Tag: immigration
Democrats hope to include immigration provision in $3.5 trillion budget bill...
WASHINGTON -- Immigration advocates were dealt a blow at the beginning of a week that many believed would bring about history.
They had hoped to...
Migrants crossing dangerous Darién Gap receive help from church
NECOCLÍ, Colombia — At a small church, Docasse Montry picked up a free food package that included rice, cooking oil and tuna.
It was basic,...
Biden administration sues Texas over Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to halt...
The Biden administration filed a lawsuit July 30 against the state of Texas, trying to stop enforcement of an order aimed at migrants that...
Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, others urge Congress to be ‘courageous,’ pass...
WASHINGTON — At a Capitol Hill media event July 21, Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory of Washington joined immigrants, agriculture and business representatives and two...
Latest court ruling on DACA must push Congress to act, advocates...
WASHINGTON — Catholic immigration advocates are urging Congress and President Joe Biden to speed up legislation to protect immigrants after a federal judge ruled...
The need for care for unaccompanied minors is highlight of report...
WASHINGTON — A Catholic agency has collaborated with a professor from The Catholic University of America on a report pointing out deficiencies but also...
Border wall projects funded with military money halted by Biden administration
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced April 30 it would stop paying for construction projects along the southern border between Mexico and the U.S.,...
Pope Francis urges prayers for victims of hospital fire in Baghdad,...
VATICAN CITY -- In the wake of a deadly fire in a Baghdad hospital treating COVID-19 patients and more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean...
Kino Border Initiative offers compassion and support to migrants at the...
A few years ago, a woman migrating from Mexico to the United States with her children arrived at Kino Border Initiative's center in Nogales,...
Ministries bring hope, comfort to immigrants and asylum-seekers at U.S.-Mexico border
After U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration, the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Laredo, Texas, staff wondered if their immigration work would change quickly.
For...