2005 annual report

2005 Annual Report

C A T H O L I C L E G A L I M M I G R A T I O N N E T W O R K , I N C.

Table of Contents

Dedication ...................................................................................................................................1

About Us.......................................................................................................................................2

Mission Statement .................................................................................................................2

Message from CLINIC’s Board Chairman and Executive Director ..........3

A Nation of Immigrants.......................................................................................................5

Citizenship, Empowerment and Integration

Seeking Inclusion ...................................................................................................................7

Public Education & Media Advocacy

BIA Pro Bono Project

Advocacy & Federal Litigation

Justice for Immigrants Campaign

Defending the Most Vulnerable....................................................................................10

Asylum-Seekers and Torture Survivors

Minors in Detention

Victims of Violence

Immigrant Workers’ Justice Project

Expanding Legal Services ..............................................................................................12

The Annual Convening

Law and Policy Conference

Attorney-of-the-Day Hotline

Immigration Law Training

Immigration Management Project

Publications and Newsletters

Serving Those Who Serve...............................................................................................15

Religious Immigration Representation

Working for the Detained .................................................................................................16

Detained Long-Term Residents and Indefinite Detainees

Legal Rights Orientation

Detention Watch Network

2005 Board of Directors...................................................................................................18

2005 Diocesan Advisory Committee ........................................................................19

Staff Directory........................................................................................................................20

2005 Member Agencies ....................................................................................................21

2005 Individual Donors......................................................................................................25

2005 Religious Institute Funders................................................................................26

2005 Institutional Funders..............................................................................................26

Statement of Financial Position ..................................................................................27

Statement of Activities.....................................................................................................28

www.cliniclegal.org 1

The Catholic Legal

Immigration Network, Inc.

cannot fulfill its mission – to

expand and improve the network of

Catholic immigration programs for

newcomers – unless its member agen-

cies are committed to serving

vulnerable newcomers and to support-

ing each other. Its success particularly

depends on the leadership of Catholic

Charities agencies, which host the major-

ity of immigration programs in the Catholic

community. Sr. RayMonda Duvall, C.H.S., joined

Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego in 1979

and has served as its Executive Director since 1988.

During her long and distinguished career, nobody in the

Catholic Charities network has been more supportive of

CLINIC’s mission than has Sr. RayMonda.

Sr. RayMonda joined CLINIC’s board of directors in

1997. During that time, she has contributed to all

aspects of CLINIC’s work, including its training and

support work, its creation of multi-agency projects, its

financial oversight, and its resource development

efforts. Most importantly, Sr. RayMonda has promoted

CLINIC’s work and its mission to other Catholic

Charities’ directors. She has encouraged numerous

Catholic Charities agencies to create immigration pro-

grams and to join CLINIC’s network. To say that

CLINIC has benefitted from Sr. RayMonda’s wise

counsel and guidance would be an understatement.

To Sr. RayMonda, meeting the multi-faceted needs of new-

comers is central to the Catholic identity of the Charities

network. Not surprisingly, she has led by example.

Catholic Charities of San Diego con-

sistently develops and offers some of

the nation’s most innovative services to

immigrants and refugees, including

housing, job training, English language

classes, and various resettlement serv-

ices. When Sr. RayMonda speaks to

her colleagues about the importance of

this work, she speaks from experience

and conviction.

Sr. RayMonda has also been a leader

within the church in support of immigrant rights. As a

long-time member of the Social Policy Committee of

Catholic Charities USA and a consultant to the

USCCB’s Committee on Migration, she has helped to

make immigration reform a national policy priority for

the Catholic Church in the United States.

To understand what motivates Sister RayMonda, one

need look no further than Catholic teaching. She has

written that church teaching is “the skeleton, it’s the

heart, it’s the soul, and it’s the muscle of Catholic

Charities. These teachings further the protection of life

and dignity of the individual, the promotion of the

common good, the protection of the family, the right to

life, shelter, social services, productive work, just

wages.” As much as anybody in the CLINIC network,

Sister RayMonda has put these principles into action.

CLINIC owes Sr. RayMonda an immense debt of grati-

tude for her service to the agency. In appreciation for

her years of service to CLINIC and for her life-time

commitment to newcomers, CLINIC dedicates its 2005

annual report to Sr. RayMonda Duvall.

DedicationA Life of Faith, Charity, and Justice Sister RayMonda DuVall, C.H.S.Executive Director, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego

Sister RayMonda DuVall, C.H.S.

CLINIC represents one expression of the

Catholic Church’s commitment to the full

membership of immigrants in their chosen

society. CLINIC and its member agencies serve the

most vulnerable immigrants, including refugees, asy-

lum-seekers, detainees, separated families, exploited

laborers, victims of domestic violence, and victims of

human trafficking.

In 1988, the United States Conference of Catholic

Bishops (USCCB) established CLINIC as a legally dis-

tinct 501(c)(3) organization to support a rapidly

growing network of community-based immigration pro-

grams. CLINIC’s network originally comprised 17

programs. The network comprises 156 diocesan immi-

gration programs with 255 field offices in 48 states.

The network employs roughly 1,200 attorneys and

“accredited” paralegals who, in turn, serve 400,000

low-income immigrants each year. CLINIC and its

member agencies represent low-income immigrants

without reference to their race, religion, gender, ethnic

group, or other distinguishing characteristics.

Mission Statement

To enhance and expand delivery of legalservices to indigent and low-incomeimmigrants principally through diocesanimmigration programs and to meet theimmigration needs identified by the CatholicChurch in the United States.

CLINIC fulfills its mission by:

n Providing a full range of legal and non-legal support

services to 156 member agencies comprised of

Catholic legal immigration programs. Member

agencies serve poor immigrants seeking family

reunification, citizenship, and protection from

persecution and violence.

n Creating, funding and managing direct legal service

projects that are national in scope and thus supplement

local member agency capacity or expertise.

n Representing archdioceses, dioceses, and religious

congregations that need foreign-born priests, nuns and

lay religious workers to serve immigrant

communities in the United States.

n Working in collaboration with

the USCCB to advocate with the

Department of Homeland

Security (DHS) and the Executive

Office for Immigration Review

(EOIR) to improve immigration

policies and practices.

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About Us

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Public Information Office (PIO).

One of

the Catholic

Church’s

many gifts is that its

commitments are not

rooted in political

expediency, but in its

timeless teachings.

The main principle

that guides its work

with newcomers is well-

known: immigrants are our “brothers and sisters”

created in God’s image. We have a duty to welcome

them, and we benefit from allowing them to become

full members of society.

In 2005, the Catholic Church in the United States

stepped up its efforts in support of comprehensive

immigration reform. The church teaches that, first and

foremost, the undocumented are human beings. They

are not the stereotypes that we hear about so frequently

on television and radio. They do not menace our securi-

ty and threaten our sovereignty. They do not come to

take our jobs or monopolize our public services. The

great majority simply want what we do in life. They

want to live in security and to support their families.

They want to practice their faith and contribute to their

new country. They want to build a future for their chil-

dren. This is why they make the incredible sacrifices

that they do. Pope John Paul II viewed migration as an

act of self-determination. In fleeing inhuman conditions

and seeking a better life for their families, migrants

exercise their human dignity. In a sense, they become

who they are called to be. We should honor, not scape-

goat them.

Under the leadership of the Catholic Legal Immigration

Network, Inc. (CLINIC), the church has begun to mobilize

in support of a program

that could ultimately

assist more than 10 mil-

lion persons to gain

legal status in the

United States. If com-

prehensive legislation

passes, CLINIC will

play a central role in

implementing it, both

within the Catholic

Church and in the larger network of charitable immigration

service providers. We are confident that CLINIC is quali-

fied and prepared to meet this historic challenge.

In his first encyclical Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict

XVI wrote that it is the primary responsibility of the state

to create a just society, but that the church can help the

state to understand “what is just” and can contribute to jus-

tice through its own works of charity and service. “We

contribute to a better world only by personally doing good

now,” the Holy Father wrote. “The Christian’s program –

the program of the Good Samaritan, the program of Jesus

– is a ’heart which sees.’This heart sees where love is

needed and acts accordingly.” (Deus Caritas Est §§ 28(a)

and 31(b)). Since 1988, CLINIC has contributed to justice

for immigrants through its work. For the church, it has

been a “heart which sees” the needs, aspirations, and gifts

of newcomers. Its work has never been more important.

Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn,

Chairman, CLINIC Board of Directors

Donald Kerwin, Executive Director


Message from CLINIC’s Board Chairman and Executive Director

CLINIC served more than 400,000 immigrants in 2005.

Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio Donald Kerwin


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Citizenship, Empowermentand Integration

Too many low income immigrants live on themargins of our society. Immigrantcommunities need to identify and addressbarriers to their full participation in U.S.society. CLINIC:

n Began a volunteer project with the Knights of

Columbus that filed 1,610 citizenship applications

for immigrants from 49 countries.

n Created a national plan to naturalize and integrate

the eight million immigrants currently eligible

for citizenship.

n Continued participation in a working group of

advocates that met regularly with the U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to

discuss the planned redesign of the citizenship test.

n Released the 3rd edition of the manual, Citizenship

for Us: A Handbook on Naturalization and

Citizenship, one of the resources CLINIC uses to

support its member agencies.


EmpowerA Nation of Immigrants

CLINIC concluded the first year of a citizenship proj-

ect in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The DC

Citizenship Project provides citizenship outreach and

application assistance to low-income lawful permanent

residents. The DC Citizenship Project helped 663 appli-

cants from 46 different countries.

“We maintain a goodworking relationshipwith the CLINICstaff and frequentlyconsult with andassist each other.We are veryfortunate to have CLINIC

attorneys present in ourbuilding and that is helping usto have more confidence inserving the community.”

—Jo Marcel, Program Director, Catholic Charities of

Los Angeles, Inc.

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“One of the best ways to understand current challenges in theimmigration field is to be working directly with immigrants andwith those who serve them. CLINIC is a respected policy voiceand agent for change on the national level, because of itseffectiveness on the ground in representing immigrants andsupporting grass-roots immigration programs.”

—Doris Meissner, former INS Commissioner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute


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Public Education & Media Advocacy

The Public Education and Advocacy division:

n Generated news stories in media outlets throughout

the country—including the Miami Herald, Los

Angeles Times, Washington Post, News Herald, and

the Catholic News Service.

Advocacy issues: the IntensiveSupervision AppearanceProgram, Mariel Cubans,detention, comprehensiveimmigration reform, immigrantworkers’ rights, naturalization,asylum-seekers, familyreunification,videoconferencing,notarios, and others.

n Wrote and placed op-eds.

n Distributed press releases on emerging legal and

policy issues.

n Served as an expert resource for journalists

covering immigration issues.

BIA Pro Bono Project

This project provides pro bono representationto detained immigrants. CLINIC staff:

n Recruited more than 375 pro bono attorneys,

including law school immigration clinics.

n Secured counsel for 67 immigration detainees who

would otherwise have lacked representation.

n Recruited nine law schools to provide

representation for 18 detainees.

Molly McKenna,Sr. ImmigrationSpecialist, works on theBIA Pro Bono Project.


VolunteerSeeking Inclusion

Hurricane Katrina

Towards the end of 2005, CLINIC used agrant from the Open Society Institute to devel-op an immigration advocacy program in theGulf Coast areas afflicted by HurricanesKatrina and Rita. New challenges to immi-grant rights arose almost immediately.

Post-Katrina Needs

CLINIC began to monitor immigration devel-

opments and to assist agencies in the

hurricane-affected areas. Besides trainings and

direct advocacy, CLINIC designed “Know

Your Rights” materials, a special website for

advocates, and Public Service

Announcements on workers’ safety and

immigration issues. Its bi-weekly newsletter

updated advocates in the impacted areas.

AdvocacyAdvocacy & Federal Litigation

CLINIC’s Division of Public Education and Advocacy

works in collaboration with Migration and Refugee

Services of the USCCB to appeal to the DHS and the

Department of Justice (DOJ) to change the policies and

procedures that impede newcomers from obtaining

immigration benefits for which they are legally eligible.

CLINIC’s team of advocates:

n Commented on governmental regulations,

procedures and implementation—often at the behest

of member agencies.

n Met regularly, as part of the DHS enforcement

working group, with officials from Immigration and

Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and

Border Protection (CBP) to discuss border deaths,

enforcement actions and raids, the triple fence in

San Diego, the Border Patrol’s anti-racial profiling

policy, expedited removal, release from detention,

detention standards, and much more.

n Sought from DHS officials greater transparency and

information about ICE’s Intensive Supervision

Appearance Program (ISAP). Secured release from

ISAP for individuals, and monitored conditions of

individuals participating in ISAP.

n Attended regular meetings with USCIS

Headquarters and the DHS Officer for Civil Rights

and Civil Liberties. Regularly raised questions from

affiliate members at these meetings.


CLINIC’s Post-Katrina newsletter is avail-able on the website, www.cliniclegal.org

Justice for Immigrants Campaign

Justice for Immigrants (JFI) is the CatholicChurch’s nationwide campaign forcomprehensive immigration reform.

As a leading member of JFI, CLINIC actively

assisted the campaign to achieve all four of its pri-

mary objectives:

1 to educate the public, especially the Catholic

community, about Church teaching on

migration and immigrants;

2 to create political will for positive

immigration reform;

3 to enact legislative and administrative

reforms based on the principles articulated

by the Bishops; and

4 to prepare Catholic networks to assist

qualified immigrants in obtaining the

benefits of the reforms.

Accomplishmentsn Mobilized a growing network of Catholic

institutions, individuals, and other persons

of good faith in support of the bishops’

policy positions on immigration.

n Helped build the network’s capacity to

provide competent legal services to

undocumented people seeking to benefit

from immigration reform legislation.

n Produced educational and outreach

materials intended to help undocumented people

and their church-based supporters.


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Asylum-Seekers and Torture Survivors

CLINIC’s detention lawyers represent asylum-seekers and victims of torture as well as othernoncitizens detained by the DHS. CLINIC’sLos Angeles office also representsunaccompanied detained children. CLINIC:

n Represented asylum-seekers and torture survivors in

Immigration Court removal proceedings.

n Helped persons granted asylum to access benefits

through information provided by its National Asylee

Information and Referral Line.

n Updated the informational pamphlet, Asylee

Eligibility for Resettlement Assistance: A Short

Guide and distributed 1,000 copies.

Minors in Detention

Most unaccompanied children are teenagers,but some are as young as eight or ten yearsold. They are held in group homes or sheltercare facilities away from family. The federalgovernment does not provide indigent unac-companied children with legal counsel.CLINIC filled the gap when it:

n Secured representation for detained children who

had viable claims to political asylum and other

forms of relief from removal.

n Made 35 legal rights presentations to 76 children,

advised 170 children, and fielded 800 phone calls for

advice and referrals on detained children’s issues.


Defending the Most Vulnerable

In 2005, immigration authoritiesdetained 6,840 unaccompaniednoncitizen children.

Victims of Violence

Immigrant survivors of violence areparticularly vulnerable to the power andcontrol of abusers because they typically needto rely upon their permanent-resident or U.S.citizen spouses to legalize their immigrationstatus. Attorneys from the Division ofTraining and Technology Support:

n Provided technical assistance, direct services, and

training on the immigration relief available to

victims of abuse or other crimes.

n Initiated a project called Training Florida Law

Enforcement to Help Abused Immigrants.

n Co-authored two important and widely-used

manuals: The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for

Abused Immigrants and A Guide for Legal

Advocates Providing Services to Victims of Human

Trafficking.

Immigrant Workers’Justice Project

CLINIC helped promote workers’ rights,which many immigrants rely on heavily toearn a living. Staff members:

n Provided technical advice and legal assistance on

employment and labor law issues to member

agencies nationwide.

n Prepared materials to help educate immigrant

workers in the Gulf Coast Region about their rights.

Responded to calls and requests from member

agencies for legal advice and materials.

n Shared expertise on the legal effects of the Hoffman

Plastic decision – that undocumented workers who

are illegally fired for engaging in union organizing

activities are not entitled to receive back pay.

n Collaborated with national immigrant rights

organizations and unions to promote justice in the

workplace for low-wage immigrant workers.


Justice

The Asylee help line offersinformation in 19

languages. In 2005, 3,906asylees from 71 nations

took advantage of theline, receiving nearly

9,500 referrals.

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The Annual Convening

CLINIC’s 8th annual convening was held in Portland,

Oregon in May, 2005. Titled “Immigration Reform:

Not When, But How,” the convening offered valuable

training and discussion opportunities for member

agency practitioners. It brought together representa-

tives from over 150 Catholic immigration programs,

members of the non-profit community, law firms

and other organizations.

Law and Policy Conference

Apart from its network convening, CLINIC also co-

sponsored on May 24th its second annual

immigration law and policy conference with the

Migration Policy Conference and Georgetown

University Law Center. This conference has proven anexcellent vehicle for bringing the concerns of CLINIC and

its member agencies to a more policy-oriented audience.

The conference featured a speech by Congressman Jeff

Flake (R–AZ), plenary discussions, and workshops.

Themes included implementation of an “earned legal-

ization” bill, family-based immigration, federal

litigation, national security, and asylum and refugee

policy. Nearly 200 persons attended this day-long event.

Attorney-of-the-Day Hotline

The Attorney-of-the-day Hotline is a toll-freenumber available to CLINIC’s affiliates inneed of immediate access to technicalassistance on particular issues. The staff:

n Received approximately 20 calls per day.

n Covered such topics as family-based immigration,

naturalization, relief for victims of domestic violence,

employment authorization, and defenses to removal.

n Used the hotline to monitor trends in the

immigration field.


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Reaching OutExpanding Legal Services

Immigration Law Training

Training advocates and practitionerscontinued to be one of CLINIC’s mostimportant activities. CLINIC’s trainingspecialists:

n Held 31 trainings in 25 different sites.

n Conducted periodic trainings for pro bono lawyers

working on removal proceedings.

n Provided monthly telephonic “mini-trainings.”

CLINIC trainings reached atotal audience of 2,283.


Training Areas family-basedimmigration; survey ofimmigration law; relief forbattered spouses and children;citizenship and naturalization;human trafficking issues;employment-basedimmigration; criminal andimmigration law; programmanagement; generalimmigration skills; trialadvocacy skills.

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Support

Immigration Management Project

CLINIC strives to meet the growing need fornew charitable programs as the legal systemgrows in complexity. CLINIC attorneys:

n Successfully mediated an agreement among

immigration law support centers to create internet

tools for community-based agencies.

n Held three-day Management Training sessions.

n Served Arab and Muslim organizations, agencies

serving survivors of domestic violence, and various

faith-based groups.

Forty-five percent of the 676BIA accredited representatives—individuals trained inimmigration law and certifiedby the BIA to represent clients—work at CLINIC memberagencies.

Publications and Newsletters

Each year CLINIC produces publicationsincluding training manuals, handbooks,position papers, journal articles, newsreports, and a monthly newsletter. Thesematerials include:

n Updated versions of its five substantive immigration

law manuals, new informational manuals and reports,

and an expanded version of The Catholic Legal

Immigration News, CLINIC’s monthly newsletter.

n A report for the Migration Policy Institute on the

need to expand legal representation for immigrants.

n In The Balance—CLINIC’s general audience

newsletter—which goes to about 2,500 subscribers.


Service

Information“In my time as chair of American Bar Association’s Commission on Immigration, I have become a great admirer of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.(CLINIC). CLINIC is the driving force behind the nation’s largest network ofcharitable legal programs for immigrants. It is widely respected at the ABA and byBar Associations throughout the country. The ABA Commission looks forward tocontinued collaboration with CLINIC on due process issues, immigrant detentionwork, and the fight against the unauthorized practice of law.”

—Richard Pena, Chair,

ABA Commission on Immigration

Religious ImmigrationRepresentation

CLINIC’s Division of Religious ImmigrationRepresentation (DRIS) provides consultation,direct services, and education to arch/diocesesand religious institutes. In addition, staffoperate a religious immigration hotline.

DRIS has 870 active casesrepresenting 81 arch/diocesesand 168 institutes.The Division’s clients are Catholic arch/dioceses and reli-

gious institutes seeking to bring priests, brothers, sisters,

seminarians, postulants, novices or lay men and women to

the United States to minister within the Church.


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Detained Long-TermResidents and IndefiniteDetainees

The vast majority of detainees are adult men.Many of them are breadwinners for theirfamilies. Children of these detainees sufferserious emotional and economic consequenceswhen their parents are removed from theUnited States. CLINIC detention attorneys:

n Helped individuals with claims to relief from

removal to apply for pre-hearing release.

n Provided representation in Immigration Court to

detainees with claims for relief, such as political

asylum and certain waivers available for long-

term residents with strong ties to U.S. families

and communities.

n Represented 42 noncitizens in seeking waivers

from removal.

Approximately 962detainees currently areheld in “indefinite”detention.n Published its third comprehensive report on

indefinite detention.

n Improved legal assistance for indefinite

detainees who must press the government

to review their cases.

n Provided legal information workshops to 72

indefinite detainees, and represented three detainees

seeking release.

SPECIAL CASE: Mariel Cubans

In early January, the Supreme Court decided Clark v.

Martinez, which held that individuals such as Mariel

Cubans could not be held indefinitely by DHS after

being ordered deported if their countries do not accept

them. CLINIC:

n Engaged practitioners from across the country in

providing services to Mariel Cubans in light of the

Supreme Court case.

n Worked with affiliates in New Orleans and Miami

to serve released Cubans.

n Compiled and distributed data on indefinitely

detained Cubans.


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Legal Rights Orientation

Attorneys from CLINIC and partnerorganizations meet with incoming detainees atlarge detention facilities to explain theirrights under U.S. immigration law. Accordingto EOIR estimates, detainees spend anaverage of two fewer days in detention as aresult of the knowledge they gain from theselegal orientation presentations.

CLINIC worked closely with diocesan member agen-

cies to plan for potential federal contract bids for legal

rights orientations.

Legal orientation presentations also permit rare

access behind the walls of detention facilities, which

allows for better evaluation of the conditions of

immigrant detention.

Detention Watch Network

CLINIC, the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Project, and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee

Service founded the Detention Watch Network (DWN)

in 1997 in response to the rapid growth of the U.S.

immigration detention system. The network involves

more than 100 religious, civil, immigrant and human

rights organizations, as well as

some 1,500 individuals.

CLINIC participates on a steer-

ing committee of 13

organizations that re-established

DWN as a membership coalition

comprised of organizations and

individuals concerned with the

vast increase in immigration deten-

tion and the lack of protection for

the rights of those detained.

In November, 2005, DWN hosted a networking confer-

ence. Former detainees, legal workers, pastoral workers,

and others attended. It also engaged in policy analysis,

and served as a catalyst for member advocacy with fed-

eral immigration officials.

CLINIC gave 286 legalorientation sessions to 6,300detainees in 2005.


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CHAIRMANThe Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio Bishop of Brooklyn

Most Reverend James A. TamayoBishop of LaredoVice President

Most Reverend Robert BakerBishop of Charleston

Mrs. Jane Golden Belford, Esq.Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.

Sr. RayMonda DuVallExecutive DirectorCatholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego

Most Reverend Kevin J. FarrellAuxiliary Bishop of Washington

Mr. Austin T. Fragomen. Esq.Fragomen, Del Rey & Bersen, P.C.

Mr. Mark FrankenExecutive DirectorMigration and Refugee Services, USCCB

Most Reverend José GomezBishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio

Ms. Lily GutierrezFormer CLINIC Southwest Field Director

Most Reverend Gerald KicanasBishop of Tucson

Most Reverend Dominic LuongAuxiliary Bishop of Orange

Most Reverend John ManzAuxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Sr. Lourdes Sheehan, RSMAssociate General SecretaryUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Most Reverend Jaime SotoAuxiliary Bishop of Orange

Most Reverend Thomas G. WenskiBishop of Orlando


2005 Board of Directors

Formed in 1998, CLINIC’s Diocesan AdvisoryCommittee provides advice and feedback ontraining, support and programmatic activitiesthat CLINIC offers to its member agencies.The input of the committee enables CLINIC todetermine which advocacy issues it shouldaddress and how it can improve its programsand services.

Lily Gutierrez, CLINICBoard MemberCHAIRPERSONEl Paso, TXTerm: 2002-2005

Jeanne Atkinson, DirectorCatholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, DCImmigration Legal ServicesTerm: 2004-2007

Donna Gann, Immigration Program CoordinatorCatholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.Refugee Resettlement ProgramTerm: 2003-2006

Christina Rosada-Maher, DirectorImmigration ProgramCatholic Charities of Central New MexicoTerm: 2005-2008

Rev. Msgr. Ron Marino, Director Catholic Migration Office Diocese of Brooklyn Term: 2005-2007

Vicki Mayster, Program DirectorCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa RosaImmigration and Resettlement ServicesTerm: 2003-2006

Shelley Schrader, Program DirectorCatholic Charities of OmahaInterfaith Immigration ServicesTerm: 2003-2006


2005 Diocesan Advisory Committee

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Donald KerwinExecutive Director

Division of NationalOperations and Support

Regina BrantleyI.T. and Operations Specialist

Laura BurdickDeputy Director, NationalPrograms Management

Jeff ChenowethDirector

Emilynda ClomeraAccounting Assistant

Mac HerndonController

Juakeita NormanHuman Resources Administrator

Shoshana RileyDeputy Director of Administration

Resource Development

Dana DuthieResource Development Associate

Rima KamalResource Development Associate

Izzy MencheroDevelopment Director

Division of PublicEducation and Advocacy

Maura CollinsProject Assistant

Molly McKennaSenior Immigration Specialist

Mirna TorresDirector

William YoumansCommunications Coordinator

Division of ReligiousImmigration Services

Angelia AmayaStaff Assistant

Anne Marie GibbonsAttorney

James HoffmanSenior Immigration Specialist

Sr. Margaret Perron, RJMDirector

Allison PosnerAttorney

Karen WolffAttorney

Minyoung OhmAttorney

Division of Training andTechnical Support

Peggy GleasonSenior Attorney

Karen HerrlingStaff Attorney

Jack HolmgrenField Office Attorney

Kristina KarpinskiField Office Attorney

Christine OzakiStaff Assistant

Susan SchreiberField Office Attorney

Tom SheaField Office Attorney

Jill SheldonField Office Attorney

Dinah SuncinAdministrative Officer

Charles WheelerDirector

Division of SpecialProjects

Linda ArzagaStaff Assistant

Sarah BronsteinSupervising Attorney

Julianne DonnellyDetention Attorney

Alexandre DufresneDetention Attorney

Norma IslasDetention Attorney

Hiroko KusudaDetention Attorney

Kathleen SullivanDirector


Staff Directory


2005 Member Agencies

AlaskaAnchorage Catholic Social Services Refugee

Assistance Program

ArizonaPhoenix Catholic Social Services Phoenix–

Immigration Program

Tucson Catholic Social Services Immigration& Citizenship Program

ArkansasLittle Rock Catholic Charities

Immigration Services

CaliforniaFresno Catholic Charities–

Immigration Program

Los Angeles Catholic Charities Immigration &Refugee Department

Oakland Catholic Charities East Bay–Immigration Project

Sacramento Catholic Charities

Salinas Catholic Charities–Immigration Services

San Bernardino Catholic Charities Refugee & Immigration Services

Chula Vista Catholic Charities San Diego–Immigrant Services

San Francisco Catholic Charities Refugee & Immigrant Services

San Jose Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services

Santa Ana Catholic Charities Resettlement-Immigration Citizen Program

Santa Rosa Catholic Charities Immigration & Resettlement Services

Stockton Catholic Charities Immigration & Refugee Program

ColoradoDenver Catholic Charities


Pueblo Catholic Charities Center forImmigrant & Community IntegrationLegal Services

ConnecticutBridgeport Immigration & Refugee Services

Hartford Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services

DelawareWilmington Catholic Charities

Immigration/Refugee Services

District of ColumbiaWashington Catholic Community Services

Immigration Legal Services

Washington Spanish Catholic Center

FloridaAuburndale Farm Work Ministry, Inc.

Venice Catholic Charities (Administrative Office)

Arcadia Catholic Charities of DeSoto County

Bradenton Catholic Charities of Manatee County

Ft. Myers Haitian Center of Catholic Charities

Immokalee Guadalupe Social Services

Jacksonville Catholic Charities Legalization Program

Miami Catholic Charities Legal Services

Orlando Catholic Immigration & Refugee Services

Pensacola Catholic Charities Immigration &Refugee Office

Quincy Panhandle Area EducationalConsortium–Migration

St. Petersburg Catholic Charities–Immigration

West Palm Beach Catholic Charities Immigration LegalServices

GeorgiaAtlanta Catholic Social Services–

Immigration Program

HawaiiHonolulu Catholic Charities Community

& Immigrant Services

IowaDavenport Diocesan Immigration Program

Des Moines Hispanic Community Outreach Program

Des Moines Our Lady of the Americas

Dubuque Catholic Charities

IdahoBoise Catholic Charities of Idaho

Twin Falls La Posada Ministries–Sisters Of Mercy

IllinoisChicago Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese

of Chicago

Rockford Catholic Charities Immigration & Refugee Services

IndianaFort Wayne Catholic Charities Refugee

& Immigration Services

Huntingburg Guadalupe Center

KansasGarden City Catholic Agency–

Migration & Refugee Services

Salina Catholic Charities Citizenship,Refugee & Immigration Services

Wichita Immigration & Refugee Services

KentuckyLexington Maxwell Street Legal Clinic

Louisville Catholic Charities, Office ofImmigration Services

Bowling Green Office of Hispanic Ministry

Bowling Green St. Joseph’s Church

LouisianaBaton Rouge Hispanic Apostolate

Baton Rouge Migration & Refugee Services

Lafayette Migration & Refugee Services

Kenner Hispanic Apostolate

New Orleans Immigration & Refugee Services

Shreveport Hispanic Ministry & Immigration Services

MassachusettsFall River Catholic Social Services–

Immigration Law, Education,Advocacy Project

Boston Catholic Charities Refugee,Immigration & Interpreter Services

Springfield Catholic Charities Immigration Program

Waltham Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary

MarylandBaltimore Immigration Legal Services

of Catholic Charities

Gaithersburg Spanish Catholic Center

MainePortland Catholic Charities Maine

MichiganDetroit Community Immigration

Legal Services

Grand Rapids Refugee & Immigration Services

Kalamazoo Immigration Assistance Program

Lansing Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Services

MinnesotaRochester Catholic Charities

Refugee Resettlement

St. Paul Migration and Refugee Services

Shoreview St. Odilia Catholic Community

MississippiBiloxi Catholic Social

& Community Service

Jackson Catholic Charities

Jackson Hispanic Ministry

MissouriSt. Joseph Interfaith Community Services

St. Louis Catholic Immigration Law Project

Jefferson City Refugee & Immigration Services

NebraskaLincoln Catholic Social Services

Refugee Programs

Omaha Catholic Charities Immigration Legal Assistance

Schuyler Benedictine Mission House–El Puente


New HampshireWindham Catholic Charities Immigrant

& Refugee Services

New JerseyCamden Camden Center for Law

& Social Justice

Camden Migration & Refugee Services

Newark Catholic Charities ImmigrationAssistance Program

Paterson Catholic Family & CommunityServices–Legal Services Department

Perth Amboy Catholic Charities Immigration Services

Trenton Migration & Refugee Services

Delanco Catholic Charities Emergency Services

New MexicoAlbuquerque Catholic Charities of Central New

Mexico–Immigration Department

Farmington Catholic Charities–Immigration Program

Gallup Casa Reina

Las Cruces Pastoral Center

NevadaLas Vegas Catholic Charities of Southern

Nevada–Immigration Program

Reno Catholic Community Services of Northern Nevada–ImmigrationAssistance Program

New YorkAlbany Catholic Charities Office of

Immigrant Services

Amityville Catholic Charities–Migration Office

Brooklyn Catholic Migration Office

Buffalo Catholic Charities Immigration &Refugee Assistance Program

New York Catholic Charities Community Services

Rochester Catholic Family Center–Refugee,Immigrant & Employee Services

North CarolinaAsheville Catholic Social Services–

Hispanic/Latino

Kernersville Hispanic Ministry

Raleigh Catholic Social Ministries

Raleigh Immigrants’ Legal Assistance Project

Winston-Salem Catholic Social Service–Casa Guadalupe

OhioCincinnati Catholic Social Services

Refugee Resettlement

Cleveland Catholic Charities Migration andRefugee Services

Columbus Community Refugee & Immigration Services

Fostoria En Camino/Immigrant & Migrant Outreach

Youngstown Catholic Charities

OklahomaOklahoma City Catholic Charities–

Immigration Assistance Program

Tulsa Catholic Charities Immigration Services

OregonPortland Catholic Charities Immigration Services

PennsylvaniaAllentown Catholic Charities Immigration

& Refugee General Program

Philadelphia Catholic Social Services–Immigration Legal Services

Philadelphia Medical Mission Sisters, Eastern N.A. Office

Pittsburgh Catholic Charities–Refugee Services Program

Scranton Catholic Social Services Refugee &Immigration Services

Rhode IslandProvidence Immigration & Refugee Services

South CarolinaCharleston Catholic Charities

Hilton Head Hispanic Office of Legal Assistance

South DakotaSioux Falls Presentation Sisters

at Caminando Juntos


TennesseeKnoxville Catholic Charities of East Tennessee

Memphis Catholic Charities–Refugee and Immigration Services

Nashville Refugee & Immigration Services

TexasAmarillo Catholic Family Service

Austin Catholic Charities Office ofImmigrant Concerns

Austin Vocation Office

Beaumont Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Beaumont, Inc.

Corpus Christi Catholic Social Services–Immigration and Refugee Program

Dallas Catholic Charities Immigration & Legal Services

El Paso Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services, Inc.

Fort Worth Catholic Charities ImmigrationConsultation Services

Houston St. Francis Cabrini Center forImmigrant Legal Assistance

Laredo Catholic Social Services–Servicios Para Inmigrantes

Lubbock Catholic Family Service Legalization Project

San Antonio Catholic Charities

San Juan Catholic Social Services ImmigrationCounseling Services

Tyler Catholic Charities

UtahSalt Lake City Catholic Community Services

of Utah

Salt Lake City Holy Cross Ministries

VirginiaAccomac Migrant Ministry

Falls Church Catholic Charities–Hogar Hispano

Richmond Refugee & Immigration Services

WashingtonSeattle Catholic Community Services

Refugee Assistance Program

Spokane Catholic Charities

WisconsinGreen Bay Catholic Charities, Resettlement &


La Crosse Catholic Charities

Milwaukee Catholic Charities–Legal Services for Immigration

West VirginiaWheeling Department of Catholic Charities

WyomingCheyenne Catholic Social Services of

Wyoming, Inc.


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T. Alexander AleinikoffThomas J. AllardiceRita Amberg WaldrefJane Golden BelfordElizabeth BruchJames M. BurkeJohn CaronLawrence E. CarrJeff and Laurie ChenowethBenjamin ChewLaura CiudadEmilynda ClomeraGregory A. CoxJoseph D. CrumlishChristina DeConciniSusan DeConciniNicholas A. DiMarzioSophie I. FealNancy and Richard FinchSeth D. FloodMelinda J. ForrestAustin T. FragomenArthur J. GajarsaGerald A. GettelfingerAnne Marie GibbonsJose H. GomezMichelle GormanSuzanne H. GrahamFrank and Peggy GundlachJames J. HaggertyMarc M. HarroldWerner HeinIrma HernandezJulia HerreraJohn & Marlene HerrlingKaren Herrling and Dan PorterfieldRichard HillKathryn Gale HiranoSteven R. HoferEdmund Hoffman

Jim and Maria Eva HoffmanSteve HwangWilliam A. ImhofDarlene JacobsLuz JuarezJames C. KennedyDonald and Mary KerwinConstance KerwinGerald F. KicanasAnne S. LiJudy and Tom LuceFrank J. MacchiarolaJohn ManzMaria and Jeff MarksJames H. MartinAsha A. MathewAnthony McGuireMartin J. McNamaraBrian D. McQuadeDoris MeissnerCarmen Ramona MendivilPeter P. MullenRobert D. NovakJose PerezVincent F. PittaCandida QuinnEd QuinnJoseph M. QuirkLisa RamirezArleen RaymundoJoseph M. RivasMichael & Kathleen RollingsRafael RoncalMelanie W. RotenbergGeorge M. RuppertJohn & Diane SchattelM. Lourdes SheehanMark ShieldsMarie H. SullivanDinah & Carlos Suncin

Hideo TakemotoBrenda J. ThomasSusan W. TripodiMelanne VerveerVanessa WaldrefAllison WannamakerMarie F. WarnerMichael WashburnMary Anne WeinsteinThomas G. WenskiJohn C. WesterCharles WheelerEllen Yost


2005 Individual Donors

Religious Institute FundersCarmel of St. AnneCarmel of St. TeresaCarmelite MonasteryFelician SistersFranciscan Missionaries of MaryHoly Spirit Adoration SistersMissionary Sisters of the Society of MaryNew Camaldoli HermitageNew York Province of the Society of JesusSchool Sisters of St. Francis–Bethlehem ProvinceSisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-WoodsSisters of St. JosephSisters of the Immaculate ConceptionSisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed SacramentSisters of the Lamb of God

Institutional FundersAmerican Bar AssociationAmerican Immigration Lawyers Association, National American Immigration Lawyers Association,

Oregon ChapterAnonymous FoundationBalmar Print CommunicationsBoston College Law School

Carnegie Corporation of New YorkCatholic Campaign for Human DevelopmentDominican Sisters of Springfield Poverty, Justice and

Peace FundExecutive Office for Immigration ReviewFiredoll FoundationFlorida Bar FoundationFord Foundation (Insitute of International Education)Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy P.C.Georgetown University Law CenterHerb Block FoundationIllinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee RightsILW.com (American Immigration LLC)Irish Apostolate USAKing & Spalding LLPKnights of ColumbusLaw Offices of Norton ToobyLexis Nexis Matthew BenderLos Angeles County Bar FoundationLouisiana Bar FoundationLoyola University New Orleans School of LawLutheran Immigration and Refugee ServicesMcQuade Brennan, L.L.P.Mercy Mission Fund of the Baltimore Sisters of MercyMiami-Dade County, Florida Department of

Human ServicesMorris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationNational Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors for

Hispanic MinistryNew Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus Social

Grants ProgramNew York Province of the Society of JesusOffice of Refugee Resettlement Open Society InstituteOur Sunday Visitor InstituteRaskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.Redemptorists (Denver Province), Majella Grant ProgramReligious of Jesus and Mary Ministry FundSC Ministry Foundation, Sisters of Charity of CincinnatiSchool Sisters of Notre Dame Sharing FundSisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods,

Peace and Justice FundSonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLPUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Migration

and Refugee ServicesWest GroupWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Door


2005 Institutional Funders

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December 31 2005 2004

ASSETSCURRENT ASSETSCash and Cash EquivalentsOperating Cash $ 342,067 $ 420,574Savings and Short-Term Investments $ 207,249 $ 203,970Restricted Cash – Foundation Support $ 0 $ 0Total Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 549,316 $ 624,544

Accounts Receivable (net of allowance for doubtfulAccounts of $10,000 for 2005 and 2004) $ 70,437 $ 4,276Contributions Receivable $ 265,044 $ 392,095Grants Receivable $ 11,101 $ 29,551Receivable from Sub-Grantees $ 0 $ 0Prepaid expenses and other current assets $ 20,014 $ 21,269Total Current Assets $ 915,912 $1,071,735

Restricted Investments $1,063,221 $ 1,086,083Property and EquipmentFurniture and Equipment $ 129,853 $ 348,909Leasehold Improvements $ 0 $ 45,787

$ 129,853 $ 394,696Less accumulated depreciation and amortization $(125,044) $ (380,754)Net Property and Equipment $ 4,809 $ 13,942

Contributions Receivable, net of current portion $ 21,700 $ 9,650

Deposits $ 3,750 $ 3,250

TOTAL ASSETS $2,009,392 $2,184,660

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSCURRENT LIABILITIESAccounts Payable $ 153,957 $ 117,329Contributions Payable $ 22,934 $ 133,757Grants Payable and Refundable Advances $ 0 $ 0Accrued Expenses $ 118,473 $ 119,811Total Current Liabilities $ 295,364 $ 370,897

NET ASSETSUnrestricted $ 32,926 $ (26,782)Unrestricted – Board designated $ 563,221 $ 583,083Total unrestricted $ 595,147 $ 559,301

Temporarily restricted $1,118,881 $ 1,254,462Total Net Assets $1,714,028 $ 1,813,763

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $2,009,392 $ 2,184,660


Statement of Financial Position

For the Year Ended December 31, 2005 TOTAL

REVENUES, GRANTS AND OTHER SUPPORTMRS/USCCB Support $ 1,745,894Professional and Religious Contracts $ 516,149Federal and non-federal grants and contributions $ 1,543,499Training, publications and other fees for service $ 190,307Membership Fees $ 143,797Interest income $ 3,479Net realized and unrealized gain $ 32,868Total Revenues, Grants and Other Support $ 4,175,993

EXPENSESProgram Services $ 3,683,430Fundraising and Development $ 195,095Management and general $ 397,203Total Expenses $ 4,275,728

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS $ (99,735)

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR $ 1,813,763

NET ASSETS AT END OF YEAR $ 1,714,028


Statement of Activities

“The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. is one of the Church’sbest kept secrets. It plays an indispensable role in the CatholicChurch’s ministry to newcomers in the United States. We have beenaccurately called a church of immigrants in a nation of immigrants.With record numbers of newcomers in our pews and in our nation,this is as true now as it has ever been. CLINIC’s work has never beenmore important to the Church and to our nation’s newest members.”

—His Eminence Theodore Cardinal McCarrick

415 Michigan Ave., NE, Suite 150Washington, DC 20017www.cliniclegal.org

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