German archbishop says US-Mexico border wall recalls Berlin Wall, warns against loss of humanity September 8, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Touring the U.S.–Mexico border between Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas, Archbishop Stefan Hesse of Hamburg said the towering fortifications and razor wire dividing the two border communities evoked a painful memory in his own country’s history: the Berlin Wall.
More than 270 faith leaders urge Trump administration to extend TPS for El Salvador August 26, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Hundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for El Salvador before it expires in September.
World cannot remain indifferent to suffering of migrant children, pope says August 14, 2026By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News The world must no longer look at the plight of migrants, especially children, as a problem to be managed or quantified, but as a call to protect human rights and dignity, Pope Leo XIV said.
Trump administration rule change could push asylum applicants directly to deportation proceedings July 31, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News The Trump administration issued a new rule July 28 that could send hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a policy change that Catholic immigration advocates warned could leave many applicants at risk of deportation before their applications are even considered.
Haiti’s cardinal and U.S. bishops lead Mass of Solidarity as Haitian immigrants face losing their TPS status July 30, 2026By Mark Zimmermann OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As an estimated 350,000 Haitian immigrants to the United States face losing their Temporary Protected Status and confront the possibility of having to move back to their country that is plagued by gang violence and political instability, Cardinal Chibly Langlois of Les Cayes, Haiti, celebrated a Mass of Solidarity on July 28 with the Haitian community and those impacted by changes to immigration policy.
Court battle continues as lawmaker intervenes to save pilgrimage site from Trump seizure July 28, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The Trump administration’s move to seize a New Mexico pilgrimage site for border wall construction — despite religious liberty objections — continues to be contested in court, as a Texas lawmaker has introduced legislation to stop the takeover.
Those targeted by immigration enforcement need ‘chance to be heard,’ says nun detained by ICE July 24, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Give those targeted in immigration enforcement operations “the chance to be heard,” said a religious sister detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for several hours June 28, amid an intended third-country deportation effort.
Attacks on human dignity can never be normalized, say 2 US bishops after deadly ICE shootings July 21, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Two U.S. Catholic bishops are lamenting recent deadly immigration enforcement encounters, calling for God-given human dignity to be respected in every individual.
Catholics offer prayers, express solidarity over 2 ICE shooting deaths in less than a week July 17, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholics and immigrant advocacy groups have expressed solidarity and offered prayers in the aftermath of two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers within less than a week.
A miracle at sea and the faith of a young immigrant father July 10, 2026By Silvio Cuéllar OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration Let us continue to pray for all fathers, especially immigrant fathers who have left their homeland in search of a better future for their children. Following the example of St. Joseph, may they remain men of faith, hard work, courage, and service, never forgetting that God walks beside them — even through life’s fiercest storms.
Supreme Court strikes down some Trump priorities, but expands presidential power July 8, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2025-2026 term with major rulings striking down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, and upholding West Virginia and Idaho state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their self-identified gender.
On U.S. Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV honors migrants in Lampedusa July 4, 2026By Josephine Peterson Catholic News Service Filed Under: America's 250th anniversary, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News For more than 30 years, Dr. Pietro Bartolo said he has examined more than 350,000 people and performed postmortem examinations on those who died making the crossing to Lampedusa, where migrants rescued from the Mediterranean first arrived.
