The first will take place November 5 (the day after the general election) to November 13, the Feast of St. Frances of Cabrini, the patroness of immigrants.

The second is scheduled for December 9 - December 12 (the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe).

More details to follow......

The IAUSA Board wishes to thank Ms. Joanna Joyce for her three years of service as the Emigrant Officer for the IECE.  In her role as Emigrant Officer, Joanna also served on the Board of the Irish Apostolate USA and has participated in our Board meetings and advocacy efforts in Washington, DC.  She has served as the liaison between the IAUSA and the Bishops in Ireland by providing them with the information about the services offered and challenges encountered at the Irish Immigration Pastoral Centers and Outreach Networks in the USA.

We wish Joanna well on her new assignment as an advocate for the Alzheimer's Society of Ireland.

The number of immigrants living illegally in the United States has leveled off in recent years, but those who remain are more likely to have far deeper ties to the country than they did a decade ago, according to a report released in September.

The study from Pew Research Center found that half of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants have lived here for at least 13 years and as many as 4 million have U.S.-born children.

Read the article at the Washington Post.

New Reports Examine Who Might Benefit from Immigration Administrative Action 

Potentially new deferred action programs: 

Residency cut-off dates would be crucial in determining how many unauthorized immigrants would be eligible for relief given that, as of 2012, three million had lived in the United States for 15 years, 5.7 million for at least 10 years, and 8.5 million for at least five years. 

Close family ties could serve as a powerful basis for relief since, in 2012, roughly 3.5 million unauthorized immigrants were the parents of U.S. citizens under the of age 18-and 2.4 million of them had lived in the United States for at least a decade. 

If the parents of children who are green-card holders or DACA recipients are added to the mix, the total number of eligible immigrants rises to 3.7 million. 

Offering relief to the spouses of U.S. citizens would encompass about 770,000 unauthorized immigrants. Adding in the spouses of green-card holders and DACA recipients would increase this number to 1.5 million. 

Finally, about 1.3 million unauthorized immigrants were potentially eligible for legal status because they are spouses of U.S. citizens or parents of adult U.S.-citizen children, but many can't leave the country to apply for a visa without facing bars to re-entry of many years.  

To read the entire article, go to the American Immigration Council website.

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