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The protection of human rights is a necessary component of our Catholic faith and you and I are obligated to bring the truths of our faith to bear on the pressing issues of our day. “Come … inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world … for I was a stranger and you welcomed me” … “When did we welcome you away from home?” |
Throughout the Bible great emphasis is placed on God's presence among his immigrant people and that we will be judged on our treatment of the alien in our midst.Last News
- USCIS Initiates Procedures for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum New Law Allows Children in Removal Proceedings to Begin Asylum Process in a Non-Adversarial Setting
- Questions and Answers: USCIS Initiates Procedures for Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum
- USCIS Lists Foreign Countries and Geographic Entities Having No Available Child Abuse Registries
- Employ American Workers Act and its Effect on H-1B Petitions
- USCIS Announces New Requirements for Hiring H-1B Foreign Workers Changes Apply to Companies that Receive TARP Funding
- USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for FY 2010 Beginning April 1, 2009 Petitioners Are Reminded to Follow Regulatory Requirements
- USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions for FY 2010 Beginning April 1, 2009 Information for Completing and Submitting an FY 2010 H-1B Cap Case
- Fact Sheet: Fiscal Year 2009 Citizenship Grant Program
- USCIS Announces $1.2 Million Citizenship Grant Program Upt to 12 Grants Offered to Community-Based Organizations Serving Immigrant Population
- EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program Extended Certain Form I-526 Petitions and Form I-485 Applications Affected
IntroductionU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is now responsible for initial adjudication of applications for asylum from Unaccompanied Alien Children, (UAC). The new procedures were created to carry out the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA). The TVPRA provides USCIS with initial jurisdiction over any asylum applications filed by unaccompanied children. |
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