Immigration News, By Kieran C. O’Sullivan Immigration Counselor Kieran@ipcboston.org Support for undocumented grows According to a new CBS poll published on May 1, 83% of Americans now support immigration reform. This is good news but we need those who support reform to make calls and write letters and email to those who represent them in ...
Legal Permanent Residents with past convictions - More ICE detentions More immigrants have been picked up this week by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE appear to be aggressively detaining legal permanent residents who have past convictions. Because of client confidentiality we cannot release specific details but we can confirm an Irish person is among ...
By Kieran C. O Sullivan, Immigration Counselor Kieran@ipcboston.org Evading arrest warrants Chris Lavery, immigration attorney, recently reminded an Irish immigrant to show up for a US court hearing. Failing to show up for a court hearing usually results in a warrant being issued for an individual’s arrest. Police, and Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) if ...
By Kieran C. O Sullivan Immigration Counselor Kieran@ipcboston.org Gary Feeney, Rest in Peace. What an awful week it has been in our city. On Monday morning we were shocked to learn of the tragic death of local construction worker Irish immigrant Gary Feeney. We’ve lost so many young people in construction accidents down through ...
Outline of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013
By Kieran C. O’Sullivan, Immigration Counselor Kieran@ipcboston.org Doing things the right way We had a busy night at our legal clinic last week at the Banshee in Dorchester. A theme repeated by attorney Chris Lavery on the night was his repeated reminders to new arrivals in the US about doing things the right way and ...
By Kieran C. O’Sullivan, Immigration Counselor Kieran@ipcboston.org Local Irish caught in Immigration raid A number of Irish immigrants were among those detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement this week. Confidentiality prevents us from releasing further information at this time. We can confirm our Chaplain Fr. John McCarthy and Attorney Chris Lavery are providing assistance to ...
By Kieran C. O’Sullivan Kieran@ipcboston.org IPC in the News The Irish Pastoral Centre and specifically the IPC’s Prisoner Visitation Program were in the news in Ireland recently when the Irish Independent featured a story on a young man who was detained here in Massachusetts. The feature ran in the Independent on March 16th, and ...
By Kieran C. O Sullivan Kieran@ipcboston.org We wish all of our readers and supporters a happy St. Patrick’s Day. Attorneys recommend petition filings for undocumented We had a good attendance at our March clinic in the Banshee last week. Our thanks to attorneys Chris Lavery and Dan Harrington who provided free one to one ...
By Kieran C. O’Sullivan, Immigration Counselor Kieran@ipcboston.org Hopes rise for Immigration Reform Many of our regular service users have checked in with us after hearing the news of immigration reform efforts among Senate and House members in Washington DC. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) met at the White House on Feb. 26th ...
