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Immigration News and Links

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association
  • The INS online

    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 Imm
    igrant 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 move
    ments.

    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 (NI
    F):  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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