CATHOLIC LEGAL IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC
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Mission Statement
Embracing the Gospel value of welcoming the stranger, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) promotes the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants in partnership with a dedicated network of Catholic and community legal immigration programs.
About This Cause
The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., has been on the cutting edge of training nonprofit immigration legal service providers to provide affordable, quality legal representation to immigrants since its founding in 1988. Today the network includes more than 400 nonprofit organizations in 49 states. The network includes faith-based institutions, farmworker programs, domestic violence shelters, ethnic community-focused organizations, libraries and other entities that serve immigrants. Agencies in the network employ about 2,300 accredited representatives and attorneys who, in turn, serve hundreds of thousands of low-income immigrants each year. CLINIC and its affiliate agencies represent low-income immigrants without regard for their race, religion, gender, ethnic group or other distinguishing characteristics. As it has throughout its history, CLINIC continues to react adeptly to rapid changes in the world of immigration law and policy. With a robust response to recent threats to vulnerable populations, CLINIC prepares its members to meet growing demands for legal screening, protection from deportation, adjustments of status and naturalization as citizens. CLINIC’s staff is based in its national office in Silver Spring, Maryland, with other field offices across the United States. CLINIC’s work focuses on five core areas: advocacy, field engagement, national partnerships, religious immigration services, and training and legal assistance. As the largest charitable legal immigration network in the nation, CLINIC provides substantive legal and program management training and resources, as well as advocacy support at state, local and national levels. We train nearly 10,000 people each year on immigration-related topics. CLINIC also has a team of immigration attorneys who specialize in religious worker immigration law, assisting Catholic archdioceses, dioceses and religious communities to navigate this complex area of law. CLINIC fulfills its mission by: • Increasing immigration legal service capacity across communities, ensuring that eligible immigrants can apply for and receive the immigration benefits that are available to them. • Disseminating up-to-date, timely, accurate information on current immigration law and policies, as well as updates, as changes occur, to CLINIC’s network and the immigration field broadly. • Providing administrative advocacy and legal support for foreign-born religious workers who provide vital spiritual, culturally competent pastoral care. • Monitoring, analyzing, and evaluating changes to immigration laws and policies in collaboration and consultation with CLINIC Affiliates across the United States.