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by bcadmin | Dec 4, 2021 | Archbishop John C. Wester, Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, deportations, El Salvador, Elections, Emigration, government, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, News, U.S. bishops | 0 |
A few weeks before Honduras’ Nov. 28 presidential election, two bishops from the U.S. quietly landed in the country’s capital of Tegucigalpa with a mission Pope Francis has placed on the world’s Catholic prelates: to listen.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 17, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, deportations, Guatemala, Jesuits, Mexico, migrants and refugees, News | 0 |
A Catholic shelter on the Mexico-Guatemala border has been assisting busloads of migrants who are being expelled from the United States to southern Mexico, then transported to Guatemala and dropped in a jungle town.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 9, 2021 | 'Fast-track' deportations, Asylum, Biden Administration, Bishop Dorsonville, Bishops' migration committee, CDC, Department of Homeland Security, deportations, News, Title 42, Trump administration, U.S. & World News | 0 |
A U.S. bishop charged with addressing immigration issues has raised objections to a July 26 announcement from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that it would begin “expedited removal” proceedings, or fast-tracking deportations, of some immigrant families who entered the U.S. illegally and do not qualify for asylum.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 29, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Biden Administration, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, deportations, immigrants and refugees, News | 0 |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced July 26 it would begin “expedited removal” proceedings, or fast-tracking deportations, of some immigrant families who entered the U.S. illegally and do not qualify for asylum.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 3, 2020 | Associated Press, Asylum seekers, Church in the US, deportations, immigrants and refugees, Methodists, News | 0 |
A federal judge on Friday blocked the deportation of an Indonesian immigrant who was detained last month on the grounds of a Maryland church, a space considered a “sensitive location” in which immigration authorities generally avoid enforcement actions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, deportations, Guatemala, News, Trump administration | 0 |
A report by the Washington-based Refugees International organization charges U.S. immigration policy with helping the spread of the coronavirus in Guatemala, as federal agencies in the U.S. and Mexico have repatriated infected Guatemalans through deportations.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 17, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, deportations, Guatemala, Mexico, migrants and refugees, News, Trump administration | 0 |
Guatemala’s bishops have criticized continued deportations during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the practice has “no sense of humanity” during a health crisis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 14, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Central America, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, deportations, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, migrants and refugees, News | 0 |
Catholic migrant ministries of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras have called for an end to deportations during the COVID-19 crisis, saying the practice exposes an already vulnerable group to health and security risks — especially those sent summarily to countries of which they are not citizens.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 6, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic Relief Services, Church in the Americas, deportations, El Salvador, Human Rights Watch, News, Trump administration | 0 |
At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being sent back to their violent Central American country from the United States, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.
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