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by bcadmin | Oct 19, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Church in the US, immigration reform, lead, News, Title 42 | 0 |
As the nation’s immigration crisis worsens with seemingly no solutions imminent, the U.S. Bishops Conference migration chair is calling on government leaders to put partisanship aside and work together to find a path forward.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic Charities, Church in the US, Congress, lead, News, Taliban, USCCB | 0 |
The U.S. Bishops Conference Migration Committee chair is calling for swift passage of federal legislation that would provide newly arrived Afghans an opportunity to become lawful permanent residents.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 29, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Central America, Church in the US, Congress, Immigration, immigration reform, lead, News | 0 |
Hispanic Catholic leaders described the meetings with bipartisan legislators on April 27 as fruitful, and frank conversations where they detailed their stories, and the actions they want to see.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 6, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, immigration reform, News | 0 |
Biden administration officials have instructed lawyers to focus on prosecuting cases involving immigrants who pose a public safety, national or border security threat and set “low priority” cases on a different track.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Bishop Mark Seitz, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Church in the US, Immigration, lead, News, Title 42, USCCB | 0 |
The current and incoming USCCB migration chair expressed cautious optimism over a March 4 court decision that mandates migrants can’t be expelled to places where they’ll be persecuted, but were taken aback by a dueling decision later that day.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration reform, News | 0 |
Representatives from the business sector, faith groups and grassroots organizations sent Congress a letter March 2 urging lawmakers to act on immigration because “simply put, the system is broken.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 23, 2022 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Migration, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, immigration reform, News, Remain in Mexico, USCCB | 0 |
The justices on the country’s highest court have agreed to hear a case that could decide the fate of a Trump-era immigration policy that Biden administration officials have been trying to end.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 9, 2022 | Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Migration, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, St. Josephine Bakhita, USCCB | 0 |
Recognizing that human trafficking is pervasive in the United States and globally, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration called for prayer and worldwide action to end the exploitation of people.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 23, 2021 | Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Committee on Migration, immigrants and refugees, News, USCCB | 0 |
The lack of will by politicians to move forward on immigration reform is affecting the lives of 11 million people in the country and something must be done, said the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ migration committee.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 5, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, News, Remain in Mexico, USCCB | 0 |
In front of the White House, a large group of women religious and their supporters shouted just a few feet way from the president’s residence Dec. 3, calling him to end a Trump-era policy that keeps migrants out.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 18, 2021 | Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, immigrants and refugees, immigration reform, News, USCCB, USCCB fall assembly | 0 |
Catholic immigration advocates sent a positive message to U.S. prelates at end of the Nov. 17 public session of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ fall general assembly.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Migration and Refugee Services, News, Refugees, USCCB | 0 |
The chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration Oct. 11 praised a plan by President Joe Biden to raise the refugee cap to 125,000 for fiscal year 2022.
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