For those who were unable to view the website live, a recorded version is available on the CLINIC website.
Please join our coalition partner the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, which is hosting a free webinar on the Biden administration’s new proposed asylum rule. This webinar will cover how the proposed rule is essentially an asylum ban and an entry ban with limited exceptions and how it would negatively and disproportionately impact asylum seekers arriving at the U.S. southern border. We will discuss how you and your organization can stand with asylum seekers by submitting comments to this proposed rule and we will share comment-writing and outreach strategies.
When: Tuesday, March 14, 2023; 2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
Speakers
Elnora Bassey, Policy Advocate, Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Elnora first joined CLINC’s Religious Immigration Services section as a Staff Attorney in October 2018, where she filed petitions to USCIS to help immigrants obtain religious worker status. Prior to joining CLINIC, Bassey worked for South Jersey Legal Services as a staff attorney, where she represented low-income communities in landlord/tenant, entitlement, Social Security and domestic violence issues. She first began work in immigration as an intern for HIAS, where she advocated for asylum seekers and others who were held in U.S. detention centers.
Reena Arya, Senior Supervising Attorney, Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Reena has over 20 years of experience in asylum and immigration law. Before joining the staff at CLINIC, she worked at various nonprofits, including Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Human Rights First, and HIAS. She also worked for the San Francisco Asylum office and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Arya also has previously worked on protection and resettlement cases in many UNHCR offices throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
A recorded version of this webinar will be posted on CLINIC’s website here.
NOTE: This webinar takes place in Eastern Time. Certificates of attendance are only issued if you attend live webinars