uphold the
United States Constitution, including the 14th amendment to the Constitution
regarding due process and equal protection under the law; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors opposes any legislation which would restrict the
rights of legal immigrants to live in California; and
WHEREAS, effective immigration policies must address the issue of economic
development of countries of origin as well as effective enforcement of labor laws in
the United States;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED, that the Board abhors and rejects immigrant bashing,
racism, and scapegoating which is targeted at immigrants and ethnic minorities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
hereby establishes a Newcomer Task Force to study the need and contributions of
immigrants, the effects of immigration on Contra Costa County, and to recommend
positive policies for the greater health, safety, and welfare of all residents of Contra
Costa County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors calls on the Federal
Government to provide full funding for the cost of having local governments provide
services to immigrants, including the SLIAG Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors is concerned about the
issue of asylum appeals and refers this issue to its newly established Newcomers'
Task Force and also asks the Task Force to address all remaining items which were
included in the draft Resolution presented to the Board on October 5, 1993 which are
not included herein and return to the Board of Supervisors with its findings and
recommendations for further Board action.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this 7th
day of December, 1993,
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County
Administrator
By
Deputy Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 93/
NEWCOMERS TASK FORCE
Maria L. Alegria Mary Kobayashi
3781 Brazil Ct. 4001 Houston Ct.
Pinole, CA 94564 Concord, CA 94521
758-7642 825-0211
758-9292 FAX
Zenaida Madera-Campos
Ramiro Arosemena 310 David Dr.
62 South Lake Drive Alamo, CA 94507
Antioch, CA 94509 831-9257
754-4764
Jack Nakashima
Sheela Bhatt 2640 San Carlos Drive
2130 Ascot Dr. #217 Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Moraga, CA 94556 934-9658
528-9943
451-2846 / 208-5025Wk Gloria Omania
4219 Woodland Ave.
James M. Evans Concord, CA 94520
1220 Via Gabarda 427-8138 Wk
Lafayette, CA 94549 427-8142 FAX
932-0401
Barbara Racek
Dan Garcia 2101 Junction Ave
321 Cameron Circle El Cerrito, CA 94530
San Ramon, CA 94583 215-5199
829-5562 834-5656 Wk
242-3967 Wk 451-6998 FAX
Isabel Garcia
270 Shirley St.
Brentwood, CA 94513
634-3389
634-6144 Wk
Marsha Golangco
33 Lancaster Ct. Staff: Mary Rosas
Alamo, CA 94507 Health Care for the Homeless
933-3998 597 Center Ave., Suite 375
946-1006 Wk Martinez, CA 94553
938-2961 FAX 313-6148 Phone
313-6188 FAX
Andres E. Jimenez
5587 Cerro Norte Drive 1/95
Richmond, CA 94803
223-9257
642-5514 Wk 642-8793 FAX
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CITIES BY REGION
WEST CCC EAST CENTRAL SOUTH
CCC CCC CCC
Bayview Antioch Concord Alamo
Crockett Bethel Martinez Blackhawk
East Richmond Island Pacheco Danville
Heights Brentwood Pleasant Lafayette
El Cerrito Clayton Hill Moraga
El Sobrante Discovery Vine Hill Orinda
Hercules Bay Walnut San Ramon
Kensington Oakley Creek
N. Richmond Pittsburg
Pinole West
Richmond Pittsburg
Rodeo
Rollingwood
San Pablo
Tara Hills
Facts about Bay Area Counties
County Total Population, Percent Foreign Percent Who Speak Percent of Public School Number of Legal
1990 Census Born, 1990 Language Other than Students who are Limited Immigrants and
Census English at Home, English Proficient, 1993 Refugees, 1987-
1990 Census S.D. Education 92,S.D Finance
Alameda 1,279,182 18% 25% 16% 53,516
Contra Costa 803,732 13% 18% 8% 20,791
Marin 230,096 13% 15% 7% 4,840
San Francisco 723,959 349o' 42% 29% 67,808
San Mateo 649,623 25% 32% 18% 30,671
Santa Clara 1,497,577 23% 32% 20% 86,339
Bay Area 5,184,169 22% 29% 17% 263,965
State of CA 29,760,021 22% 31% 22% 1,154,836
A Key to the Regional Categories
South Asia: North and Central America:
India Guatemala
Bangladesh El Salvador
Pakistan Nicaragua
Jamaica
East Asia: Honduras
China Mainland Cuba
Japan Panama
Korea Costa Rica
Taiwan Trinidad & Tobago
Singapore Dominican Republic
Hong Kong Belize
Haiti
Southeast Asia: Barbados
Vietnam Bahamas
Thailand Other North America
Cambodia
Laos South America:
Indonesia Peru
Malaysia Brazil
Columbia
Southwest Asia: Chile
Iran Argentic
Israel Guyana
Jordan Venezuela
Lebanon Bolivia
Turkey Ecuador
Syria Other South America
Iraq Europe:
Afghanistan United Kingdom
Germany
Africa: Greece
Morocco Ireland
Egypt Italy
Ethiopia Netherlands
Nigeria Norway
South Africa Portugal
Kenya Spain
Ghana Sweden
Liberia Switzerland
Sierra Leone Czechoslovakia
Cape Verde Estonia
Oceania: Hugary
Fiji Latvia
Australia Former Yugoslavia
New iealand Former Soviet Union
Tonga Romania
Western Samoa Poland
Other Oceania
Newcomer Information Clearinghouse, International Institute of the East Bay
EMUGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN THE BAY AREA FACT SHEET
What is included in the Bay Area?
• The Bay Area has been defined as the six county region including: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco,
San Mateo & Santa Clara counties.
How Many Immigrants?
•
22% of the Bay Area's 5,184,169 million residents were born outside the U.S. This compares to 22% statewide
and 8% nationwide(1990 Census). In 1910, 14% of the nation's population was foreign.born.
• 49% of the Bay Area's 1,126,340 foreign born residents came to the U.S. during the 1980's (Census).
• 263,965 primary legal immigrants and refugees have come to the Bay Area between 1987 and 1992 (State
Department of Finance).
• 39% of foreign born in the Bay Area are citizens (Census).
• The actual numbers of immigrants and refugees is greater than cited above. Census Bureau officials estimate that
as many as 30% of Laotian refugees (Brownrigg)and 16% of rural Latinos (Hogan)were not counted in the 1990
Census.
Background of Immigrants
• The Philippines,Vietnam, China, Mexico,India, and Iran are the countries from which the largest number of legal
immigrants have come to the Bay Area in the last seven years. (State Department of Finance).
• Of legal immigrants to the Bay Area in 1991 who reported paid work in their country of origin, 43% were
Executives/Managers, 15% Technical/Sales, 13% Operator, 15% Service, 6% Farming, and 8%
Precision/Production(State Department of Finance).
Undocumented
• Between 124,000- 156,000 undocumented immigrants are estimated to reside in the Bay Area(Greg Robinson,US
Census, 1994).
Language
• Almost one third of Bay Area residents speak a language other than English at home. (1990 Census)
• 17% of Bay Area public school students are able to speak English with only "Limited English Proficiency" (LEP).
In comparison, 22% of the state of California's public school students are classified as LEP. (State Department
of Education, 1993)
Taxes and Public Assistance _
• Immigrants use public benefits less than non-immigrants; non-English speakers comprise 25% of the AFDC
recipients, but 29% of the Bay Area population(County Social Services, Census).
• Nationwide, less than 1% of recently documented immigrants had received public benefits while they were
undocumented (Immigration and Naturalization Service).
• Over the course of a lifetime, the average immigrant pays$20,000 more in taxes and Social Security than he or she
uses in public benefits (Business Week, 7/13/92).
Prepared by the Newcomer Information Clearinghouse, International Institute of the East Bay, June, 1994.
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By ROBERT BURNSON to determine what services the new- 3 '
Staff writer comers use and need, and to rec-
ommend ways to help immigrants
MARTINEZ -- As politicians adjust to their new surroundings. i
continue their assaults on illegal im- Committee members hope the o ;
migration, the members of a county data they collect will counteract the
committee will be doing just the op- image of immigrants sapping gov-
posite. ernment resources and stealing jabs
Contra Costa's Newcomers'Task for the American-born. c o ;
Force takes as its mandate the reha- "There is a lot of misinformation
bilitation of the immigrant image. out there," said committee member
,.Our job is to provide some bal- James Evans of Lafayette.
ance to all the anti-immigrant state- The committee also plans to do
ments coming out of Sacramento some outright promoting of immi-
and Washington,"said Regina Pen- grants. One goal is to educate the
na, one of the committee's 15 public about the historic contribu-
members. tions immigrants have made in Con-
The county Board of Supervisors tra Costa. �_
created the committee in December "[historically this country is �'
in response to what is seen as immi- made up of immigrants, and histori-
grant bashing. sally this country has benefited
The committee met for the sec- from them, said committee mem-
ond time Wednesday- Eight mem- ber Sheela Rbatt, a staff member of
bers spent two hours hammering the Newcomer Information Clear-
out a list of goals and subcommittee inghouse of the International Insti-
assignments in a hot conference tote of the East Bay.
room at the George Gordon Center The committee plans to present co
in Martinez. its final recommendations to the su- ,T,
They tentatively decided they per-6sors in April- ,_k-,
need to come up faith good esti- "We have a monumental task," GJ
mates on how many immigrants said Penna, of Pleasant Hill. "But I -_J ;
have moved in to the county and think we are very clear about what
how many more are likely to come, we have to do." -T7
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VITAL STATISTICS
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Kopf-Nelson: Michael Kopf, 28, and Maria Leyda Diaz.27,both of Concord
Nefson,24,both of Walnut Creels Sinlscaleo-Dobbs: Gary Siniscalco, 50, of
n Moraga, and Phyllis Dobbs. 47, of Marli-
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A.84 No.102 Saturday,September 3,1994
AN EVC)LVING- LOOK
Immigrants today
come here for the
same reason
Europeans came
a j
— to find a betters"�'
life and to woi k. ) 't
—Sheela Bhatt, , k.
immigrant report author
h �
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Contra Costa is
no longer what
people perceive as
a white, middle-
class Republican
�I.
county. It isT15111",
R
evolving. I
—Marsha Golangco, aYnMEs Rnoro ILLUSTRATION
businesswoman BROUGHT TOGETHER in this computer-enhanced illustration are,from left,immigrants Masude Karim of Pittsburg,Lillian Luu of
ssMoraga and Manuel Lopez of Concord.Karim came from Iran in 1970,Luu from Cambodia in 1983,Lopez from Mexico in 1982.
Immig�6Y1.i®n Ir reshapes ®unINSIDE
Glossary
t i ssary of
immigration
By KATHLEEN BUCKLEY day.They came mostly from Mexico,China, She is an author of"Contra Costa County: faces terms. 8A
srauw,ra, the Philippines,Vietnam,India and Russia. Profile of Ethnic and Immigrant Population," of Moraga woman
Cubans are the immigrants of the moment, published in July.It's the first comprehensive 0 TODAY recalls terrifying
The numbers are numbing. with thousands taking to makeshift rafts in a report on immigration pattems in Contra Cos- Who the eight-year
One hundred an hour,2,400 a day. risky run to Florida. ta.It shows where immigrants come from,the where odyssey to a
B boat, by land. Immigrants coming to But the biggest effects of the current immi- time it takes to meld into the county's ethnic (Ire,
Y 6 6 gg Y pm l
America. gration are being felt in states like California. fabric and the effect on public schools, ser- �y9 tti'e ensile and of gold. 9A
In the first big wave, they came from Ire- Contra Costa County is on the fringe of the vices and the communities. flim
land, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Germany. Bay Area's immigration centers and cuts a sub. From the top of Mount Diablo,the county's ®d SUNDAY
Close to 9 million in the decade from 1901 to urban immigrant picture. highest peak,the view is a 180-degree change
1910,when Europeans came to America. "Immigrants today come here for the same from a generation ago. pp�� Where nye
Another wave of immigrants hit American reason Europeans came—to find a better life \y' are going
shores last year:Again, 100 an hour, 2,400 a and to work,"said Sheela Bhau_ Please see NEWCOMERS,Page 8A ---�^–----�
A--Contra Costa Times H�T Saturday,September 3,1994 - -
D FACES OF CHANGE
.. The largest portion of today's im- single family.
Newcomers Coming to America Where they're,from migrants live in West County—37 It is rare to find a whole house
percent. There are 30 percent in hold that is undocumented.Yet thi
Number of immigrants entering the United Slates,in mytions:. Almost 24,000legal.immigrants Central County, 19 percent in East tendency is to talk about undocu
and refugees came to Contra County and 19 percent in the San mented immigrants as a definitt
'ROM PAGE to : tY P g
,Costa County from 7986 to 7992-. Ramon Valle population that you can se re ah
1981-90,7.3 million. X P P Y g g
Countnesol origin:
Researchers found 10 Mostly Southeast Asian Unlike patterns in many urban and deport," said Andres Jimine:
.0 ne in eight residents are for- asylum-seskers and :Philippines 20% centers of California where Mexican chairman of the county's Newcome
1901-10,8.8 million
ign-born. refugees fleeing countries immigrants dominate, the foreign- Task Force and an expert on immi
Mostly from European ration patterns.
■Close to half the foreign-born with governments in crisis born in Contra Costa are led by g
countries with failing
esideno arrived since 1980. g South, Central and Southeast
economies. a Other 47/ The 126-page report on Contr.
■Nearly half the immigrants are iz _ Asians,most of whom are refugees. Costa is meant to provide a facfue
itizens now, z The rate is higher than for the account of what numbers are avail
■One in seven immigrants is a state as a-whole,with 39 percent of able, Bhatt said, defending the re
e(ugee. s �:, the foreign-born residents coming
a port against what is developing ma
■The county has 2 percent of C` from that region while the figure is
f•" Mexico a war of competing numbers mean
he state's legal immigrant popula y 3 27 percent for the state
7/o to express the best or the worst o
ion and about I percent of the s c There are slightly less than half
S iM China 7% what immigration does to Cali
fate's estimated illegal population 4 y as many Mexican immigrants in fornia.
'or comparison, the county has #- I India 6%. Contra Costa,as a percentage of the
.bout 2.7 percent of the state's total c Vietnam 5% total number of foreign-born resi- The$20,000 report was produces
ropulation. , - dents,as the state average: 17 per- by the Newcomer Informatioi
Iron 4% g
■About 55 percent of the legal 2 cent compared with 38 percent. Clearinghouse of the Oakland-baser
f ,t --_� i Laos 4% P international institute of the Eas
mmigranis and refugees are fe- ¢g g k. 1 The numbers in the report can
Hale;45 percent are male. t s s $-"'{.: 'Each of the other countnes only guess at the effect of illegal Bay. it used data from the Censu:
■About two-thirds of the immi- d, ; "'x :17 t „ composed less than 4 pe scant of total. aliens.And despite the focus on ille- Bureau, Immigration and Natural
:rants are married. o z r z ,ra-z z z:-y z z y y :.> > :�- z so ice lmrriyrerron end gal Flight across borders,the linins- nation Service and dozens of state
Families follow families and ems, ep qy.-es e� ea ey sb o, ,o2 ,00 ey ss 9s s�9e sy 'N t arzarbn Sorvke local and private reports.
> > z z z z z { > > > i , z - gration and Naturalization Service
:ommunities are formed, a pattern `?O $r'r0 lob�O BO:$ $ 'o �O O `TO--60.�O..BO $'9d. LEE-CORMACKnimes
p' _. .. says as many as 60 percent of file "Contra Costa is no longer whz
hat has roots in Jamestown, the sourco:rm nr9rauon anon mmuzauon source LEE MccoRMACK/nmes lowed. The immigrants won and nation's illegal aliens live in the people perceive as a white,middle
irsf permanent English colonial set- -'local Indians wereexterminated United Slates on expired visas. class Republican county,”said Mai
lemenf in America. 1772 when Don Pedro Fages ex- in the San Ramon Valley.Years of first,"according to Harold E.Davis' One of the problems with trying sha Golangco,businesswoman aro
Contra Costa's own history be- ploied file foothills of Mount Diablo intense struggles between The muni- "A Short History of Contra Costa to distinguish legal from illegal im. member of the Contra Costa Nci,'
,:,o r„r I,,,