Catholic immigration advocates are expressing their concern after the Trump administration apparently deported several immigrants without permanent legal status to East Africa — despite a court order restricting the government from deporting people to nations that are not their countries of origin.
Immigration and Migration
Is immigration history in the United States cyclical?
The same racism, which is not as overt as it was in the past, seems to be guiding our current immigration policy.
Utah diocese’s Catholic refugee program gets helping hand from greater community
After the federal government ceased its refugee resettlement program in January, Catholic Community Services of Utah was left scrambling to serve the 300 refugee families already in Utah that they had contracted to provide for.
Homeland Security vetting reality show idea where immigrants compete for citizenship
The Department of Homeland Security is reviewing a pitch for a reality show in which immigrants would compete for fast-tracked citizenship. Catholic immigration advocates expressed concern such a show would undermine the dignity of those seeking U.S. citizenship or legal residency and the challenges they undergo to do so.
Justices zero in on consequences for hospitals, gun rights in birthright citizenship case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments May 15 over the Trump administration’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents without legal status or temporary visa holders, and whether federal judges could properly block that order.
Tennessee diocese clarifies Mass obligations as immigration crackdown empties pews
Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tenn., that has emptied the pews at several Spanish-speaking parishes, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass if they fear for their well-being according to the church’s own teaching and canon law.
Catholic Charities tasked with Afrikaner travel fees as Trump keeps other refugees in limbo
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington has confirmed to OSV News that its offices are assisting with some travel expenses, at the request of the state of Virginia, for dozens of white South Africans known as Afrikaners, whose refugee applications were expedited by the Trump administration due to what the White House called “racial discrimination.”
Report: Mass deportation may split up millions of US citizen kids from their parents
Millions of U.S. citizen children are at risk of being left with no parents in their home under a mass deportation scenario, a new study by the Center for Migration Studies in New York estimated.
Our heart of darkness
The treatment of the undocumented — calling them vermin, terrorists, criminals — is hardening us.
To love and be loved is Christian way, French cardinal says
Only through loving others and accepting love in spite of one’s own failures can Christians truly understand and proclaim the joy of Christ’s victory over death, said French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille.
Trump’s approval rating drops as he reaches 100 days, including among Catholics, polls show
As President Donald Trump reached the 100th day of his second term April 29, polls showed decreases in his approval ratings on job performance and key issues, including among Catholics overall.
Pope, a ‘son of immigrants,’ leaves legacy of migrant advocacy
When Pope Francis chose the small Italian island of Lampedusa as the destination for his first trip outside Rome after his election, he signaled to the world that migration would be a defining issue of his pontificate.