Advocacy Letters/Comments
CLINIC comments on adjustment to fee schedule
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) respectfully submit the following comments to the proposed rule to adjust the USCIS application and petition fee schedule as published in 75 Fed. Reg. 112 at 33445 (June 11, 2010).
To read the full letter, click here.
Comments on N-648 (Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions)
Dear Sir or Madam:
We, the undersigned organizations and members of the Disability Working Group, submit the following comments in response to the request for additional public comments by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on the revisions to Form N-648 (Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions) at 75 Fed. Reg. 30050 (May 28, 2010).
We thank you for considering the previous comments we submitted on April 1, 2010.
CLINIC Letter to USCIS and DHS - Further Relief for Victims of Haiti Earthquake
The following letter was sent to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on April 15, 2010. http://www.cliniclegal.org/sites/default/files/Mayorkas Haiti letter 4-15-10.pdf
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Proposed Changes to N-648 (Medical Certification for Disabilities Exceptions)
Comments submitted to USCIS regarding revisions to form N-648 (Medical Certification for Disabilities Exception)
Letter to Secretaries on safety of Haitian Children
Dear Madam Secretaries:
As representatives of the Catholic social service network in the United States and internationally, we write to offer our views on the situation of Haitian unaccompanied children (commonly, but not always correctly referred to as “orphans”) in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12.
Representation before the EOIR: Protections for Unaccompanied Children from Private Attorneys Hired by Traffikers and Smugglers
CLINIC, along with several private attorneys and other child advocates wrote a letter to the Chief Immigration Judge and the Acting Director for the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
A copy of the letter is available here.
Letter to DHS on Safeharbor Procedures for Employers who Receive No Match Letters
CLINIC submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security on the safe harbor procedures for employers who receive SSA No-Match letters.
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Immigration Advocacy Organizations Ask for Improved Naturalization Process
CLINIC joined a number of immigrants-rights organizations in sending a letter to Director Alejandro Mayorkas of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for an improved naturalization process. A copy of the letter is below.
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Dear Director Mayorkas:
Letter to Congress on Extension of Religious Worker Visa Program
CLINIC joined with several organizations to ask Congress to advocate for extension of the Special Immigrant Non-Minister portion of the Religious Worker Visa Program for a period of three years.
A copy of the letter is below.
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September 2, 2009
The Honorable David Price, Chairman The Honorable Robert Byrd, Chairman
CLINIC Signs on to Letter to HHS re: HIV/AIDS
CLINIC wrote a letter to Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius supporting the proposed rule which would remove HIV from the definition of communicable diseases of public health significance from the Federal Regulations, and thereby also removing HIV as grounds for inadmissibility to the US.
