Guatemala

We say: The issue of immigration into the U.S. is both simple as a moral issue and complex in terms of policy and politics. We fear the Biden administration is allowing that complexity to overwhelm the simplicity.

Commentary: The Biden administration intends to address the "root causes" of the border crisis. But progress will require an understanding of how past U.S. actions contributed to the crisis in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

Movie review: The inspiring film "Lady of Guadalupe" is an homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe and to St. Juan Diego, and their place in the cultures of North and Central America especially.

For Indigenous people all over the world, development of their lands continues, causing displacement, abuse, and the loss of their way and means of life — even murder. This is despite international treaties, say U.N. officials and advocates during a virtual event April 19-30.

Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic is a K'iche Maya teacher and community leader in Guatemala. She talked with EarthBeat about being a defender of the environment and about being persecuted for trying to maintain a way of life for her people that is close to the land.

Catholics working with migrants are welcoming U.S. President Joe Biden's posture toward Central America, but warn push factors are mounting. 

Two U.S. bishops' committee chairmen and the head of Catholics Relief Services asked the Biden administration Feb. 10 to grant Temporary Protected Status for 18 months to people from Central America in the United States and to provide aid to their hurricane-ravaged countries.

We say: Returning to some version of the pre-Trump era is a minimal start. Justice requires a much deeper commitment to seeking the truth about our history in order to accomplish comprehensive immigration reform.