immigration-connect

Overview

We collect, analyze, and model data related to immigration-related issues. We are also building tools (visualizations, email parsers, matching algorithms to connect to connect pro bono lawyers with immigrants in need) to support the work of organizations working on immigration law and related issues.

Contacts

Github Project Leads

• Sharon Wragg @sharon-anne
• Obinna Nnenanya @kingobi
• Julie T. Do @dotj (on hiatus until ~June 2019)

Communications Lead

• Xiao Wang (Stella) @Stella

Partnerships Leads

• Lisa Moller @Lisa
• Prratek Ramchandani @prratek

Slack channel: #immigration-connect

Projects

Most of our projects have been a result of our partnership with the National Immigration Law Center (NILC). Project leads have a weekly(ish) meeting with the NILC and will update projects on their behalf.

Check our help wanted issues for more information on active projects and tasks.

We are also very open to connecting with other organizations as well! If you feel we could support your work, contact our Partnerships Leads listed above.

Completed

• ICE-dashboard
• NILC Interactive Visualization
• Travel-ban

Getting started:

• "First-timers" are welcome! Whether you're trying to learn data science, hone your coding skills, or get started collaborating over the web, we're happy to help. (Sidenote: with respect to Git and GitHub specifically, our github-playground repo and the #github-help Slack channel are good places to start.)
• Check the contribution guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md for an overview of how to prepare a pull request (PR) to contribute.
• We believe good code is reviewed code. All commits to this repository are approved by project maintainers and/or leads (listed above). The goal here is not to criticize or judge your abilities! Rather, sharing insights and achievements. Code reviews help us continually refine the project's scope and direction, as well as encourage the discussion we need for it to thrive.
• This README belongs to everyone. If we've missed some crucial information or left anything unclear, edit this document and submit a pull request. We welcome the feedback! Up-to-date documentation is critical to what we do, and changes like this are a great way to make your first contribution to the project.
• Get involved! Browse our help wanted issues. All of our current discussions, proposals, and active projects are kept there and it will be the fastest way to determine how you can jump in and start helping. See if there is anything that interests you, start commenting here or in the Slack channel, and you can start contributing right away!

Skills

• Python
• R
• Visualization
• Web development
• Recommender/matchmaking systems
• Data analysis
• Whatever else you bring to the table!