Citizenship Application Information and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

Dear friends,

I ask you to disseminate the following information to your congregation and contacts.

In fraternal cooperation with the Roman Catholic Church of Saint Francis of Assisi's Migrant Center, the Episcopal Church of Our Savior (Episcopal Diocese of New York) in Manhattan is hosting an immigration clinic on Sunday, July 20, from 2 PM to 4 PM to provide information on the following legal issues:

A) Citizenship Application 

Providing information to Permanent Residents ["Green Card" holders] on how to apply for US citizenship. 

You may have some Permanent Residents in your congregation who might wish to apply for citizenship. While permanent residency is a good thing, non-US residents are not given the full protection of the law. Under some extreme circumstances, they could still be deported even if they have lived in the US since their childhood years. 

B) Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). 

DACA was instituted to defer the prosecution and deportation of undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children. 

There may be some in your congregation who are undocumented immigrants and arrived in the US as minors. (They don't have to be minors now but should not now be older than age 31). Under DACA, they might receive protection.

Deportations of non-citizen U.S. immigrants - documented and undocumented - are not only ongoing but are at an all time high.

Sincerely,

The Rev. Noel E. Bordador
Priest-in-Charge
The Episcopal Church of Our Savior
48 Henry Street
New York, NY  10002