Tulsa’s Hispanic Affairs Commission has an immigration forum later this month, and they're rethinking it a bit.
"The idea is to give immigrants, the community at large, information about what we expect in the coming year based on the campaign promises of our president-elect, which, unfortunately, were not very favorable for our immigrant community," Bachman said.
Laura Bachman with the YWCA said the forum has been planned since July, but they weren’t counting on Donald Trump being elected.
"It was actually perfect timing because, unfortunately, from what we have heard in the last couple of days, there's a lot of fear in our community once again," Bachman said. "It feels an awful lot like 2007 and [House Bill] 1804 here in the state of Oklahoma."
HB1804 was a strict anti-illegal immigration bill forbidding the state from providing services to any illegal immigrants.
Trump's plans will be included in the program along with updates on current policies, like deferred action plans. Bachman said there are many mixed-status families in the area.
"Some U.S. citizens, some lawful permanent residents and some undocumented immigrants all in the same family, and so what we also want to provide is some just practical information," Bachman said. "Documents to start getting in terms of citizenship status of the children, get those birth certificates, get those passports."
The forum is Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. at Church of the Resurrection, 4804 S Fulton Ave.