The U.S. bishops' migration chair said Aug. 12 that the Catholic leaders were pleased the $3.5 trillion spending plan passed by the Senate a day earlier would provide "lawful permanent status to qualified immigrants."
The night before President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, a panel of experts held a dialogue on the immigration debate impasse, noting US obligations towards immigrants.
A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 8 in favor of keeping in place the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, rejecting the Trump administration's efforts to end it.
The San Diego Diocese is seeking a way to shelter asylum-seekers so they can remain with their children, according to Bishop Robert McElroy who celebrated a binational Mass June 9 at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Many immigrants are Catholic, but many white Catholics voted for Trump and his anti-immigrant platform. And in the middle of the immigration crisis stand the American bishops.
Parish Diary: Why does the church get involved with work like Immigration Legal Services? Being Catholic means our concern is truly catholic. It does not stop at the border.
Catholic groups hailed a decision by a federal judge that said a program that benefits young adults who came into the country without legal permission as minors can still accept new and renewed applications and must maintain protections that prevent those who are enrolled in it from being deported.
The Field Hospital: Students write letters of support to women who placed children for adoption; Parishioners, clergy celebrate Mass with prison inmates; medical student fights against father's deportation
The Field Hospital: Change has been "looming for the past 50 years," Jesuit Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck says in an NCR interview. "And the vitality of the church is what's at stake."
