Tag: immigration
Immigrant kids at border present and accounted for – and number...
WASHINGTON -- Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a "zero tolerance" policy for immigrants crossing illegally into the United States, resulting in children being...
Supreme Court has unfinished business before end of current term
WASHINGTON -- As the Supreme Court prepares to wrap up its current term by the end of June, Catholic Church leaders are among those...
Faith groups decry immigration detention of pregnant women
WASHINGTON -- A coalition of groups objected to the detention of pregnant women by U.S. immigration officials, saying that they are deeply concerned "about...
Citing ‘capricious’ decision, judge says DACA applications may continue
WASHINGTON — Catholic groups hailed an April 24 decision by a federal judge that said a program that benefits young adults who came into...
Trump’s border policies cross the line for church leaders, advocates
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON -- Catholic Church leaders and immigration advocates say President Donald Trump's recent moves to clamp down on immigration are extreme and...
Pope urges Catholics to dialogue with government leaders to help migrants
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY -- Liberating the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted is an integral part of what God wants his church to...
Supreme Court says government can detain some immigrants indefinitely
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 27 that some immigrants detained by the government can be held indefinitely.
In the 5-3 ruling, with...
Speakers decry detention for vulnerable migrant, refugee children
Catholic News Service
UNITED NATIONS -- Migration is not a crime and vulnerable migrant and refugee children should not be detained as if they were...
See innocence of unborn in face of immigrants, bishop urges
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON -- Catholics have to learn to see innocence in the faces of those coming to the U.S., just as they see...
Sisters of Mercy focus on solidarity with immigrants
WASHINGTON -- In a strongly worded message prior to National Migration Week Jan.7-13, the president of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas expressed...