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MISSION STATEMENT
To enhance and expand delivery of legal services to indigent and
low-income immigrants principally through diocesan immigration
programs and to meet the immigration needs identified by the
Catholic Church in the United States.
CLINIC fulfills its mission by:
programs. Member agencies serve poor immigrants seeking
family reunification, citizenship, and protection from persecution
and violence.
agency capacity or expertise.
SUBSIDIARITY
CLINIC's mission and activities are guided by the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. Subsidiarity leads
CLINIC to respect the roles and capacities of its community-based member agencies. It encourages them
to assume as much responsibility for local needs as they can. This allows CLINIC to focus its resources
on needs that local member agencies cannot meet. In this way, CLINIC maximizes the productivity of its
programs nationwide.
BACKGROUND
In 1988, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) established CLINIC as a legally
distinct 501(c)(3) organization to support a rapidly growing network of community-based immigration
programs. CLINIC's network originally comprised 17 programs. It has since increased to 156 diocesan and
other affiliated immigration programs with 255 field offices in 48 states. The network employs roughly
1,200 attorneys and "accredited" paralegals who, in turn, serve 400,000 low-income immigrants each
year. CLINIC and its member agencies represent low-income immigrants without reference to their race,
religion, gender, ethnic group, or other distinguishing characteristics.
To enhance and expand delivery of legal services to indigent and
low-income immigrants principally through diocesan immigration
programs and to meet the immigration needs identified by the
Catholic Church in the United States.
CLINIC fulfills its mission by:
- Providing a full range of legal and non-legal support services
programs. Member agencies serve poor immigrants seeking
family reunification, citizenship, and protection from persecution
and violence.
- Creating, funding and managing direct legal service projects
agency capacity or expertise.
- Representing archdioceses, dioceses, and religious congregations that need foreign-born
priests, nuns and lay religious workers to serve immigrant communities in the United States.
- Working in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to advocate with
the DHS, EOIR and the DOJ to improve immigration policies and practices.
SUBSIDIARITY
CLINIC's mission and activities are guided by the Catholic principle of subsidiarity. Subsidiarity leads
CLINIC to respect the roles and capacities of its community-based member agencies. It encourages them
to assume as much responsibility for local needs as they can. This allows CLINIC to focus its resources
on needs that local member agencies cannot meet. In this way, CLINIC maximizes the productivity of its
programs nationwide.
BACKGROUND
In 1988, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) established CLINIC as a legally
distinct 501(c)(3) organization to support a rapidly growing network of community-based immigration
programs. CLINIC's network originally comprised 17 programs. It has since increased to 156 diocesan and
other affiliated immigration programs with 255 field offices in 48 states. The network employs roughly
1,200 attorneys and "accredited" paralegals who, in turn, serve 400,000 low-income immigrants each
year. CLINIC and its member agencies represent low-income immigrants without reference to their race,
religion, gender, ethnic group, or other distinguishing characteristics.
415 Michigan Ave., NE
Suite 150
Washington, DC 20017
202.635.2556
202.635.2649 fax
media inquiries:
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Suite 150
Washington, DC 20017
202.635.2556
202.635.2649 fax
media inquiries:
e-mail me
(202) 635-5810
Executive Director
Donald Kerwin
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Donald Kerwin
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