Elegibilidad para la ayuda por desastres de la FEMA para inmigrantes

Kyle Huffman • December 14, 2023

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     Recientemente, una serie de desastres naturales que se han extendido por todo Estados Unidos han dominado los titulares de las noticias. Desde los incendios forestales en Maui hasta los huracanes que azotan la costa este y oeste de los Estados Unidos continentales con solo unas semanas de diferencia. En conjunto, estos desastres naturales han costado, y se espera que le cuesten, a Estados Unidos decenas de miles de millones de dólares en daños.

     Con la cobertura noticiosa de estos horribles eventos, muchas personas en los Estados Unidos que son indocumentadas o que viven con estatus temporal tienen preguntas sobre su elegibilidad para recibir asistencia por desastre si les sucede un desastre natural. Afortunadamente, la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) ofrece orientación clara sobre esta elegibilidad para recibir ayuda de FEMA en respuesta a un desastre natural o emergencia similar.

    La FEMA ofrece asistencia, que puede tomar formas que incluyen asistencia financiera directa para asistencia de alquiler, reparación de viviendas, pérdida de propiedad o pérdidas médicas, para no ciudadanos calificados. En este contexto, un no ciudadano calificado incluye cualquiera de los siguientes:
  • Residentes Legales Permanentes (titulares de “Green Card”)
  • A los no ciudadanos se les concede asilo
  • Refugiados
  • No ciudadanos cuyo estatus de deportación está retenido durante al menos un año
  • No ciudadanos con permiso de ingreso a los EE. UU. durante al menos un año con fines humanitarios urgentes o beneficio público significativo.
  • Participantes cubanos / haitianos
  • Ciertos no ciudadanos maltratados o sus cónyuges o hijos
  • Ciertas víctimas de una forma grave de trata de personas, incluidas personas con visa “T” o “U”
    Además, un hogar puede solicitar ciertas formas de asistencia en nombre de un menor calificado, siempre que el padre o tutor del menor calificado viva en el mismo hogar y presente la solicitud como co-solicitante.

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