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Background Check Petition
We're collecting signatures to make background checks more inclusive, and we need your voice!
Currently, some background checks unfairly exclude undocumented individuals simply for not having a Social Security Number. This prevents them from accessing opportunities such as:
✨ Volunteering at their children's schools
✨ Finishing nursing, teaching or counseling programs
✨ Obtaining a college internship
✨ Accepting paid work as an independent contractor
That's not security, it's discrimination.
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Are you directly Impacted?
We want to hear from you! We want to meet with community members who have faced background check barriers, so we can understand how to better address them and advocate for a solution.
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WRITEN BY Karina Hernandez
RESEARCH
"Examining Background Check Barriers for Undocumented Students in Nursing Clinical Programs" is a capstone research project from graduate student, Karina Hernandez. Her research includes testimonies from undocumented aspiring nursing students in Colorado, interviews with nursing program directors, healthcare administrators, and community members, as well as a comparative policy analysis across states with more inclusive identification policies, including California and Illinois.