Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.

By: Ann Atalla
Advocacy Attorney, CLINIC

Immigration advocates have been down in the dumps lately, with news reports pronouncing the death of immigration reform in 2010.  As the nation’s largest network of legal service providers for immigrants, CLINIC has felt the pain as vividly as other immigrant advocacy organizations.  Although the lack of action in Congress can be discouraging, not all is wrong with the immigration landscape these days.  In three recent decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided immigration advocates with reassuringly good law.