Immigration

The Trump administration rescinded in January long-standing restrictions on arrests at sensitive locations, including houses of worship.

Miami clergy have expressed concern over “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new detention facility for migrants in Florida’s Everglades that President Trump toured July 1.

Even as the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made a prayer stop near downtown Los Angeles, fear and tensions from recent raids by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arose.

Catholic reaction to the “Big Beautiful Bill” immigration proposals and on-the-ground developments has walked a careful line between compliance and concern.

Justices on June 27 limited federal judges’ ability to issue nationwide injunctions in a case concerning Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship for some.

Catholic women religious held a demonstration on Capitol grounds June 24 urging lawmakers not to cut programs such as Medicaid or SNAP.

Bishop Michael M. Pham, who fled Vietnam as a refugee in 1980, and his auxiliary bishops joined a June 20, 2025, clergy visit to immigration court in San Diego.

(OSV News) — Solidarity with refugees and migrants “is not optional,” but rather “a living testimony of the Gospel,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chairman of the …

(OSV News) — “No one can turn a deaf ear to the palpable cries of anxiety and fear heard in communities throughout the country in the wake of a surge in …

“The current state of immigration law is the toughest I’ve seen in my 14 years of practice,” said Zaire Solano.