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American
Bar Association
American
Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Policy, Practice and Pro � Bono:
provides information about trends, court decisions, and other
pertinent developments for lawyers, judges, and clients.
American
Civil Liberties Union & Immigrant Rights
American
Civil Liberties Union & Immigrant Rights (ACLU):
outlines the rights guaranteed to immigrants and refugees residing in
the US and provides frequent updates on developments pertaining to US
immigration policy.
American
Immigration Lawyer Association
American
Immigration Lawyer Association (AILA):
educates immigration lawyers and the greater community about changes
in US immigration policy.
Arab
- American Anti � Discrimination Committee
Arab
- American Anti � Discrimination Committee (ADC):
is a grassroots civil rights organization that aims at defending the
rights of people of Arabic descent residing in the US.
Asylumlaw.org
Asylumlaw.org is a source of information, case support, legal tools, etc.
for asylum seekers in the US and other parts of the world.
Center
for Gender and Refugee Studies
Center
for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS):
contains case summaries, legal briefs, research on country
conditions, and information on CGRS campaigns for gender � based asylum
cases.
Citizens
and Immigrants for Equal Justice
Citizens
and Immigrants for Equal Justice (CIEJ): is a coalition of individuals and
families campaigning against recent negative immigration policy reforms.
Their site is currently under construction (as of 6/6/03).
Catholic
Legal Immigration Network
Catholic
Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC): acts
a legal support agency for a growing national network of Catholic
immigration programs.
Defense
Immigration Project (DIP)
Defense
Immigration Project (DIP): is a
project of the New York State Defenders� Association (http://www.nysda.org) which provides legal support and
counseling to New York defense lawyers and others who represent or assist
immigrants in criminal justice and immigration systems, as well as to
immigrants themselves.
Lesbian
& Gay Immigration Rights Task Force
Lesbian
& Gay Immigration Rights Task Force (LGIRTF):
focuses on providing resources for confronting the specific legal
issues that lesbian, gay, transgender, and HIV+ members of immigrant and
refugee communities face.
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/
National
Immigration Project (NIG): is a network of a variety of members of the legal
community who strive to challenge unlawful immigration practices through
efforts such as advocacy.
http://www.nnirr.org/
National
Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR):
is a national network composed
of local coalitions and immigrant, refugee, community, religious, civil
rights and labor organizations and activists.
Their site offers information about their activities, updates on
policy, and information about how to purchase reports and analysis.
http://www.nilc.org/
National
Immigration Law Center (NILC): is
a national support center focusing on immigration law, public benefits for
immigrants, and labor issues. The
Center conducts policy analysis and impact litigation and provides
publications, technical advice, and trainings.
http://www.refugees.org/
US
Committee for Refugees (USCR): defends
the rights of uprooted peoples worldwide.
Their site offers information, news and resources in multi � media
formats
http://www.unhcr.org/
The
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
a wealth of information ranging from basic facts and figures on world
refugees to updates and reports on current refugee movements.
http://www.ilrc.org/
The
Immigration Legal Resource Center (ILRC): works with immigrants to make
legal services accessible to all, especially to low - income members of the
immigrant community. On their
website, you can access their publication as well as information about their
training, activities and more.
http://www.immigrationforum.org/
The
National Immigration Forum (NIF):
public
support for public policies that welcome immigrants and refugees.
The NIF Website includes information about their public campaigns and
projects as well as descriptions of projects and trainings.
National
Voluntary Refugee Resettlement Agencies
http://www.churchworldservice.org
Church
World Services (CWS)
http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/emm
Domestic
& Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS);Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)
http://ecdcinternational.org
Ethiopian
Community Development Council (ECDC)
http://www.hias.org
Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/hompages/dhs/refugee
Bureau
of Refugee Programs � Iowa Department of Human Services
http://irsa-uscr.org
Immigration
and Refugee Services of America (IRSA)
http://interscom.org
International
Rescue Committee (IRC)
http://www.lirs.org
Lutheran
Immigration & Refugee Service (LIRS)
http://www.nccbuscc.org/mrs
United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) � Migration and Refugee
Services
News Articles
January 27, The Beacon Journal (Ohio.com):Closer watch on foreign students
The computerized tracking system -- called Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, or SEVIS -- is aimed at ensuring that the more than half-million foreign students in the United States take the courses they were approved to take and attend the schools
they told the government they would attend.
January 23, 2002: Israelnationalnews.com: Immigration Debate
Interior Minister Eli Yeshai asked the Cabinet this past week to agree to bring the 17,000 remaining members of the Falashmura in Ethiopia to Israel. The Cabinet rejected the idea, but may reconsider it after the elections.
January 13, Ha'aretz English Edition: I mmigration of Falashmura from Ethiopia to resume Tuesday
The immigration of Falashmura from Ethiopia will resume Tuesday through a third country, Avigdor Yitzhaki, the director-general of the Prime Minister's Office, told representatives of the community yesterday. Yitzhaki reached basis an agreement with the Jewish Agency,
which is responsible for bringing the Falashmura to Israel.
Jan 10, BBC: Immigrants fear new US policy
..[A]ll foreign men over the age of 16 who hold temporary visas and are of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent must register with the INS by Friday, 10 January.
Dec 10, The Philadelphia Inquirer: Stamp to mark 'noncitizen' on photo IDs for foreigners
All Pennsylvania driver's licenses or photo identification cards issued to foreigners will be stamped "noncitizen" and
will be timed to expire with entry visas, according to antiterrorism provisions of a law signed yesterday by Gov. Schweiker.
Nov 22, Alert News (Reuters):U.S. adds more countries to fingerprinting program
Justice officials said the department added Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen to its list for non-immigrant aliens to be fingerprinted prior to entering the United States as part of beefed up efforts to stop attacks on
American soil.
OCT 23- INS: INS Warns of Impostor Websites
...[A]few other Websites may try to mislead customers and members of the public
into thinking they are official INS Websites. These Websites may attempt to charge you for
services (such as for INS forms and information on immigration procedures) that are otherwise
free on the INS or another government Website or for services that you do not receive.
August 27, San Francisco Chronicle: ETHIOPIAN INFLUX: War-torn nation leads area in African immigrants
More people have come to the Bay Area from Ethiopia than from any other African nation and now number 4,396 in the nine counties, according to the latest data. Since the 1990 census, the local Ethiopian foreign-born
population has grown by 24 percent, with the largest concentrations appearing in Santa Clara County (1,950) and Alameda County (1,444).
HA'ARETZ: August 13, Ethiopian refugees get cold shoulder
Early this year the [Israeli] ministry established a committee to examine requests for refugee status but since the committee was set up, not a single approval has been given to any of the applicants.
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