Tuesday October 15, 2013 On October 4th and October 11th over 850 attendees representing different immigrant communities in the Brooklyn and the Queens dioceses gathered to celebrate this year’s Shining Star Award recipients. In total 30 leaders who have made
Monday October 7, 2013 On Saturday October 5th CMS marched across the Brooklyn Bridge for humane and dignified immigration reform alongside hundreds of people on what organizers called a “National Day of Immigrant Dignity and Respect.” Nationwide thousands of supports
Thursday October 3, 2013 CMS and the Queens Housing Collation were featured in a video which outlines how the plans for the redevelopment of Willets Point excludes a legal guarantee for affordable housing and for the group relocation of the
Monday September 30, 2013 On Wednesday evening on September 26th the Queens Housing Coalition and Catholic Migration Services gathered with community members for the first meeting of the fall at St. Sebastian Parish. The gathering set a much energized tone for
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 Catholic Migration services is pleased to partner with The New Americans Campaign. This is a multi-state campaign to help legally qualified aspiring citizens navigate the path to becoming new Americans. Their major points of success are
At a recent event to kick-off Labor Rights Week hosted by the Mexican Consulate in New York, CMS Staff Attorney Alice Davis spoke about the success of our work on behalf immigrant laborers who suffer workplace abuses. In 2009, CMS
The Spring/Summer issue of the American Bar Association’s Dialogue Magazine features the work of CMS’ Immigrant Tenant Advocacy Program in its Grantee Spotlight section. Click here to read the full article.
CMS legal staff recently assisted more than 100 El Salvadoran families to apply for renewal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). In collaboration with Centro Hispano Cuzcatlan, CMS made a coordinated effort to provide easily accessible legal counseling and representation to
On Sunday July 14, CMS staff travelled to St. Rose of Lima parish in Far Rockaway to provide immigation, employment and housing legal consultations for individuals and families affected by Superstorm Sandy. In coordination with Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and
Catholic Migration Services is teaming up with Centro Hispano Cuzcatlan once again to assist El Salvadoran immigrants with re-registering their Temporary Protected Status (TPS), now through July 25.