Citizens for Immigrants
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Showing posts tagged Highland Park
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NY Times: Church Works With U.S. to Spare Detention
Click link above for article and here to see slide show.
Also read a critique of the article by immigration attorney David Bennion.
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More on article about New Jersey church from Citizen Orange: "A New Leaf at DHS, or a Deal with the Devil?"
Immigration attorney David Bennion critiques the recent New York Times article on a New Jersey church, its Indonesian members who were detained and their experience with Homeland Security.
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Highland Park church helps immigrants avoid deportation
Pastor of Reformed Church of Highland Park, Seth Kaper-Dale, center, with church members Linda Lachesnez, left and Liz Estes right, who have helped the pastor with his immigration project. Pastor Kaper-Dale, a 34-year-old Vermont native, and Lachesnez, a 63-year-old Woodbridge native who was homeless and unemployed for four years, have helped more than 50 Indonesians living in New Jersey obtain low-level “orders of supervision” from the federal government — status allows immigrants to live in their homes, instead of in jails, and reduces the chance of deportation. Read more here.
