Catholic advocates speak out as ICE data shows just 14 percent arrested have violent criminal records February 11, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic immigration advocates are speaking out after an internal federal document obtained by CBS News showed most individuals arrested in Trump administration immigration crackdowns over the past year do not have violent criminal records.
Bishops call Catholics to prayer, action amid U.S. immigration violence, rhetoric February 6, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News More U.S. Catholic bishops have released messages of concern as tensions continue to soar amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, with clashes between protestors and enforcement agents flaring into deadly violence in cities such as Minneapolis, and former detainees revealing inhumane conditions in migrant detention centers.
Catholic immigrant advocates call for humane approach as report finds child ICE detentions up 600 percent February 6, 2026By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic leaders, including an official from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration office, reiterated a pastoral approach to the issue of child detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Amid U.S. foreign aid cuts, bishops call for solidarity between American, African Catholics February 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Amid severe cuts in U.S. foreign aid, Catholic bishops an ocean apart are advocating for deeper bonds between the U.S. and the peoples of the African continent — with God-given human dignity as central to that summons.
Haitian Catholics in U.S. relieved, yet wary, after judge temporarily halts end of protected status February 4, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A Haitian Catholic chaplain serving in the U.S. said he and fellow Haitian Catholics are welcoming a last-minute reprieve from threats of deportation — but its members are still weighing options as the Trump administration cracks down on immigration, while Haiti continues to spiral into chaos.
Trump signs funding deal to end partial government shutdown, negotiate over ICE February 4, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, U.S. Congress, World News President Donald Trump signed into law a funding package to end the partial government shutdown Feb. 3, hours after its passage in the House, which included an agreement for funding for the Department of Homeland Security to be renegotiated to include new, stronger constraints on federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis priest ‘not hopeful’ tensions will ease under border czar February 2, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A Minneapolis priest told OSV News that despite signals of deescalation, tensions over immigration enforcement actions in that city will not see the situation get “better in a few days.”
Archbishop Lori joins local clergy decrying violence connected to immigration enforcement February 2, 2026By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, Local News, News Archbishop William E. Lori joined the growing chorus of prelates denouncing violence in the United States connected to immigration enforcement.
Judge cites Gospel verses in releasing 5-year-old and father from immigrant detention February 2, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal judge cited two Gospel verses in his order releasing 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who had been detained by immigration agents in a Minneapolis suburb and sent to a Texas family detention center.
Cardinal Tobin: U.S. stands at a crossroad amid violence, rhetoric and must ‘choose life’ January 30, 2026By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Gun Violence, Immigration and Migration, News, World News OSV News spoke with Cardinal Tobin Jan. 26 about his concerns for the country and his call to action.
Noem unlawfully ended Venezuelan, Haitian deportation protections, says appeals court January 29, 2026By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News A federal appeals court ruled late Jan. 28 that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela and Haiti, both predominantly Catholic countries, to remain in the United States without risk of deportation due to dangerous conditions in their respective homelands.
Deadly violence in Minneapolis tied to ICE agents is ‘unacceptable,’ top cardinal says January 29, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News Asked about the deadly shootings by U.S. federal agents in Minneapolis, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the violence unfolding there is “unacceptable.”
