Catholic Charities News
Official Statement: Decision for Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) strongly opposes the decision to terminate the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program on March 5, 2018 or after six months. Nearly 8,000 people in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are DACA recipients; they are our neighbors, they are employed, pay taxes and have families. They are among the nearly 800,000 DACA recipients in the United States whose lives are upended today by the Administration’s decision. DACA recipients defend America’s freedom in the U.S.
From CLINIC: DHS Memorandum on Rescission of DACA
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
From Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.:
Official Statement: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Statement on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
In the Boston Pilot: Catholic Charities Laboure Center awarded Wells Fargo grant
Friday, August 18, 2017
BOSTON -- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston's Laboure Center announced Aug. 14 it was awarded a $25,000 grant by Wells Fargo to support the center's Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide Training (NA/HHA), Youth Tutoring Youth (YTY) and Together Engaging Adolescents through Mentoring (TEAM) programs. Read more here: http://bit.ly/2xardVB
