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
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
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
In a recent interview with The City, the Tenant Advocacy Program of Catholic Migration Services shared information about immigrant tenant rights in the middle of a health crisis.
Presione aquí para la versión en Español Peze la pou tradui nan Kreyol Ayisyen On Friday December 4, 2020, a Federal Judge in New York issued an order restoring the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program to its status
Presione aquí para la versión en Español. This November, a majority of American voters selected Joe Biden as this country’s next President, and Catholic Migration Services expects President-Elect Biden to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. After four years of
On September 14, 2020, an earlier court order temporarily stopping USCIS from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, and El Salvador was lifted. The lifting of this order does not allow the United States Citizenship and Immigration
On July 28, 2020, USCIS issued a memorandum partially rescinding the DACA initiative. This memorandum was in response to the June 18, 2020, Supreme Court decision, which found that the Trump administration’s initial attempt to rescind the DACA program was
On June 18, 2020 the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Trump Administration’s termination of the DACA program in 2017 was unlawful, thus allowing almost 800,000 DACAmented community members, including 45,000 residents of New York, who call
If you missed last week's Virtual Immigration Town Hall via Facebook Live, watch the recap to learn how COVID-19 is impacting immigrants, tenants and workers during this difficult time.