On March 3, 2022 the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that the Ukraine will be designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.
Catholic Migration Services is pleased to announce that Anthony Damelio, a student at Fordham University School of Law, has been selected as a 2022 Skadden Fellow to work with the Workplace Justice team beginning in the fall of 2022. A
Peze la pou tradui nan Kreyol Ayisyen What is Temporary Protected Status (TPS)? Temporary Protected Status is an immigration status available to some people from countries the Secretary of Homeland Security has designated as “unsafe to return to” for various reasons, such
Catholic Migration Services, Make the Road New York and TakeRoot Justice, recently author an op-ed published in the Gotham Gazette on the need for more funding for employment legal services.
New York State recently passed the Excluded Workers Fund (EWF), which will provide financial relief to undocumented individuals who suffered income loss during the pandemic and were unable to get unemployment insurance benefits or other federal pandemic relief benefits. Under
Supervising attorney with the Naturalization Program at Catholic Migration Services Jose M. Leon spoke with a reporter from the American Bar Association Journal about the financial barriers low-income New Yorkers face when navigating the citizenship process and how projects like
Expanded Right to Counsel bills are now the law citywide, strengthening existing protections and expediting universal access to legal representation for tenants facing Housing Court proceedings.
Beginning on January 1, 2021, workers across New York State could begin accruing leave to take paid time off to care for themselves or a family member with illness, attend a doctor’s appointment, or seek services related to domestic violence,
In December 2020, New York State enacted the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020. Among other things, that law stopped most pending eviction cases through February 26th and established a procedure for stopping such cases, and new
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently designated Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, until September 9, 2022. Catholic Migration Services urges anyone who may be eligible to receive TPS for Venezuela to call