The DHS office “conducts strategic engagements” with government at all levels, as well as private, academic, community and faith-based sectors.
Immigration
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Ensuring ballot access for eligible voters part of faithful citizenship, Catholic leaders say
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonParticipation in elections is a key component of faithful citizenship for U.S. Catholics, as is advocating for free and fair elections, Catholic leaders said Sept. 11.
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US bishops urge Trump administration to end mass deportations of Haitians
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA few weeks after Temporary Protected Status for Haiti was terminated, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, urged the Trump administration …
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Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of Indianapolis has granted a temporary dispensation from Sunday Mass and holy days of obligation for those fearing immigration detention.
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A Haitian youth’s apparent suicide in Ohio, which follows the ending of deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S., was “a death of despair,” Archbishop Thomas …
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More than 270 faith leaders urge Trump administration to extend TPS for El Salvador
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonHundreds of faith leaders and organizations urged the Trump administration to extend Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador before it expires in September.
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Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio is assuring migrants in a new pastoral letter that the Church “will come to you.”
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Police officials said that at times, the flow of people entering Ceuta reached up to 300 illegal entries per hour, El País reported.
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Trump administration rule change could push asylum applicants directly to deportation proceedings
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonWASHINGTON (OSV News) — The Trump administration issued a new rule July 28 that could send hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers directly into deportation proceedings, a policy change that …
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Sister Leticia said when she asked the ICE agents, “can I go to Mass; can I just attend Mass, can I receive Communion?’, the answer was ‘no.'”
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