Advocacy Letters/Comments
Letter to Secretaries on safety of Haitian Children
Honorable Hillary Clinton
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20520
Honorable Janet Napolitano
Secretary of Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20528
Honorable Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Dear Madam Secretaries:
Representation before EOIR for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children
CLINIC, along with several private attorneys and other child advocates wrote a letter to the Chief Immigration Judge and the Acting Director for the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
A copy of the letter is available here.
SSA No-Match Comments on Safe Harbor Rules
CLINIC submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security on the safe harbor procedures for employers who receive SSA No-Match letters.
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Immigration Advocacy Organizations Ask for Improved Naturalization Process
CLINIC joined a number of immigrants-rights organizations in sending a letter to Director Alejandro Mayorkas of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services asking for an improved naturalization process. A copy of the letter is below.
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Dear Director Mayorkas:
Letter to Congress on Extension of Religious Worker Visa Program
CLINIC joined with several organizations to ask Congress to advocate for extension of the Special Immigrant Non-Minister portion of the Religious Worker Visa Program for a period of three years.
A copy of the letter is below.
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September 2, 2009
The Honorable David Price, Chairman The Honorable Robert Byrd, Chairman
CLINIC Signs on to Letter to HHS re: HIV/AIDS
CLINIC wrote a letter to Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius supporting the proposed rule which would remove HIV from the definition of communicable diseases of public health significance from the Federal Regulations, and thereby also removing HIV as grounds for inadmissibility to the US.
Petition for Regulations on Appointed Counsel for Immigrants in Removal
CLINIC, along with five other national immigrant advocacy organizations, signed a petition asking Attorney General Eric Holder to initiate rulemaking on the right to counsel to indigent individauls, where necessary, in removal proceedings to ensure the fundamental fairness of the proceedings.
A copy of the petition, submitted on June 29 2009, is below.
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Comments on Adjustment of Status for Immigrants in T and U Nonimmigrant Status
CLINIC commented on USCIS's proposed rule regarding adjustment of status for legal immigrants that have Tor U visa nonimmigrant status.
A copy of the letter is below.
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Dear Sir or Madam:
Comments on Documents Acceptable for Employment Verification
On February 2, 2009, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC) submited comments on the interim rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would require all documents submitted to employers for employment authorization verification purposes to be unexpired.
A copy of the letter is included below.
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