President Trump’s immigration action will bar foreign religious workers, USCCB warns (USCCB)

Archbishop José Gomez, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, joined other prelates in denouncing President Trump’s executive order on immigration. The bishops said that the order “threatens … to fuel polarization and animosity,” impacts family reunification, and “bars religious workers seeking to come to the United States as lawful permanent residents from supporting the work of our Church … This will undoubtedly hurt the Catholic Church and other denominations in the United States, diminishing their overall ability to minister to those in need.”