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2008 Annual Report: Creating Hope, Serving Our Neighbors
MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND BOARD 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.
The Economic Benefits of Immigration at the State Level
The reports below outline the various contributions that immigrants make in the states where they reside.
New Americans in the Buckeye State
The Immigration Policy Center has compiled research which shows that Ohio's immigrants, Latinos and Asians, are an integral part of the state's economy and tax base.
As workers, taxpayers, consumers, and entrepreneurs, immigrants and their children are an economic powerhouse.
Managing Financial Performance
Held July 22, 2009.
Does your legal immigration program struggle to know when and how to charge fees to clients? Can your immigration program determine a case load mix for staff that serves both the organization’s mission and need for revenue? Does your legal immigration program have financial controls and procedures by which it can quickly expand services under an anticipated legalization program? This webinar is intended for experienced program directors and also for start-up programs seeking to grow.
GCIR Leaders Win Award for Creating Four Freedoms Fund
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) is delighted to announce that longtime GCIR leaders, Taryn Higashi and Geri Mannion, have been named co-recipients of the 2009 Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking. Established in 1985, the Scrivner Award recognizes grantmakers who have demonstrated outstanding creativity.
Petition for Regulations on Appointed Counsel for Immigrants in Removal
CLINIC, along with five other national immigrant advocacy organizations, signed a petition asking Attorney General Eric Holder to initiate rulemaking on the right to counsel to indigent individauls, where necessary, in removal proceedings to ensure the fundamental fairness of the proceedings.
A copy of the petition, submitted on June 29 2009, is below.
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President's Meeting a 'Good First Step' says CLINIC Chairman
The Chairman of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) Board of Directors, Bishop Jaime Soto of
Ruling Gives Religious Workers 'Peace of Mind' CLINIC Head Says
By Kevin Clark
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A Seattle judge's order overturning a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy on visas for foreign-born religious workers will give those workers "the peace of mind to continue providing important services in their communities and parishes," said the head of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network.
Court Decision Eases Immigration Rules for Religious Workers
A far reaching court decision that will allow religious workers to take the first step to petition for permanent residency and submit an application for a green card at the same time is welcome news to the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC). CLINIC represents over 1,000 religious communities and Catholic dioceses and archdioceses in their efforts to bring foreign-born religious workers to the United States to minister. The case Gabriel Ruiz-Diaz et al. vs United States of America was heard in the U.S.
