Catholic immigration advocates express concern about new $100,000 H-1B visa fee September 23, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News President Donald Trump raised the fee for an H-1B visa to $100,000 on Sept. 19, creating some confusion for employers and prompting concern for Catholic immigration advocates.
Chicago Archdiocese’s plan to award Durbin for immigration work meets pushback over abortion September 22, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The Archdiocese of Chicago is scheduled to present Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his work on immigration issues in November, but the decision has been criticized by some Catholic bishops over Durbin’s public position on abortion.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral mural honors immigrants, first responders, NY saints September 22, 2025By Steven Schwankert The Good Newsroom Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A new 25-foot-high mural that covers the walls of the entrance to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and was officially dedicated during Mass Sept. 21 celebrates New York’s sacred and secular history.
For National Migration Week, bishops call for solidarity with immigrants amid ‘fear, anxiety’ September 22, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Ahead of the U.S. Catholic Church’s observance of its annual National Migration Week, taking place this year Sept. 22-28, the U.S. bishops reiterated their longstanding efforts to show solidarity with immigrants amid “fear and anxiety” prompted by current immigration enforcement efforts.
Catholic leaders acknowledge tension between Trump immigration policy and religious liberty September 16, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Religious Freedom, World News The same week President Donald Trump spoke at a hearing of the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, a key Catholic bishop said some of his immigration policies risk presenting the church with religious liberty challenges.
Migrants are not enemies, just brothers and sisters in need, pope says September 12, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News At a time when people feel powerless to help migrants and refugees, Christians must continue to insist that “there is no justice without compassion, no legitimacy without listening to the pain of others,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Amid nation’s divisions over immigration, church stands as ‘beacon of hope,’ say Iowa bishops August 28, 2025By Barb Arland-Fye OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A pastoral reflection on immigration from the Iowa Catholic bishops aims to present church teaching in a way that “transcends” political rhetoric and “fear and false narratives” about the issue often found in secular and social media, Bishop Dennis G. Walsh of Davenport said.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after surrendering to immigration authorities August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national and Maryland resident at the center of a high-profile immigration case, surrendered to U.S. immigration authorities in Baltimore on Aug. 25, and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a nation that recently agreed to accept certain deportees from the U.S., even those that have no ties to the country like Abrego Garcia.
ICE detentions in immigration courts prompt alarm from Catholic advocates August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As the Trump administration seeks to implement its hardline immigration policies, it has increased enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in immigration courts, prompting alarm from Catholic immigration advocates.
Pope defends rights of refugees evicted to build U.S. military base August 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV blessed five statues of Mary that refugees evicted from their islands in order to build a major U.S. military base plan to place in the chapels they hope to restore when they return to their homelands.
Bishop concerned about ‘human dignity’ of detainees after governor plans ‘Cornhusker Clink’ August 25, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Respect Life, World News Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Neb., expressed concern Aug. 22 about “safeguarding human dignity” of detainees after the state’s governor announced plans for a migrant detention center dubbed “Cornhusker Clink.”
More states move to copy ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ amid reports of inhumane conditions for migrants August 21, 2025By Tom Tracy OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News The migrant detention facility, known for its deliberate placement within the inhospitable environment of Florida’s Everglades, is being used as a model for other states to set up similar facilities.
