Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Catholic Migration Services is pleased to announce that it will reopen intake for removal and deportation defense proceedings in our Queens office in May 2013, with an intake day scheduled for Tuesday, May 28. The Removal
Friday, April 26, 2013 On Friday evening, the Queens Housing Coalition hosted New York State Senator Jose Peralta at its monthly meeting to discuss the importance of developing affordable housing at Willets Point.
Sunday, April 21, 2013 On Sunday April 21, Catholic Migration Services (CMS) and Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) joined forces at Our Lady of Solace in Coney Island to bring their services to the neighborhood’s immigrant communities, who were
Sunday, April 14, 2013 On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people gathered at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in downtown Brooklyn for the Diocese of Brooklyn’s annual Migration Day Mass. Catholic Migration Services, which coordinates the Diocese’s Ethnic Apostolates, helped organize the Mass
Friday, March 22, 2013 On Friday, Catholic Migration Services hosted its first naturalization workshop using CitizenshipWorks, a multilingual online platform that guides aspiring citizens through the application process. The event was co-sponsored by the NALEO Educational Fund, Immigration Advocates Network,
Monday, March 11, 2013 In coordination with the New Americans Campaign, New York City legal service providers and nonprofit organizations today announced a free week-long series of naturalization events that will take place in locations throughout the city from March
Sunday, March 3, 2013 On Sunday, March 3, 2013, approximately 200 members of St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Gertrude Parish in Far Rockaway benefitted from a dynamic new collaboration, the first of many, between Catholic Migration Services
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 On Tuesday night, 200 Queens residents packed St. Sebastian’s Parish Center in Woodside for the Queens Housing Coalition’s meeting with Related and Sterling Equities, developers of the controversial plan for Willets Point. CMS, a member of
The renewal period for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian nationals has been extended to Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
Línea Laboral, CMS’ bilingual workers’ rights hotline, was featured in a full-page article in the January 2013 edition of Nuestra Voz, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Spanish-language newspaper.