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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1h

Join CLINIC for a webinar that will explore what it means to practice immigration law with competence and diligence, pursuant to state rules of professional conduct as well as federal immigration regulations, and much more.

🔗 www.cliniclegal.org/training/web...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 3h

Through the ILSSP, organizations were able to increase staffing capacity, enhance quality of legal services, and expand service areas. You can read the full report here: bit.ly/ILSSPReport

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 3h

In California, the home to the largest immigrant population in the U.S., these populations face a wide range of legal needs and have been met with a shortfall of providers. The ILSSP seeks to bolster affordable, competent immigration legal representation. 🧵

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 3h

Since 2023, the Immigration Legal Services Support Project has not only increased staff capacity at 86 nonprofits but has also helped these organizations enhance the quality of services and expand service areas to better serve their clients. 🧵

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 4h

Join CLINIC for a webinar that will explore what it means to practice immigration law with competence and diligence, pursuant to state rules of professional conduct as well as federal immigration regulations, and much more.

🔗 www.cliniclegal.org/training/web...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

"Se lo llevaron" (They took him) is becoming a more frequently heard phrase in the heavily Latino- and immigrant-populated Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., given the heightened immigration raids in the area and the rest of the country.

At Washington conference, attorneys address an unsettling new era on immigration

Panelists at the 22nd Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference painted a picture of migrants consumed by fear and a legal community seeking to defend them, but suffering from a lack of resources.

www.globalsistersreport.org

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, a CLINIC board member and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' committee on migration, called upon the churches and nonprofits in the border region to stand up for the poor and immigrants during an address at an interfaith meeting in El Paso.

'What has happened to our heart?': Bishop Seitz calls for care of poor, migrants in address

Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso addressed El Paso churches, non-profits and universities during Sunday's Re-imagine El Paso meeting.

www.elpasotimes.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

As President Donald Trump ramps up immigration enforcement, the scenes across the United States have been stunning to many, including a former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). "All this is unprecedented," said John Sandweg, former head of ICE from 2013 to 2014.

Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains.

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, “those rules are gone,” says a former ICE chief.

www.politico.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

Los Angeles County officials declared a state of emergency on Tuesday, citing federal immigration raids. The proclamation grants the county the authority to assist residents who, according to the county, have been financially impacted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

As the sun set over the U.S.-Mexico border, a small cadre of U.S. Catholic bishops processed toward Mexico. Flanked by priests, women and men religious, laity, and immigration activists, the bishops walked along Main Street in San Luis, Arizona.

Bishops call for solidarity with immigrants in binational pilgrimage and Mass

"We walk together with our brothers and sisters who are struggling that they might know our love and concern and respect for each one of them."

www.osvnews.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

'What Has Happened to Our Heart?' Bishop Seitz Asks, Urging for Care of the Poor and Migrants #CLINICDaily: mailchi.mp/cliniclegal/...

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 21h

Join CLINIC for a four-part webinar series that will present info on both the theory and practice of developing successful waiver apps. Participants will learn the legal standards of extreme hardship, how to create a theory of the case, and more.

🔗 www.cliniclegal.org/training/web...

Reposted by Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)

Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 1d

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest

(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.

religionnews.com

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Through the ILSSP, organizations were able to increase staffing capacity, enhance quality of legal services, and expand service areas. You can read the full report here: bit.ly/ILSSPReport

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, CLINIC released a report highlighting the successes of the Immigration Legal Services Support Project (ILSSP). Launched in 2023 in partnership with the California Department of Social Services, this $30 million initiative strengthened 86 nonprofits across the U.S. 🧵

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview, Illinois, a small suburb of Chicago, is home to an ICE processing facility where most of the detained immigrants are taken during current enforcement operations. It is also the scene of weekly protests and clashes between demonstrators and immigration agents.

How a small Chicago suburb became a flash point in ICE’s crackdown

Broadview is home to an ICE facility that is at the center of the ongoing feud between Trump and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Residents are ready for it to be over.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Three decades after 53-year-old Maricela Rosales Castillo came to the United States, she was arrested outside her Chicago suburban home by Border Patrol agents as she left to go shopping. Agents are now patrolling Chicago's suburbs looking for "the worst of the worst criminal aliens."

Trump says migrants drive violent crime in Illinois. But ICE can’t find many violent criminals.

Masked ICE agents and other federal forces showed up in Chicago to go after gangsters. Instead, they keep catching people who are just living their lives.

www.msnbc.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Recent aerial photos show that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, are expanding. The detention center at the U.S. Army post is set to be the largest in the United States, with a capacity of 5,000 people.

ICE's Camp East Montana immigrant detention facility expands, new photos show

New photos exclusive to the El Paso Times show the expansion of the Trump administration's Camp East Montana immigrant detention facility.

www.yahoo.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV's first major document, an apostolic exhortation entitled "Dilexi Te," which supports migrants and decries economic inequality and indifference to the poor, has garnered widespread Catholic praise.

Pope Leo's First Papal Document Draws Widespread Praise

“When the Church kneels beside a leper, a malnourished child or an anonymous dying person, she fulfills her deepest vocation: to love the Lord," the pontiff writes in Dilexi Te.

thecatholicobserver.substack.com

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Several federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center in Portland, Oregon, last Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur, and raccoon danced to Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time."

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

Pope's First Major Document Supports Migrants, Draws Praise #CLINICDaily: mailchi.mp/cliniclegal/...

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 1d

#PressRelease New Report Highlights Success of California Immigration Legal Services Support Project, Calls for Replication Nationwide

Read the full statement here: www.cliniclegal.org/press-releas...

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Join CLINIC for a four-part fundamentals of asylum law webinar series. We will present an overview of asylum law, including withholding of removal, Convention Against Torture protection, bars to such relief, and much more.

🔗 www.cliniclegal.org/training/web...

Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

#PressRelease New Report Highlights Success of California Immigration Legal Services Support Project, Calls for Replication Nationwide

Read the full statement here: www.cliniclegal.org/press-releas...

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 2d

Catholic moral teaching provides a framework that neither oversimplifies nor ignores the complexities of immigration. Examining that framework can equip Catholics to speak out with conviction and compassion while respecting a legitimate diversity of views.

A Catholic Response to the Immigration and Deportation Debate

COMMENTARY: This approach to immigration is morally grounded, theologically sound and capable of fostering genuine dialogue.

www.ncregister.com

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