Tensions were already high at the U.S.-Mexico border and they escalated May 7 after a car ran into a crowd outside a Brownsville, Texas, building that provides shelter to migrants, leaving eight dead and at least 10 injured.
Soul Seeing: Why has this internal tension of mine shown up? I suspect it's because what is being asked of me is unending. It's neither comfortable nor convenient. Nor is the outcome within my control.
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."
We say: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott champions religious liberty — that is, until he wants to appear tough on immigration with an executive order that imperils migrant shelters, including those run by Catholic Charities.
Movie review: "Minari," set in the 1980s, raises questions about belonging, immigration and the American dream as the movie follows the struggle of a young Korean American family who have relocated to rural Arkansas.
Commentary: What happened between November, when Biden committed to 125,000 refugees, and now? Simply put, reality set in on the political and operational challenges of managing migration to the U.S.
An interfaith coalition is urging the Biden administration to hasten family reunification to remedy Trump's "zero tolerance" policy that separated roughly 5,500 immigrant children from their families.
Distinctly Catholic: Anyone else tired of Catholics behaving badly? Not run-of-the-mill badly, say, being a little lazy or a tad judgmental. Really badly, doing or saying something that is really hateful or harmful.
The Biden administration's U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, introduced in Congress Feb. 18, seeks to legalize some 11 million unauthorized immigrants currently in the U.S., with a special focus on reunification of families.
