Immigrants

The Diocese of El Paso has shut down its long-running legal aid ministry to unaccompanied child migrants, as the Trump administration withholds almost $1 million in funding for work already …

“If we can’t pay our staff, then there’s nobody to provide services. That is our most significant obligation, salaries and benefits.”

In many ways, Father Michael J. McGivney was just one more of that band of hardworking Irish-American priests who spent themselves building up the church in America in the latter …

The church is at her best when she stands with those in the margins, defending the dignity of every human person and working tirelessly for justice.

Five Catholic bishops from the United States-Mexico border region led a day of pastoral accompaniment in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico.

The Supreme Court’s ruling will allow the policy to go into effect, which would block asylum-seekers from setting foot on U.S. soil.

“I don’t know if it’s a particular devotion to her as a saint, but she represents, for the church, the church’s embrace of immigrants.”

The bishops urged lawmakers to require DHS to make policy changes to its current enforcement practices “to ensure that the human rights and dignity of all persons are fully respected”

“We show that heightened ICE activity is harming the labor market overall, and we find no evidence that it is benefiting U.S.-born workers.”

“The credibility of Africa, which aspires to become a key player on the international stage, is at stake,” said Cardinal Ambongo.