Human dignity comes “not from government, but from our loving God,” Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Oregon, declared in a Nov. 8 statement.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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Texas bishops: Court’s order on DACA ‘undermines’ right to work, support a family
by OSV Newsby OSV NewsThe Texas Catholic bishops Nov. 4 issued a warning about the effects of a plan to implement a federal appeals court order on DACA affecting 86,000 young people.
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Barron: Administration ‘assured’ him detainees’ access to sacraments ‘under careful review’
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonCatholic bishops are among those who have acknowledged points of tension between the Trump administration’s immigration policy and religious liberty.
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On the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great famine in Ireland that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus …
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A coalition of Catholic organizations held prayer vigils across the country on Oct. 22 for what organizers called “a national day of public witness for our immigrant brothers and sisters.”
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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 — …
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ICE enforcement impacts immigrant priests, seminarians and religious in the US
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe consequence of immigration enforcement to the maximum degree, Bishop Tyson said, would mean “we have parishes without priests immediately.”
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ICE detainee killed and 2 others injured in shooting at Dallas ICE facility, officials say
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe suspected gunman died of a self-inflicted wound, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on X.
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Catholic leaders acknowledge tension between Trump immigration policy, religious liberty
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonThe 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 …
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia faces deportation to Uganda after immigration surrender
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonKilmar Abrego Garcia surrendered to immigration authorities in Baltimore Aug. 25 and faces possible deportation to Uganda, a country to which he has no ties.
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