LFS Invites Support for Children and Families Impacted in O’Neill and Surrounding Areas

FOR RELEASE: Monday, August 13, 2018 The recent immigration enforcement raids in O’Neill and other north-central Nebraska communities are having an immediate and devastating impact on the children and families involved. As Lutheran Family Services...

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Please Support O’Neill Area Children & Families Impacted by Recent Immigration Enforcement Raids

The immigration enforcement raids in O’Neill and other north-central Nebraska communities continue to have a devastating impact on the children and families involved. Some of the affected families are still without a dependable source of...

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LFS Statement on Recent Immigration Enforcement Raids

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) is deeply concerned about the impact of immigration enforcement raids. The effect on the people arrested, their children and families, and their entire community is immediate and devastating. Children...

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2018 “Nurturing Parenting Program®”

NEWS RELEASE: 2018 “NURTURING PARENTING PROGRAM®” COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa July 30, 2018   Lutheran Family Services’ Pottawattamie County Center for Healthy Families® at 300 West Broadway, Suite 7, in Council Bluffs, Iowa will offer no-cost...

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LFS Joins Request for Temporary Protected Status for Guatemala

Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska has joined hundreds of immigration, human and civil rights, business, labor, religious and education organizations in respectfully requesting that the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security designate Guatemala for Temporary Protected...

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Understanding Asylum: Information from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)

As children and their families flee extreme violence in Central America, our government has failed to offer critical protection by deferring their asylum requests. Instead, families are being confined to detention centers. After a child...

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Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska Disappointed by U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Uphold the Travel Ban for Refugees from Five Countries

June 26, 2018 Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) is deeply saddened by the U.S Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Administration’s travel ban for people from five predominantly Muslim countries. This decision runs counter...

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There’s “Room at our Table”; A Community Picnic on Wed June 27 from 6-8pm

As a leader for more than 125 years in welcoming refugees and immigrants, children’s services, and behavioral health, Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska is deeply troubled by the separation of families that seek safety in...

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Volunteers Support Local Refugees with Free Legal Clinic on June 23

Immigration specialists help refugees apply for permanent residency with legal assistance WHAT: Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (LFS) will partner with First United Methodist Church, volunteers and attorneys to provide free legal assistance to Omaha-area...

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