Contingency Planning for Maryland Families Affected by Immigration Enforcement
Learn about what makes Maryland unique when it comes to contingency planning. Those participating in this webinar will learn how to properly advise resident Maryland families who are facing potential family separation and what measures they should take to care for their children. It considers custody, guardianship, powers of attorney and kinship care affidavits. Ethical issues will also are discussed. Featured speakers are Maryland attorneys Van Doan, Jon Greene, and Michael Stelmack.
Stays of Removal for DACA and TPS Holders
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was expressly available to people with prior removal orders, as long as they met the policy requirements. Temporary Protected Status holders were similarly eligible for protection in spite of a removal order. Now, individuals with prior removal orders whose DACA or TPS protection will lapse are particularly vulnerable to being deported.
USCIS’ Final Rule on Public Charge: How Your Program Can Prepare
How is your program preparing for the surge of people wanting information or assistance with their immigration cases prior to Oct. 15th? How will you assist your primarily low-income clients in determining whether the Public Charge rule applies to their cases after Oct. 15th?
This webinar held a question and answer style discussion, including case hypotheticals, to help you figure out which cases will need extra attention and ideas for how to prepare your program now.
What All Advocates Need to Know About Removal Orders and Removal Proceedings
Even if you don’t represent clients in immigration court, you need to know the basics about immigration proceedings and removal orders. You need to understand how a prior removal order may impact your client or expose him or her to the new enforcement priorities. Knowledge about removal proceedings also helps you better inform the client community about their rights.
Passaic, New Jersey, celebrates its Immigrant Integration Day
Roughly 250 residents of Passaic, New Jersey, and its surrounding areas, gathered at City Hall to participate in the second Immigrant Integration Day last month, hosted by CLINIC affiliate Immigration & Citizenship Organization, or IACO.
Immigrant Integration Day was designed to bring together immigrants and long-term residents for the opportunity to engage with elected officials, organizations, consular delegates and educators as they navigate the journey to successful integration. “It’s our obligation as a community and as an established organization to provide information and create awareness among the state, private entities and community and help facilitate that interaction. It’s beneficial to everyone at the end of the day,” said Ileana Montes, advisory counsel and director of legal services at IACO.
The activities included workshops on topics such as networking to strengthen existing social support among organizations. Staff distributed important information about resources in the community, specifically highlighting the Hispanic Information Center, a bilingual online platform. A youth inspirational workshop focused on higher education, while free individual and confidential legal consultations were given on family, immigration, criminal, labor and landlord-tenant law. Furthermore, consular delegates from Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Peru and Paraguay met with residents to provide assistance and answer questions.
IACO received strong support from Mayor Hector C. Lora and other local and state officials to host this year’s event. Mayor Lora spoke during the opening plenary, discussing city priorities for promoting and encouraging successful immigrant integration. Speakers from different organizations also showed their support and led important conversations about affirmative action and the importance of legal representation and developing state initiatives and partnerships.
IACO is currently working towards hosting this event on an annual basis. CLINIC applauds IACO and their efforts to bring a community together to learn more about services and opportunities. Would you like CLINIC to feature your organization? Email lspeasmaker@cliniclegal.org to tell us how your community is promoting integration.
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