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the President’s Desk In
a few weeks, the long summer will draw to a close and Congress
will reconvene, taking up as its major order of business a
reorganization of the federal government that will result
in the creation of the new Department of Homeland Security.
Under every reorganization plan now receiving serious consideration,
the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), as we have
known it, would be dismantled. [read
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Washington Update The
day is fast approaching when our government will establish
the new Department of Homeland Security. At this juncture,
the fate of thousands of newcomer children may also be determined.
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 Focus
on Partners • Interfaith Ministries
for Greater Houston: Cross-Cultural Counseling Program Helps Heal
Hidden Wounds [read more...] •
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center: Small Staff Tackles Immigration
Netherworld [read more...]
Focus on Volunteerism It
was about a year ago that Ann Kujawa, Orlando suboffice director
for LIRS-affiliated Lutheran Services Florida, spoke to a local
church about refugee sponsorship. Now a family of newly arrived
refugees is reaping the fruit. [read
more...]
From the Field LIRS's
Southern California Affiliate Receives Red Cross Award [read
more...]
 Project
Helps Burmese Asylees Celebrate, Assimilate On
Saturday, August 3, some 80 Burmese asylees gathered at Christ Lutheran
Church in Baltimore to celebrate their first anniversary of living
in the United States. [read more...]
Ambassadors Circle Ambassadors
Play Key Role at Summer Church Events [read
more...]
 Resources
• Publication:
Kakuma—Turkana: Dueling Struggles: Africa’s Forgotten
People • Publication: Our Neighbors: An Introduction
to Cultural Diversity and World Religions [read
more...]
LIRS in the News •
The Village Voice • Coordinated Media Efforts [read
more...]
Staff News •
Comings and Goings [read more...]
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