The Ford Foundation also had hopes of addressing anti-immigrant sentiment that was evolving within the context of immigration debate in the United States of America.
Present day, CHIRLA works with different organization around the nation in hopes of influencing future federal legislation.
The steering committee served the purpose of different organizations and coalitions collectively working towards issues surrounding the immigrant community.
Three years later, CHIRLA had brought together about eighty members of the coalition in order to represent and address different issues within the immigrant community.
CHIRLA also established the only Spanish-Language hotline in Southern California, allowing undocumented immigrants to voice their concerns about this proposition and attain information on what to do.
[6] As a response, CHIRLA began to take initiative to inform and make undocumented immigrants aware of the program and its consequences through factsheets and other resources.
[8] During the Bush and Obama Era, The Secure Communities Program was introduced and heavily used, with immigrants being detailed for minor infractions such as routine traffic stops.
[1] Community organizational campaigns include efforts to organize domestic workers, day laborers, and undocumented students.
The Coalition then introduced Assembly Bill 2536, which upheld domestic workers being compensated for overtime and fined employers who failed to comply with this provision.
The members of this group mobilized to find the Thai workers food, clothing, jobs, housing, and medical care.
The coalition also contributed to the campaign for undocumented students and their accessibility to in-state tuition while attending California's public higher education institutions.
[13] Education is carried out through seminars, office visits, telephone calls, trainings, information fairs, townhall meetings, and media outreach.
[14] Political advocacy centers around pressuring lawmakers to pass laws "that promote and protect the human and civil rights of immigrants.