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Embracing the Gospel value of welcoming the stranger, CLINIC promotes the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of Catholic and community legal immigration programs.
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This Holy Week, believers around the world set off on religious pilgrimages as a way to engage in prayer, sacrifice and reflection. Learn how they too are a way to engage immgirants in your community.
Check out how St. Cecilia Parish in St. Louis, Missouri, kicks off their Lenten celebration – with an annual fish fry!
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In the consolidated cases NAACP v. Trump and Trustees of Princeton University v. United States, a federal court judge has ruled against the Administration, holding that its rescission of DACA was arbitrary and capricious. However, the court stayed its order to vacate the administration’s rescission memo for 90 days to give the administration the opportunity to further explain the reasoning behind its rescission of DACA.
The future of DACA remains uncertain and it’s imperative to screen DACA recipients for other forms of immigration relief. This practice advisory, written for legal service providers, reviews common forms of relief that may be available to current and former DACA holders.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland - The United States must continue to protect the nearly 9,000 Nepali people who face forced return to their struggling country, concludes a newly-released report, “Rebuilding from Rubble: Why TPS is needed for Nepal,” about the next federal review of whether to extend Temporary Protected Status for a vulnerable population.
The Federal Register Notice in connection with the administration’s decision to terminate Deferred Enforced Departure, or DED, for Liberia with a twelve-month wind-down period was published on Friday, March 30, 2018.