Deportations

Redemptorist Father John Schmidt, pastor of St. Alphonsus in Brooklyn Center, was cautiously optimistic as he heard the news Feb. 12 that “Operation Metro Surge” was nearing an end.

Catholic leaders in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis acknowledged the need for hope as they look to next steps in the local community.

Catholic immigration advocates are speaking out after an internal federal document showed most individuals arrested in immigration crackdowns over the past year do not have violent criminal records.

“Since Abrego Garcia’s return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority,” the judge said.

In Matthew 25, “Jesus details what it means to be a faithful follower and the reward which awaits those concerned with the well-being of others,”

A Chicago-area priest is on a mission to highlight the plight of families upended by the current mass deportation efforts in the United States by making a 50-day pilgrimage — …

The consequence of immigration enforcement to the maximum degree, Bishop Tyson said, would mean “we have parishes without priests immediately.”

Targeting immigration courts for enforcement actions means the government is in some cases, “arresting people who are complying with the law,” a priest said.

The Trump administration’s crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border has affected not only migrants unable to cross into the U.S. but also those who help them.

“Much of the labor that’s done in the United States” — particularly seasonal labor — “is done by … both documented and undocumented immigrants.”