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Listen via @ksfrnews: Brittney Nystrom of @LIRSorg on the Overuse of Detention

Will Coley wrote 2 months ago: Written by Linda Hartke  and reposted from the LIRS blog: I was happy to hear the head of our advoca … more →

Tags: Member News, Audio, member content, Brittney Nystrom, Lutheran immigration and refugee services

via @LIRSorg: Release Shows Dire Need for Alternatives to Immigration Detention

Will Coley wrote 3 months ago: Written by Anna Campbell, National Network Coordinator of LIRS’s Access to Justice unit, Reposted fr … more →

Tags: Member News, member content, Anna Campbell, Lutheran immigration and refugee services, Sequester

via @LIRSorg: Jessica Colotl Recounts Her Fight for Justice

Will Coley wrote 3 months ago: Written by Luke Telander. Reposted from the LIRS blog When Kennesaw State Senior Jessica Colotl got … more →

Tags: Member News, member content, Lutheran immigration and refugee services, Luke Telander, Jessica Colotl, Lutheran

via @LIRSorg: Casa de Paz Lightens the Burden of Detainees' Loved Ones

Will Coley wrote 4 months ago: Written by by Linda Hartke. Reposted from LIRS: Through this blog, I have the opportunity not only t … more →

Tags: Member News, member content, Family, Lodging, support to families

via @LIRSorg: Immigration Detention: Time for A Change - Interview with Mark Dow

Carly Perez wrote 5 months ago: Via Linda Hartke of LIRS:  An interview by Luke Telander, Program Associate for Outreach at LIRS, sp … more →

Tags: Interview, member content, American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Linda Hartke, Luke Telander, Mark dow, secure communities

via @LIRSorg: A Shotgun, and Survivors - The Real Face of Immigrant Detention

Carly Perez wrote 5 months ago: Via Linda Hartke of LIRS: For me, few things are as striking as accounts of visiting – or even tryin … more →

Tags: member content, Florence Project, UUSC, tassc, casa mariposa, Linda Hartke

via @LIRSorg: Immigrant Detention: What Can I Do About It?

Carly Perez wrote 5 months ago: Via Linda Hartke of LIRS: Comprehensive immigration reform is the hot topic these days. But I want y … more →

Tags: member content, Action Alert!, Immigration reform, Community Support Partners, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Welcome to the 2013 Tri-Agency Conference

dtrudeau wrote 6 months ago: In 2013, Church World Service, Episcopal Migration Ministries and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee S … more →

Tags: cws, Emm, St. Paul, Agenda, Hotel

EVIL!: Woman Douses Step-Son With Hot Water

dkstan28390 wrote 11 months ago: The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, Ngozi Braide has confirmed the arrest last night … more →

Tags: News, Woman pours hot water on stepson, Mrs Kemi Ajasa, Olatunji Ajasa, Lagos state internal revenue service

New Immigration Detention Resource via @LIRSorg: ‘Steps Beyond - Education, Advocacy & Community Care’

Will Coley wrote 1 year ago: Reposted from the LIRS blog: We’re excited to announce the Internet release of a new tool for everyo … more →

Tags: Member News, Resource, member content, Lutheran immigration and refugee services

The Lagos Tax Net

TaxMission wrote 1 year ago: The Lagos State government has adopted a rather adroit but unorthodox strategy towards boosting the … more →

Tags: Taxation, Tax

via @LIRSorg: ICE Reports Deporting Nearly 47,000 Parents of U.S. Citizen Children

Detention Watch Network wrote 1 year ago: LIRS Troubled by New Report Revealing Deportations Data for First Half of 2011  Press Contact: Jon P … more →

Tags: Member News, Report, Press Release, ice, Luthern Immigration and Refugee Services

Tax defaulters are going to jail - LASG

TaxMission wrote 1 year ago: The Lagos State government has announced at a world press briefing Tuesday that those who refuse to … more →

Tags: Taxation, Laws, Tax, Shodipo, Lagos, Ade Ipaye, Abimbola Shodipo, prosection

Bhutanese families coming to school without coats or good shoes in Lancaster

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: It turns out that resettlement agencies in Lancaster, Pennsylvania have not been giving coats or goo … more →

Tags: State Department, cws, Operational Guidance, Cooperative Agreement, Nepali Bhutanese, Pennsylvania, meeting refugees at the airport, faith-based, employment services

New Detention Report by @LIRSorg Reconciles Immigration Enforcement with Humanitarian Concerns

Will Coley wrote 1 year ago: via Leslie Velez, Director for Access to Justice, at Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service New re … more →

Tags: Report, Alternatives to Detention, alternatives to detention, @LIRSorg, Lutheran immigration and refugee services

via @LIRSorg: “These are people” vs. “dollars & cents”; Alternatives to Detention1 comment

Will Coley wrote 1 year ago: Reposted from the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services blog In many cities across the nation,de … more →

Tags: Video, Opinion, Toolkit, @LIRSorg, Lutheran immigration and refugee services

Detaining the Most Vulnerable (via @UndocumentedTV & @LIRSorg)

Detention Watch Network wrote 1 year ago: Reposted from Undocumented TV blog. Written by Anna Campbell Esther escaped El Salvador after member … more →

Tags: Opinion, Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Services, Anna Campbell, undocumentedtv

IMMIGRATION: Take action on Alabama's HB 563 comments

paxchristiusa wrote 2 years ago: From the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Last Thursday Alabama became the newest state to s … more →

Tags: Immigration, Take Action, Alabama, HB 56

Refugees in Milwaukee in wretched housing - roaches, sewage, 900+ violations1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 2 years ago: Don’t think the deplorable conditions under which Australian refugee resettlement contractors … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, Cooperative Agreement, faith-based, Home Visits, housing, housing, substandard, karen, Lutheran, Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michiga


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