DMRS is the largest provider of free and low cost legal services for individuals applying for immigration benefits they are lawfully entitled to under U.S. immigration laws. Between January 1, 2017 and the end of November 2017, DMRS provided services to nearly 18.000 individuals. Of those 95% received FREE assistance. DMRS has experience reduced funding […]
CONTINUE READINGIf you are a Permanent Resident of the United states and an immigration agent pressures you to sign form I-407, please call or email our Executive Director, Melissa M. López, mlopez@dmrs-ep.org or (915) 532-2688. If you encounter this situation at the bridge, you do not have to sign any documents. Instead, ask to see an […]
CONTINUE READINGThis coming Monday, September 19th, 2016, DMRS will welcome Equal Justice Works Fellow Brooke Bischoff to DMRS. Brooke will be working on a project to provide direct holistic and comprehensive representation to vulnerable low-income female immigrants who have experienced trafficking, violence, crime, or have fled from their country of origin and face wrongful deportation. We are excited about […]
CONTINUE READINGYesterday, January 27 2016, DMRS’ Executive Director Melissa M. Lopez spoke with a local news station to discuss the services that DMRS staff will be providing to the unaccompanied minors who are being held at Holloman AFB beginning this month. A link to the news article with more information can be found here.
CONTINUE READINGDMRS’s Executive Director, Melissa M. Lopez, in an interview with KVIA discussing the current status of the immigrants who crossed into the U.S. during the influx in 2014: KVIA- Special Report with Melissa M. Lopez
CONTINUE READINGPlease join us for our Free Citizenship Fair Saturday, September 26. To participate, download and print the following Questionnaire, and bring the required documents listed along with your answers to ALL questions to DMRS. If any documents or information is missing, we will not be able to complete your application. Click here to Download Questionnaire
CONTINUE READINGJustice AmeriCorps is a new program that will help immigrant children who have crossed the U.S. Border without a parent or guardian as they navigate the complex immigration proceedings. Legal services for qualifying minors are completely free of charge and confidential. Attorney’s who would like to volunteer may receive training on state and immigration court proceedings. […]
CONTINUE READINGChannel 9 Interviews DMRS’s Executive Director/Attorney at Law Melissa M. Lopez 6th Annual Fundraising Dinner 6th Annual Fundraising Dinner
CONTINUE READINGAmbassador Johnny Young Prior to his August 2007 appointment as Executive Director of the Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ambassador Young was a private consultant, contractor and lecturer. Upon his retirement from the Foreign Service on Nov. 30, 2004, Ambassador Young was a member of the Senior Foreign […]
CONTINUE READINGLink: Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services to host Annual Fundraiser Wednesday, January 21, 2015 – 12:03pm EL PASO, TX — Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services, Inc. (DMRS) will hold its 6th Annual Fundraising Dinner on February 5, 2015 at 5:30 PM at the Camino Real Hotel located at 101 South El Paso Street. DMRS is the […]
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