Immigration
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Catholic Relief Services: Immigration action must consider root causes
In the ongoing discussions surrounding immigration, part of the solution must involve looking at the factors that drive people to... Read more
Catholics in US express frustration over border security stalemate
On Tuesday evening, US President Donald Trump highlighted humanitarian problems present along the US-Mexico border and issued a call for... Read more
At USCCB conference, advocate explains immigrant recruitment fraud
An immigrant rights group hopes the Maryland legislature will protect migrant workers in the state from labor trafficking and fraud... Read more
Texas diocese says border wall on Church land violates religious freedom
The Diocese of Brownsville, Texas is pushing back against a government effort to use Church property to aid in the... Read more
Federal judge sides with asylum-seeking migrants, blocks Trump order
The Trump administration’s new rules limiting asylum for undocumented immigrants was wrong, says a federal judge who ruled they can... Read more
Trump’s plan for birthright citizenship flawed, says Catholic U law professor
A plan floated by President Donald Trump to end “birthright citizenship” through an executive order is likely unconstitutional, according to... Read more
For families separated at the border, Catholics and Lutherans work together
Catholic and Lutheran agencies jointly released a report Oct. 17 to document the two agencies’ role in helping to reunite... Read more
With city support, Baltimore parish will issue IDs to undocumented parishioners
A Baltimore Catholic parish announced that it will begin issuing parish identification cards, with the goal of making undocumented immigrants... Read more
Two pilgrims trek 30 miles to Encuentro to raise awareness of immigration issues
Most of the delegates attending the National V Encuentro conference arrived by plane, or by car if they lived locally... Read more
‘We’re brothers and sisters in Christ’: For Encuentro Catholics, immigration is personal
When Miriam Joyce of the Diocese of Raleigh talks about immigration, her face folds with concern. Read more
Speak out against injustice, Pope Francis says
God needs Christians to be his hands and feet on earth, and to speak out about injustice wherever it happens,... Read more
Catholics minister to mothers and children in Texas detention centers
Before being allowed to celebrate Mass for families housed at a migrant detention center in south Texas, a local priest... Read more
Chicago workshop seeks to expand immigrant-led ministry nationwide
A five-day training session in the Archdiocese of Chicago last week gathered leaders from across the country to learn about... Read more
Archbishop Gomez: Hearing immigrants' stories should make us grateful
During a visit to the United States’ southern border, Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles called for Catholics to lobby... Read more
Amid policy debate, US bishops hear from migrants at the border
Seeking to hear the stories of migrants and how they have been affected by U.S. detention policy, a delegation of... Read more
LA archbishop on immigration: God calls us to speak out against injustice
At a Mass in honor of immigrants on June 24, Archbishop Jose Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles called... Read more
Tucson bishop elaborates on ‘canonical penalties’ for immigrant family separation
A bishop who suggested last week that the Church consider canonical penalties for Catholics involved in the separation of families... Read more
LA archbishop welcomes Trump immigration order
The Archbishop of Los Angeles said he “welcomes” an executive order signed Wednesday by President Trump, and called on Congress... Read more
Pope Francis criticizes Trump's 'zero-tolerance' migrant policy
In a new interview with Reuters, Pope Francis backed the U.S. bishops' opposition to the separation of migrant children from... Read more
The Catholic vision of just immigration reform
A Honduran woman says that federal immigration authorities took her daughter from her arms as she breastfed the child. When... Read more
