{"id":23417,"date":"2025-11-02T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23417"},"modified":"2025-11-03T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:12:45","slug":"attracta-kelly-to-speak-on-the-latest-in-immigration-law-at-clasa-event-nov-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/11\/02\/attracta-kelly-to-speak-on-the-latest-in-immigration-law-at-clasa-event-nov-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Attracta Kelly to speak on \u2018The Latest in Immigration Law\u2019 at CLASA event, Nov. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23418\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Attracta-Kelly-photo.jpg?resize=229%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sr. Attracta Kelly\" width=\"229\" height=\"206\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Attracta Kelly, OP, a prominent member of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, known for her work as an immigration attorney and director of their Immigration Assistance Office, will be the guest speaker at a special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/academics\/special\/clasa\/index.php\">Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive<\/a> (CLASA) event on <strong>Wednesday, Nov. 5, from 4:30-6 p.m.<\/strong> in the Briggs Building, Room 317.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend to this free event.<\/p>\n<p>Sr. Attracta will provide an overview of immigration law with a focus on recent legislation, orders and practices related to immigration. She&#8217;ll also explore how Church teachings inform her work and share her efforts to help alleviate the suffering and problems associated with border crossings.<\/p>\n<p>A former Prioress of the Adrian Dominican Congregation, Sr. Attracta has a history of community organization, including efforts to integrate schools, assemble discussion groups and address basic needs in marginalized communities. She also advocates for immigrant rights and climate action and was awarded the Thomas More Award by the Catholic Lawyers Guild. Sr. Attracta earned her Juris Doctor from Catholic University of America in 1996. She then worked for the Jesuit Refugee Service in Dublin and other places.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact CLASA Director Gail Presbey at 313-993-1124 or <a href=\"mailto:presbegm@udmercy.edu\">presbegm@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sister Attracta Kelly, OP, will speak at a special CLASA event on Nov. 5 from 4:30-6 p.m., regarding recent developments with respect to immigration law and explore how Church teachings inform her efforts to ease the suffering of those impacted by border crossings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":23418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[2083,194,4072,228],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Attracta-Kelly-photo.jpg?fit=229%2C206&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-65H","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23417"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23431,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23417\/revisions\/23431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}