Immigration & US Citizenship News 

By Kieran C. O’Sullivan

Irish Pastoral Centre

ipcboston@yahoo.com

IPC comes to aid of Returning Irish

We’re continuing to answer calls from Irish immigrants now returning to the US after being laid off in Ireland following a serious downturn in the economy there. 

Employers:  Jobs Wanted

New arrivals are having a difficult time finding work.  We‘d like to hear from employers who may have work for some of the new arrivals.  Part time positions are welcome also.

IPC hosts ILIR representatives

We welcomed Ciaran Staunton and Hugh Meehan of the Irish Lobby of Immigration Reform , ILIR, to our offices last week for a discussion on where the Reform issue is at the present time. 

IPC assists Irish man detained at Logan

We can not release too many details but can confirm that an Irish man was detained by US Customs and Border Patrol at Logan Airport.  He was put on the next plane out of the US after US CBP suggested he may have been coming to work.

Evidence of Status

People meeting friends and relatives from inbound flights are reminded that they may be questioned at the airport about their immigration status.  Therefore we want to remind readers to take identification with them when appearing at the airports.

IPC featured on RTE

This week Sr. Maguerite Kelly and Fr. John McCarthy were interviewed by RTE who are doing a special series on the increased number of Irish leaving the island seeking work abroad. 

IPC among delegation to US Immigration

Fr. John McCarthy and others met this week with District Director Denis Riordan and Karen Ann Hayden at the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in Boston. Fr. John stated, “It was a very useful meeting and we were given a lot of updates on procedures at the Boston offices of the USCIS.” 

IPC Represents Irish Concerns at Detainee Health Care meeting

Fr McCarthy also attended a special meeting at the Hynes Convention Center on Health Care for Immigration Detainees stating, “I learned about the poor standards and lack of treatment for detainees in a lot of detention centres.”  If someone you know has been taken into custody, call our hotline for help: (617) 479-7404.

IPC Holds another Legal Clinic

We will be helping people complete their green card and US citizenship applications at our next clinic at Bad Abbots in Quincy on March 3^rd at 6:30 pm.