On March 24, the feast day of St. Óscar Romero, hundreds joined in a march and vigil calling to end mass deportations and mass detention in El Paso, Texas.
Mass deportation policy
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‘Statements alone are not enough’: Bishops exhorted to action on immigrants
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonBishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, urged the U.S. bishops Nov. 11 to take further steps to show solidarity with migrants at their annual fall assembly.
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The U.S.-Mexican bishops’ 2003 statement, “Strangers No Longer,” takes up “some principles that can guide people doing public policy.”
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Human dignity comes “not from government, but from our loving God,” Archbishop Alexander K. Sample of Portland, Oregon, declared in a Nov. 8 statement.
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The Nashville Diocese’s message on Sunday Mass attendance comes amid an immigration operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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10 million Christians in US at risk of mass deportation, says Catholic-Evangelical report
by Kate Scanlonby Kate ScanlonA joint Catholic-Evangelical report found most of those impacted by the Trump administration’s pursuit of mass deportation of migrants are Christian.
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El Paso Bishop Mark J. Seitz led a March 24 prayer vigil after a rally and march in solidarity with migrants that began in the city’s downtown.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s new policies concerning unauthorized immigrants and mass deportation operations have caught some Latin American countries off guard.
