US extends stay for thousands of Ukrainians as war enters second year March 16, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, War in Ukraine, World News Thousands of Ukrainians who fled their nation in the first days of Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 can now apply to extend their stay in the U.S. by one year.
Catholic, labor leaders raise concerns as Arkansas revises child labor law March 14, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News In a legislative development that has drawn concern from both Catholic and labor leaders, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., signed into law March 8 the Youth Hiring Act of 2023, which eliminates state age verification for children younger than 16 seeking a job.
Biden administration reportedly weighs reinstating family detention of unauthorized migrants March 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Biden administration is reportedly weighing whether to reinstate a policy of detaining migrant families who cross the border without authorization, a practice President Joe Biden condemned and ended when he took office. Catholic immigration advocates have vocally opposed the policy as well.
Remembering deadly shipwreck, pope prays to end human trafficking March 6, 2023By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Human traffickers must be stopped from risking the lives of migrants traveling in search of a better future, Pope Francis said.
Catholic advocates praise Biden administrative actions to combat child migrant labor exploitation March 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Social Justice, World News The departments of Labor and Health and Human Services said they would audit the vetting process of adults who sponsor migrant children out of government custody, and increase their efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of child exploitation.
Catholic immigration advocates condemn proposed Biden border rule February 24, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The Biden administration Feb. 21 proposed its most restrictive border control measure to date, announcing it plans to issue a temporary rule blocking asylum-seekers who cross the border without authorization or who do not first apply for protections in other nations before coming to the United States.
Catholic organizations applaud, express concerns about private sponsorship program for refugees January 25, 2023By Nicholas Wolfram Smith OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic organizations applauded the announcement of a new State Department program that allows groups of private individuals to directly support refugees resettling in the U.S.
Catholics organize to bring the fight to ‘demonic’ human trafficking January 14, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News According to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization, 49.6 million people lived in modern slavery in 2021, with 27.6 million in forced labor (6.3 million of which were in forced commercial sexual exploitation) and 22 million in forced marriage.
Artificial intelligence must not hurt the most vulnerable, pope says January 10, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Francis criticized the use of artificial intelligence in ways that negatively affect the most vulnerable, specifically those seeking asylum.
Migrant pleas, border realities confront President Biden in El Paso January 10, 2023By Maria-Pia Chin OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News In this first trip to the border since he took office, President Joe Biden, who is Catholic, sought to “assess border enforcement operations” and talk to those helping to manage “the historic number of migrants fleeing political oppression and gang violence in Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua and Cuba,” according to the White House.
Biden says he plans to visit border for the first time in his presidency January 5, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News President Joe Biden said Jan. 4 he plans to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, which would be the first visit to the border of his presidency, when he travels to Mexico next week.
U.S. extends TPS for Yemeni people fleeing ‘world’s worst humanitarian crisis’ January 4, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration advocates are hailing the extension of Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, to war-torn Yemen, where more than 23 million face what the United Nations has called “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”
