Catherine Cassidy This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. FIAC

   www.fiacfla.org/staff.php - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/10/2005   Last Visited: 5/10/2005

   Sister Catherine Cassidy
   
   Managing Attorney, Outreach Offices
   ...
   Sister Catherine Cassidy
   
   Sister Catherine is a co-founder of FIAC and serves as the Managing Attorney for its Outreach Offices. She represents the agency at the statewide Project Directors Association and has been involved in the statewide restructuring of legal service providers into regions. She has been working with several legal services agencies to develop immigration units at non-LSC (Legal Service Corporation) organizations. She previously worked with Florida Rural Legal Services as the Managing Attorney for the Immigration Work Group and is currently a member of both the Florida and Ohio bars.

2. 2. WFLA.com - From WFLA News Channel 8

   www.wfla.com/MGAODFOYS5D.html - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/7/2002   Last Visited: 9/7/2002

   Catherine Cassidy, an immigration lawyer with the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Port St. Lucie, tells the story of a 60-year-old client from Mexico who applied for one. The woman is a naturalized U.S. citizen and was asked for proof of citizenship. Cassidy would not name her for privacy reasons.
   
   "She had a U.S. passport with her picture and they refused to accept it" as proof, Cassidy says. "She had to bring in her birth certificate and naturalization papers."
   
   After it was learned that 13 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers had obtained Florida identification cards and driver's licenses, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles implemented strict regulations to try to ensure that no terrorists would again be issued state documents.
   
   Many have found the new measures confusing and an imposition, because they originally called for noncitizens in five urban counties - Miami- Dade, Broward, Orange, Hillsborough and Pinellas - to be served only at specific offices.

3. 3. Immigrants Watch Step In Land Of The Less Free: From The Tampa Tribune

   www.tampatrib.com/MGAODFOYS5D. - [Cached]

   Published on: 9/7/2002   Last Visited: 9/7/2002

   Catherine Cassidy, an immigration lawyer with the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Port St. Lucie, tells the story of a 60-year-old client from Mexico who applied for one. The woman is a naturalized U.S. citizen and was asked for proof of citizenship. Cassidy would not name her for privacy reasons.
   
   "She had a U.S. passport with her picture and they refused to accept it" as proof, Cassidy says. "She had to bring in her birth certificate and naturalization papers."
   
   After it was learned that 13 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers had obtained Florida identification cards and driver's licenses, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles implemented strict regulations to try to ensure that no terrorists would again be issued state documents.
   
   Many have found the new measures confusing and an imposition, because they originally called for noncitizens in five urban counties - Miami- Dade, Broward, Orange, Hillsborough and Pinellas - to be served only at specific offices.