Virtual Citizenship Preparation Classes Fall classes begin Tuesday, October 6, 2020. To enroll, please call our office at (586) 722-7253 to speak to someone in the Immigration Department! Class Sessions: Tuesdays & Thursdays 10 AM- 12 PM or 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM via ZOOM. For more information on classes offered at the Chaldean Community Foundation, click here!
Stateside: Iraqi deportations continue; life as a NICU nurse; building schools to stop mass shooters
On August 6, Jimmy Al-Daoud of Sterling Heights died in Iraq. Al-Daoud, who’d lived in the United States since he was an infant, was deported in June as the federal government cracked down on non-citizens who had broken the law. His family said he may have died from a lack of insulin to treat his diabetes. Al-Daoud’s remains are expected to arrive back in Michigan for burial...
Tonight’s candlelight vigil meant to comfort the family and raise awareness
Jimmy Al-Daoud was not an American citizen. But he was part of a family, who traveled to the United States lawfully in 1979 when he was just a baby and was then raised in America by a woman who became a citizen in hopes of a better life for her children. He was also part of a Christian community whose members knew what it was like to flee a country for fear of being...
Michigan House Democrats plan vigil for Iraqi man who died after deportation
Michigan Democratic Reps. Andy Levin and Brenda Lawrence will lead a vigil Thursday evening for a diabetic Michigan man who was deported to Iraq and died after he was unable to obtain insulin. Jimmy Aldaoud, who spoke no Arabic and was brought to the U.S. as a toddler, reportedly was also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was a Chaldean Christian, a persecuted...
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